Field Trials@Stillmotion Kennels™: Individualized preparation for you and your dog

Brad Turner and Stillmotion Kennels™ specialize in preparing young dogs for field trial competition. It is with these young dogs that Brad most enjoys working, and with whom he has had much success in the past eight years.

However, not every dog will perform at the level of a field trial competitor. Stillmotion Kennels excels at bringing each dog up to its highest level of perfomance. We believe there is much to be gained for both the dog and owner by seeking to establish each dog's best performance level. You may find you have an excellent life-long hunting companion even if you don't have the next field trial champion.

For the very young dog, Stillmotion Kennels™ offers Headstart.

If you find that you don’t have the time or room that is required for training a young dog, Headstart@Stillmotion Kennels™ takes them from the age of 7 weeks to 6 months.

At approximately six months of age, your dog is ready to start formal yard work in preparation for field trial competition.

In Yard Work@Stillmotion Kennels™, dogs are introduced to formal obedience, the forced hold, collar-conditioning, steadying, the forced fetch, collar fetch, the 3-handed cast, force to a pile, and introduced to indirect pressure.

During this period, your dog will become ready to participate in hunting tests.

We can work with you to teach you to handle your own dog at hunting tests, or we can handle the dog for you as he or she pursues the hunting test titles: Junior, Senior, and Master Hunter.

Your dog may then show the ability to compete in field trials.

We can teach you to handle your own dog, or prepare the dog to work with a pro who specializes in field trial competition.

Contact Stillmotion Kennels™ at (360) 629-3111 for an appointment or consultation.

We also invite you to visit us at home in the Pacific Northwest.

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