Beaver Creek Kennels Inc

11/23/2024

Happy SC opening day!!! 🦆

Be sure to tag us in your duck season posts - we’re ready to see those happy hunters!

10/09/2024

Let’s get BIRDY!!! At just 8 weeks old our Woody x Lydia pups are wicked excited about their future of bird chasing success! 🦆

‼️ Are you interested in a puppy, but life is just too busy to make it work right now? We’ll do it for you!! Whether you’re interested in an obedient house pet or talented gun dog our Raise-A-Pup programs are designed to take away the stress of welcoming your next hunting partner or companion into your life. We have a variety of pups available to fit your wants and needs! For more info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

📲 Contact Us!!!
Cathy: 803-331-4041
Kelsey: 803-206-6062

09/27/2024

Hurricane Update:

We are thankful to have no damage at both of our locations & all dogs are safe and comfortable. Cathy & Randy report tons of debris to clean up will keep them busy. Power is currently out at Kelsey & Bucks, but our generator is keeping up with necessities fine.

Our hearts & prayers go out to those who have major damage from this storm & all of our essential workers busting their tails to get life back on line. Please be patient and kind as we all make our way back to normal. ❤️

09/12/2024

How do you feel about exposing your dog to stress?

This young Weimaraner started a board and train recently. During the drop off, I informed his owner, he'd be living under some different rules at my house than what he'd been used to for the past few months of his life.

He would be subjected to some "healthy stress.”

Among other things, he would be sleeping in a crate at night, learning to walk nicely on a leash, and participate in proprioceptive exercises to build body awareness.

Essentially, he would be learning some problem solving skills and because of it, develop greater resilience.

The first day here he found himself stuck on the opposite side of a pole than the side I was on.

Can you guess what I did?

I did nothing. I stood there, not moving, not applying more pressure to the leash, not coochie-cooing him...I just waited.

It took him about 90 seconds of wiggling, and whining to figure out what to do to get himself free.

Once he did, he was darn proud of himself, prancing about for a few seconds and then we moved on and enjoyed a short game of fetch.

The stress was short lived. He learned how to relieve it and was proud of himself as he discovered his power to problem solve.

We do our dogs no favor by immediately bailing them out of every little problem or struggle they encounter.

So often I hear, "My dog doesn't like the crate,” or "My dog doesn't like to be brushed,” or "My dog won't potty while on leash.”

As a woman who has raised two (now grown) children, I could not have imagined saying to my kids dentist..."well, they don't like having their teeth brushed so we just gave up." 🤣

I have news for you, there are very few dogs that immediately enjoy their crate, or being brushed and bathed, or being restrained on a leash.

It's our job to teach them to tolerate the realities of life in the human world.

For most things the teaching recipe is simple:

A bit of skill, applied over time, mixed by a healthy dose of patient persistence.

If you don't have the skill, the time or the patience, you can pay people like me to do the foundation work for you. It is like having the dentist clean the kids teeth...but if you don't maintain what the professional did, it's not going to become good habits that serve for a lifetime.

The main thing to understand is that stress and learning will be part of life. There is no avoiding it. It is how we learn to work through it that makes the difference.

By taking time to teach your dog how to tolerate some stress and learn to problem solve, you set them up for increased confidence, improved manners and an overall healthier mindset.

09/04/2024

Your dog has learned it, now you’ve got to earn it!!

Trainers, want to know why the dog that does so well with you falls apart with its owner? Owners, want to know why your dog does so well with your trainer but falls apart with you?

Most folks (owners and trainers) assume it’s simply a skills gap issue. And while skills can definitely be a part of the issue, when we see dogs become something completely unhinged with their owners, that’s not a skills gap issue, it’s an association issue. Put simply, it’s what your presence predicts to the dog that creates this wild, crazy, often “out of their tree” behavior.

Think about how your dog acts as you’re pulling up to the dog park, or as you’re preparing their food, or about to go for a walk or car ride, or when guests arrive, or…? Whatever it might be that makes your dog totally nuts. That’s the arousal/excitement that’s generated via the association with the lead up sequence that predicts the desired/exciting event.

Now imagine if there was one person who, all in one, predicted, or was the gateway to all that stuff, and more. What kind of crazy would that elicit?

