Jim Fulks was recommended to me in the Spring of 2007 by multiple people at a AKC Hunt Test held in Glide, Oregon. This was when my dog, Mac, was about 3 months old. After visiting Coyote Creek Retrievers, it was clear that Jim Fulks was the trainer for me
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I had been to see other trainers, but Jim wanted clients that would be involved in the training of their dog. This was a much different approach than that of those trainers who said they would need to take my dog for at least 5 months, and whom stipulated that I could come visit my dog only once a month and that was only upon advance notice. I also had heard that Jim was gentle with dogs. Since I loved my pup and I could see Jim work with him, I went with Jim as my trainer.
I have been working with Jim and Maxine Fulks since June of 2007, and I am very grateful that I picked them as trainers. I have learned so much about dog training and have become good friends of Jim & Maxine. Kenny has been a great addition to Coyote Creek Retrievers and is fun to work with. Everyone that works at training dogs will develop their own philosophy about training dogs, and the proper use of “force” when correcting a dog. I can say that after watching Jim work with many dogs that it is clear that he loves dogs; therefore, he does not use more force that needed for the situation.
I have had a lot of fun training Mac. To learn more, I started helping Jim so I could watch him work with other dogs. This is where I learned how much Jim adapts his teaching to the personality of the dog he was training. He was covering the same lessons, but how he accomplished the tasks was really customized for each dog. Jim has a wealth of situational knowledge that he can tap into as needed. It has been very interesting and educational.
Coyote Creek Retrievers is very family friendly and Jim & Maxine go out of the way to make children feel welcome. I have taken my grandchildren out with me to Coyote Creek Retrievers to watch dog training on many occasions and they were always treated royally by the Fulks.
Because I enjoy working with the dogs, when I learned that an exceptional puppy they had was up for sale, I could not let him go. I bought him from Jim & Maxine and he has proven to be a really good dog. Tyson’s personality is a lot more user friendly than Mac’s, and he has been a lot easier to work with. Tyson has been a consistent performer in AKC Hunt Tests and earned both his Junior Hunter & Senior Hunter Titles before he was two years old. I look forward to running both dogs in Master Hunt Tests soon.
