Wild River Kennels

The pups are enjoying this beautiful day with some splash pad action 🙌🏻

The family dog - highly active dogs and our house dogs. This is what sets us different, we understand the need and importance to train dogs like we train ours. This has been established since they all were young or adopted, threshold training. They don’t run out until they are called individually or released with their command. Five adult dogs, no e collars needed though they are all e collar conditioned.

This isn’t a 9-5, it’s a 5-9 kind of grind. Grueling days which requires you to put you’re all in from sun up to sun down. Developing strong behaviors and bonds at the same time. Mentoring owners and doing your best to make sure they can bring out the best in their dogs. The traveling. The time away from family. The miles on the truck. The cleaning. The mental pressure we put on ourselves to continue to strive for greatness. The humility.. For us, we wouldn’t trade this life for anything. Watching lightbulbs come on for the dog and owner is the why. This is a true labor of love for us. Let us share our passion with you as well!

One of the many things we teach with good energy and positive association. Threshold training isn’t always the front door! It’s kennels, gates and cars too. Huge shoutout to our Trainers Assistant, McKayla, for killing this drill. We have old dogs, puppies and excitable adolescents!

Exposure 👊🏼 keeping it fun, positive and reinforcing their training. We had a blast with the pups! 🐶

Snow days!!! 🙌🏻

Otter! 🦦

Otter is beginning to transition her foundations into more advanced work. A happy, encouraged mindset that enjoys working alongside their handlers 💥🙌🏻

When you come to Wild River, you become our family and our pack. Every dog and soul is incredibly special to us. I received a call this morning that absolutely shattered us. Our hearts go out to Tom and Sandy, as they said goodbye to Deiter last week. Deiter was one of our daycare and boarding regulars who was with us since the beginning. Every night, I would tuck him into his bed and provided him with the upmost comfort. He was so special. He loved coming and he always had his special place next to my desk (where it was always the quietest ❤️). Until next time, big man. We love you always. We will miss you Deiter. 🌈🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕

Corbin!! The token brown dog on the truck is geared up and ready for the season 🔥🔥🔥🙌#WildRiverKennels 📸 @desmos_photos ______________________________💻 wildriverkennels.com 💻📲 Chris @ 401-256-2285 📲➡️Call or text! Let’s chat about your current or upcoming family hunting companion🥇_______________________________#dogtrainer #gundog #gundogtraining #lab #akchunttest #labsofinstagram #retriever #retrievertraining #retrieveroftheday #birddog #mygundog #waterfowl #hunting #birddogoftheday #duckdog #gundoghunting #waterfowlhunting #drakewaterfowl #labradorretriever #alphadognutrition #duckdogintraining #gundogtrainer #gundogsofinstagram #huntingdog #gundogoftheday #poweredbyinukshuk #goldenretriever

Obsessed is an understatement. .#WildRiverKennels 📸💻 wildriverkennels.com 💻📲 Chris @ 401-256-2285 📲➡️Call or text! Let’s chat about your current or upcoming family hunting companion🥇_______________________________#dogtrainer #gundog #gundogtraining #lab #akchunttest #labsofinstagram #retriever #retrievertraining #retrieveroftheday #birddog #mygundog #waterfowl #hunting #birddogoftheday #duckdog #gundoghunting #waterfowlhunting #drakewaterfowl #labradorretriever #alphadognutrition #duckdogintraining #gundogtrainer #gundogsofinstagram #huntingdog #gundogoftheday #poweredbyinukshuk

It’s puppy day at WRK!!! We have: Willis - Golden Retriever Gia - Bernadoodle Mary-Kate - our Fetch Dog Rescue foster!! Rhody - Mini Schnauzer Kovu - Cavapoo Apollo - A very sweet Mix! Bowser!! - the not so puppy, puppy 😉 Rosy - Yellow Lab Tilly - the sweetest Vizsla. Ever.

Miss Rosy working on her leash manners! She’s just a baby so we work slow and continue reps. Positive balance of small, light leash pressure with food reward to mark the desired commands. 🫶 Great start to our week together.

Letting the dogs be dogs!! Important to keep cool during these hot 🥵 days.

✨Thresholds✨ personal dogs have high expectation, too! Practice makes perfect and we incorporate our dogs into everyday tasks. If I (or our lovely babies) leaves the gates open, our dogs understand the drill. They wait until they are given their release commands. Our newest rescue, June, is still learning so give her grace. 💕

The ”oodle” crew 💪🏻

TRIBE 🤘🏻 #wildriverkennels #silverlionkennels

And our yards are completed! 🙌🏻 Happy dogs = Happier WRK!! 🐾

Looking for Gundog training?! We are accepting new clients for the summer months! Don’t wait too long, contact us today!!! We specialize in retriever and upland training. Www.WildRiverKennels.com

Friday fun day with the pack. Introducing “Mac” the Anatolian Shepherd to our daily daycare string. He’s 89lbs of pure love and devotion, just needs some fine tuning 😉. We can’t wait to help aid his owners towards him becoming their next service dog. #WildRiverKennels #dogtrainer #packplay #training #balancedtraining