Here’s the thing. It’s not that you can’t be the predictor of all things good and still have a well behaved dog—you absolutely can, and should! The problems only arise when your association to your dog is ONLY the excitement/arousal inducing stuff and it contains none of the balancing elements of firm discipline, valuable consequences, and an essence of sufficient respect and deference of which you’ve honestly earned by way of being a believable authority figure when it counts.

If you want to have a well behaved dog, and/or stop unwanted behavior issues, your presence HAS to predict both the desired and the undesired, the pleasant and the unpleasant—in equal intensity and in equal availability… as appropriate and as needed. This is how you create a healthy association, and this is how you get what your dog trainer gets… or, how you avoid needing a dog trainer altogether.

Unfortunately, very few people understand this, and even fewer will want to.

08/26/2024

Well hi there!!!

Happy Monday from our Woody x Lydia pups! Just over 2 weeks old, everyone has their eyes open and are making strides learning how their bodies function! I could watch them toddle around the whelping pen for hours.

We are still accepting deposits on males in this litter - these pups will excel in sport or pet homes. Pedigree is stacked with British and American field titles. Full health clearances and raised in home with ENS and ESI. If you’re looking for your next hunting companion, sport dog candidate, or best friend reach out to Kelsey at 803-206-6062 for more information.

08/03/2024

Our first litter in almost a year. This is a wonderful British Bloodline breeding of yellow and black pups. Multiple international field trial champions, parents are trained gun dogs, OFA’s and genetic testing complete and available for interested parties. Pups have superb potential for talented sport or hunting partners and family companions. Vet checks and vaccinations completed. We have 1 black male and 2 black females available & ready for their new families! Call Cathy @ 803-331-4041 for more information.

07/22/2024

We are excited to announce our upcoming litter!
Gunnerspeg Equalizer x Beaver Creek’s Lydia

“Woody” is ’s imported British lab from Simon Capstick. He is the son of FTCH Riverview Farm Finalist who is the only dog born and raised in the US to return to Great Britain and complete his titles.

“Lydia” is our trainer Kelsey’s personal hunting dog and training assistant! She is the daughter of FTW Listooder Great of Southern Oak Kennels.

We couldn’t be more excited about this upcoming pairing. Their offspring will excel in both sport & active pet homes as your next hunting, dock diving, trailing or hiking companion!

This will be an all black litter and we are currently accepting deposits on both males and females. Please reach out to Kelsey at 803-206-6062 for more information.

07/16/2024

I’ve talked about this so many times. The mechanics are the easy part, the mindset is what’s hard.

When things were a mess with myself and my own dogs 20-something years ago, it wasn’t the new tools, techniques, and training concepts that turned everything around—it was the decision I made that I would become someone different, better, less selfish, less emotionally dysfunctional—someone who would lead in a healthy fashion without apology… because my dogs needed it and deserved it.

The training tools, techniques, and concepts I learned were the byproduct of the decision I made, not the cause of it. So many go about this in reverse, and because their mindset isn’t in the right space, all the tools, training, and techniques predictably fail.

So before you invest a bunch of time and money and hope into all the exterior stuff, be sure you’ve tackled the far more elusive and difficult internal stuff.

The answers start on the inside, and only once we have a solid handle on this aspect can we actually create the external outcomes we claim in to so desperately desire.

The Good Dog Training & Rehabilitation
Bellingham, WA
New Orleans, LA
www.thegooddogway.com

06/27/2024

Hey Guys! 👋

Kelsey here, I figured it has been awhile since I’ve shared about my personal dogs so when I snapped this photo, it got me thinking. This front porch is shared with so many of your dogs and families. From drop offs to lessons, happy and sad tears as we share the joys and difficulties of dog ownership, my goal has always been to create a safe place that feels like home to all of you and your dogs.

Our house is made a home by these 5 furry pups!

