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Clyde is with Sharp Shooters Fast As You
(Shelby) in the field at four months of age.
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At Sharp Shooter's Kennel
you determine the detail
of your dogs' training;
from basic to advanced
field and water work.


Methods & Programs

Achievements

Training Photos


      Training Methods
  • Obedience for competition and basic hunting dogs
  • Field work such as quartering and thoroughness of search
  • Pointing, steady to wing, shot and fall, stop to flush and shot
  • Backing and honoring
  • Retrieving, including hold and carry, the trained retrieve and electric fetch
  • Water work such as marked retrieves, blind retrieves and duck searches
      Training Programs
  • We help you design a program that fits your needs, whether you are looking for a hunting dog or a dog you can hunt and have run in NAVHDA or AKC tests.
  • Basic obedience and hunting field work
  • NAVHDA Natural Ability, Utility Prep, Utility and Invitational tests as well as AKC Hunt Senior and Master Hunter tests
  • Birds, entry fees, handling fees, travel costs for tests and vet costs are additional costs with all programs
  • Monthly training fees include training, Pro Plan Performance dog food, grooming and general pet care.
      Training Achievements
  • Clyde has tested in more than 240 NAVHDA tests. He has qualified 86% of all dogs he’s run, 71% with a Prize II score or higher.
  • The kennel owns eight Versatile Champions, all of which are also Master Hunters.
  • Clyde, Marilyn and their Assistant Trainer and Certified Veterinary Technician Jessica Lieffort have qualified 23 VC’s; 17 of which have been handled by Clyde.
  • Have successfully training and ran many dogs in AKC Master Hunt tests.
  • Worked with many clients and puppy owners on how to train and handler their own dogs. Many have gone on to gain their own Prize I’s, Versatile Champions and Master Hunters.
  • Click here if you want to see Clyde’s NAVHDA Handler record through 2006.
Jessica Lieffort with the three Prize I
Utility dogs she qualified in one day.

Clyde runs more than a dozen UT dogs each year, with at least 75% getting a Prize I as Nobelle's Sunland Budy Madrid, shown here, did. He received a Prize I, 202 points.

      Training Photos
Clyde takes a client's dog through the steps
from table retrieve to ground retrieve.


Clyde working heeling and "lines" with Ticker. Versatile dogs can do it all!


Jessica Lieffort, full-time employee and assistant trainer, is seen here training her personal dog, Sharp Shooters Funky Diva.


It's all hands on deck for a day of field training.


Training for a Prize I Utility duck search.



VC Nobelle's Holy Tera making a retrieve from the water.
Working steadiness in the field.


Training duck searches...

Pushed a duck out of the marsh...

on the run...

getting closer...

Gotcha!

The proud duck hunter returns.


Ample ground and water areas are available for the training of versatile dogs.


On-site blinds allow us to work lining drills at varying lengths and levels of difficulty on land.
A small pond also provides the opportunity for initial puppy water work and entry level water retrieve work for older dogs.
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Clyde & Marilyn Vetter
1302 130th Ave     New Richmond, WI 54017     (715)246-9497

sharpshooter@pressenter.com