Fraquelli's G'Force Retrievers
Fraquelli's G'Force Retrievers
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"Train for total confidence, not total control, let 'em roll."
Meet "Sauble River Gator" the foundation dog at G'Force!!
A little of our history
In the spring of 2004 I started my quest to raise and train a finished upland and waterfowl retriever to what I thought a good gun dog should be. Working and learning together from Gator's puppy days he showed intense drive right out of the gate and to my surprise at about 7 weeks (he pointed and not any trifling point). I decided he was showing me this is how it's going to be. So I adjusted. Boy did that turn out to be a dream come true. One that I had never planned on!
In the upland Gator is one of the special ones that only comes around once in a while. Hunting mostly WILD birds; pheasant, grouse, and woodcock . He points well off the birds ( which if you grouse hunt is quite important ). A hunter first and foremost and totally amateur trained, Gator has an intense point. Hunting the upland with skills he has honed in the grouse woods. The bottom line is he produces birds.
Now I can say he's putting the goods into his sired pups. I'm keeping a close eye on his offspring, two of which I own. Also keeping in touch with the other puppy owners and their accomplishments in the grouse woods and in the hunt test venues.
Hunt tests were new to both of us. He took to it in his usual way passing all 21 HRC tests, including 14 straight finished passes. On our first venture in the APLA arena he passed the pointing certification test on Sat. Then stepped up to Master on Sunday and passed that with the highest score of the flight.
"I have been very fortunate to have Gator in my life, and have certainly learned more from him about bird hunting, than he has from me. He has even taught me a bit about life in the process."
Gator, Rondo and Smokey's human, Frank
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