From left to right, we have
- Lydia (4yo lab)
Lydia, more affectionately known as “Mama” is exactly that, she has the most docile maternal nature to her, but absolutely DOESNT mess around when comes to working the birds. She is my first well bred dog and will hopefully be welcoming her second litter of puppies in August!
- Teeter (3 yo red heeler)
- Rip (5yo blue heeler)
Rip & Teeter are father and daughter. There was a lot of impulsiveness in getting these two and let me tell you I will pay for that for the REST of their lives in constantly managing arousal & preventing resource guarding / frustration. These two have taught me SO much about dog training through my own mistakes, but I can’t begin to express the value that my impulsive decision has brought me.
- Beegee (10 month lab)
Beegee is the baby child and is Lydia’s son. Apparently “I’m not keeping a puppy” turned into the most hardworking and immensely talented dog who is currently in the teenage boy stage of thinking that what I have to say isn’t super cool or relevant anymore. 😭 He often acts as my demo dog and loves being a distraction for clients.
- Brock (6yo husky)
Brock is the typical “first born” serious & independent. He showed up in my step dad’s warehouse my senior year of college & was the rescue dog whose recall started my dog training career. He helps me regularly in pack work as a neutral dog & is often found lounging in the sun.

Each of these dogs teach me something new every day about being a better dog trainer & not be more thankful to have each of them as apart of my daily life.

Tell us about your pup in the comments! ⬇️

06/19/2024

Our first litter in almost a year. This is a wonderful British Bloodline breeding of yellow and black pups. Multiple international field trial champions, parents are trained gun dogs, OFA’s and genetic testing complete and available for interested parties. Pups have superb potential for talented hunting partners as well as family companions. They will be ready for new homes the 1st of August. We have 1 black male, 2 yellow males and 4 black females available. Reserve yours today! Call Cathy @ 803-331-4041

06/16/2024

Let's talk about this photo. It's cute, except it's not. I see a dog who cannot get up without telling the child to get off. How do you think a dog is going to do that?

The 7 Golden Toddler Dog Rules:
#1: If a dog walks away from you, you DO NOT FOLLOW.
#2: Always leave room for the dog to walk away from you.
---that right there is 90+% of dog bites eliminated---
#3: We do not climb on the dog.
#4: We do not grab or pull on the dog.
#5: We do not hit or throw anything at the dog.
#6: We do not touch the dog's food.
#7: We do not go into the dog's kennel.

I promise these are not overly difficult concepts for littles, nor will they rob a kid of their bond with the family dog. It will deepen that bond, while keeping everyone safe.

"Oh, it looks like Moose is walking away from you. She is saying she wants a break. Let's play with this instead!"

"It's Moose's dinner time! Let's give her space to enjoy her yummies."

"That is Moose's room(kennel) and only she is allowed to go in there."

"If Moose wanted a break, could she walk away from you right now? No she really couldn't. Let's move away from the play house. You can keep playing but now she can leave when she wants a break."

In conclusion, ***parent your child or your dog will do it for you, and you will not like how they do it.***

06/10/2024

Remi and Maggie are from separate families but have become BEST friends during their training. It’s not often that I get dogs come in that immediately hit it off and really become buddies. Dog friendships are great and allow for us to practice impulse control, recall out of play, and of course the art of doing nothing!! Maggie goes home tomorrow and I think Remi and I are both gonna be pretty sad!!

05/07/2024

This weather has got us feeling like SUMMER TIME!! I think it’s about time to break out the doggy pools and sprinklers. Enjoy these pics of the boys trying to focus for a picture - some pretty great goofy shots if I do say so myself. 😂

04/15/2024

Goodmorning class!!! In today’s session Alvin will be showing the group his heel position!

I just can’t get over how cute this picture is. They remind me of little students in a kindergarten class on the colored carpet squares. ❤️

All 4 of the pups on the place beds are very high arousal or working breeds that are constantly go go go. In practicing sessions like these, I am able to help each individual dog find clarity in their command words and not respond to another dogs command as well as work on a settling mindset of simply relaxing while in and out of the home!

So thankful to have this wonderful space to train in and share with all of your pups!!

04/08/2024

Happy dogs & happy people!

Cathy is still rocking on with our kennel board and train program at our St Matthews facility. This past week owners Heather & Jadyn rocked their visit with their respective dogs Harley and Oakley.

While your dog is with us, we establish a common language and understanding of commands and allowed behaviors. In our training sessions, we then teach YOU how to be a leader for your dog to continue flourishing when they return home. These visits help owners to achieve real life results from our programs! We are here to support you and your dog for life through lifetime phone consultation, boarding offered to only our training graduates, and of course refresher programs for when life can sometimes get in the way. Teamwork truly makes the dream work!!