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   Taffey's Milestones    "The Kwick Four"          "Thanks All!"  Maintenance Mode
   
                     Retrieving (Then & Now)   Pointing/Retrieving-Gun Dog/"Gamer"
     
  Taffey was retrieving to hand at less than seven
weeks old and now at ten years old, she's a happy
finished dog with multiple titles and has assumed
the title of the "Kwick pack leader". What a great
journey it has been! Taffey has a few goals left to
attain in terms of firsts and another was taken care
of this fall - her 1
st canvasback. She had her puppies
awhile back and is the pack leader of Kooly, her
daughter (yellow, "fireball") Daisy and son Gunny
(the youngest Kwick "Dustbucket").

In the early fall of 2005 (September 10th) she passed
the 4th HRC Finished test and easily earned her
HRCH title. On the 25th of September she earned her
5th AKC Master Hunter pass for an MH title. Since
then, Taffey has spent several hunting seasons
harassing pheasants in South Dakota, retrieving big
geese in northern Illinois and working pool 13 of the
mighty Mississippi River for geese, divers and
puddle ducks.

In 2010, Taffey and I were "the same age" - 70.

 
    The puppy that loved to retrieve and locked up on a
    ten second, trembling and natural point before she
    went   home has now succeeded in passing on her
    talents. The future will feature Taffey's pups doing
    some of the same things she has done.  Taffey has
    retired from being an outstanding upland guide dog
    and her times in the marsh, woods and fields are
    being carefully selected. In addition, she will continue
    to do all of what she loves and excels at.....duck and
    goose hunting.
 
    Taffey spends a time hunting and being a skilled test
    dog while training the younger KwickLabs,  A few
    pointing "shoot-to-retrieve" competitions are history
    and hunt tests are not in the picture. Taffey's first litter
    was by FC AFC HRCH Taylorlab Downtown Dusty
    Brown MH. He was the Top Derby Dog of 2004 and
    second place WRC finisher in 2005. Those pups are
    doing quite well with their new owners.  In 2007,
    Taffey had another pup by Dusty.  With Daisy and
    Gunny in the pack, an exciting future was almost a
    guarantee.
 
 
                        
                              Training Links             Hunting "Story" Links
 
                                        
The Early Puppy
                                     
Puppy Bird Imprinting

                  
The Seamless "Here" Puppy
                    NEW - Puppy Water "Intro"
             NEW - Anti-Keep Away Approach

            NEW
KwickLabs' Puppy Retrieves
                       Puppy "Placeboard" Imprinting
                        Place Board Training Pictorial

             
UltraLow Dog Hide Pictorial (link)
            NEW Training Alone Perspectives

               NEW - A Five Factor Application
                     (April 8th - journal bookmark)

                                     Marking Off the Gun

                                 
 "Steady"
                      
                                  The Hunt Test Wise Dog

                       
      "The Awakening"
                                 Rehabilitation

                      Leaving & Getting There
               
Mouthing vs. Responsiveness
             
Remote Drop Process/Rationale
                    NEW
- Patience "Photos"

               
Kentucky "Training" Seminar
                              
Change (link)

        
                Kwick Drills Diagrams
                   
Stickmen Training Setups

                         Stickmen Analysis

                  The Kwick Long Wait Drill

                    
The Don't Move Drills

                   
 The Hide Steady Drill
                      Steady Drill Session


                   "Three Handed" Casting
                         
Remote Casting
              
Four Phase Drills (variations)
                     Gunny's Definitive Casting Drills
                         Kwick Lining Drill
              
Kwicklabs Go Straight Drills
           Pre/Post "Down the Shore" Drills 
             
                             Training Tips
               
 Previous Tips of the Month

 

      
                     
Iowa Opener 2012
                               
Salute To Geese
                    
2010 Waterfowl Opener-Story

                              
 Gunny's Teal Hunt
  
          Start of 2010 Hunting - Essay
            
Mississippi River Teal Hunt

               
Gunny's First Duck Hunt

          
 South Dakota Pheasant Hunt
          
"Kwick Four" Hunting Photos

                         
       Montage, Video & Photo Links

              
 Kwicklabs YouTube Videos

                      
 Taffey in Depth
                        Kooly Montage
                 
Kooly's "Euro" Shoot
       
Who's Your Mommy - The Lesson

            Gunny's Swim-By Montage
             
Taffey 1st Water Retrieve

                       Hunting Seasons
                                        Diver Photos

                  Training Day-July28, 2010
          Ribbons - Taffey, Kooly, Daisy, Gunny
                         (updated Sept, 2010)

             Graham Seminar WISILL HRC
                              Alter Egos
              
Two Daisies To Remember
                      
Daisy's Many Suits

              KwickLabs Pointing Photos
                  Thousand Word Photos
                                "Lick"
               
Decoy Flocking Experiment

                     How To Create a Journal (DIY)

                  Kwick Bumpers  May, 2004
      Kwicklabs "Mini-my-Wingers"
 June, 2004 
                

                 Pinch/Prong Collar (YouTube)

                          The Choker Collar 
    "To Do" -
Goose Flute Instructional - YouTube
 
      Turkey Call (slate & glass - Primer) YouTube      
   
 
                                 
 
 
        
 
                       updated 05/21/13