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5 Reasons Why It’s Okay To Be An Honest Dog Breeder
I used to feel like I was selling kidneys on the black market. It was that look I often received when I told people I was a dog breeder. I work with a lot of dog breeders, new and seasoned.
Nationally recognized as one of today’s top professionals, George Hickox has owned and campaigned numerous field champions and Dog of the Year.
23 X Champion Chelsea Thunder Bolt is the winningest dog in the history of Open Shooting Dog Field Trials, having won the Purina Dog of the Year four times & the Us Open Shooting Dog Invitational 3X. For over three decades, George has conducted clinics, private one-on-one training, and Bird Dog Schools for owners and their dogs. He has guided from Alaska to Georgia, appeared on TV, written articles for magazines, worked with elite Special Forces canine groups, and produced award winning dog training DVDs. The George Hickox School of Bird Dog Training has helped thousands of owners and their dogs across the US.
Additionally today George and Debbie design and implement programs providing proven beginning and advanced canine training fundamentals.Their group and individual training support hunting, upland hunting, pointing dogs, flushing breeds, and field trial competitors.
In addition to being an Emergency Medicine physician, Debbie is a professional bird dog trainer. Debbie currently owns and campaigns Silver W JillZ, the winner of the Purina Open Shooting Dog of the Year & 6 X Open Shooting Dog Champion. Debbie”s expertise and passions centers around developing puppies and young dogs into bragging rights companions and hunters. Debbie incorporates clicker training and implements initial canine behaviors with positive reinforcement. She is responsible for the the conditioning, health, and training program for the dogs of a private wild quail plantation. and guides wild quail hunts..
Together, George and Debbie offer one on one training for owners and their dogs at their facility near Thomasville, GA. in the winter and in the prairies of North Dakota during the summer.
This is part one of a series on bird dog training compiled by George and Debbie.
I used to feel like I was selling kidneys on the black market. It was that look I often received when I told people I was a dog breeder. I work with a lot of dog breeders, new and seasoned.
Kennel stress affects dogs in many ways. If steps are taken early when signs first appear, problems can be averted before they become serious
In January of 2024 AKC released an email welcoming these smart, sturdy, compact dogs as an officially recognized AKC breed, the 201st, actually. According to the AKC, this breed has been around for quite some time in London and abroad, and in 2003, the breed was placed on the Endangered Breeds list of The Kennel Club, U.K, due to the small number of dogs composing the gene pool and the risk of several inherited diseases.