Bill shares his training methods and secrets to produce a fabulous retriever, whether you are interested in a family dog, a hunting dog, or a dog for hunt tests and field trial competition.  Topics to be covered include: Teaching the “Fetch” command (a/k/a “force breaking”) His famous “Traffic Cop” method of teaching the SIT command […]

HOW TO TRAIN A RETRIEVER TO BE A BETTER MARKER – The 80/20 Rule Some time ago I was conducting a seminar in which the subject was, ‘How to train a retriever to be a better marker’. It was to be a two day event – everybody had notebooks and the mindset on learning how […]

Every once in a while I tune into one of the retriever training forums on the internet. Some of the questions and answers are fascinating. Many times people are just beginning to learn to train retrievers and have no way to know how to even begin to solve certain problems. For example, I recall recently […]

The Mile High Golden Retriever Club and the Institute of Ecolonomics is hosting a winter retriever training series in Colorado. We will have four Saturday training days (Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Mar. 6 and Mar. 13). These will be for all levels and are on excellent training grounds. See www.mountainskyaplacas.com and click the events tab […]

The Cape Fear Retriever Club is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Bill Hillman retriever training clinic on January 23-24, 2010. The clinic will be held on the beautiful grounds of Mr. John Thomas in Rocky Point, NC. Bill Hillman’s success in developing a retriever’s potential has been incredible over the years, […]