Godfather Gundogs

My experience was similar to Scott J's. Watching Steve work with my dog the one day we were there I could see improvement, but the amount of weight my dog lost and the sores on his belly were heartbreaking. I felt like I should have taken him home the first time we visited. He was so thin that when we picked him up, and brought him home he had a seizure. Once we fed him, and got his weight back up he never had a seizure again. It just wasn't the right choice for us.

My initial interaction with Steve was after my dad had rescued an English Pointer mix. My uncle always had hunting dogs but we never did. We thought we should see if we can get him hunting. So we found Steve through his website. We went out and explained to Steve our limited expectations. He got some birds set out on this Saturday morning after some simple ground work and bonding we took him out. He pointed 2 out of 3 without any instruction. Steve gave us a vert honest and truthful evaluation of the dog. He said he could have him putting birds in our bag that fall. So we left him with Steve for about 3-4 weeks. The dog had as expected needed a bath when we picked him up after living in the kennel. We went out hunting almost every weekend that fall and had were able to get a lot of bird ov

Steve is great. He explains things in lamest terms which is great because this is our first hunting dog. he was recommened by a good friend of mine who travels and does competitions for a living and wins a lot of them! The first training session i had with steve he introduced our dog to birds as well. Our previous trainer after 3 sessions had still not yet introduced him. I think steve is a great trainer and is very reasonable in price.

After reading many rave reviews I decided to let Steve work with my two boys. I had taken many bird-training classes from other trainers, in addition to working with them for two years on my own. However, I felt they lacked exposure to birds on a daily biases, due to not having the resources myself. I signed them up for the 4-week training/boarding with Steve. At that time they were pointing, retrieving, responding to some whistle commands and working the field well, but were just not zoning into birds fast or with confidence. I asked Steve about the dogs having separation anxiety, but was reassured when he said, “They will be busy chasing birds all day I’m sure they will be happy”, that put my worries to rest. knowing my dog would be out being worked and training all day, I was even a lit

Steve only wanted cash, when I couldn’t produce $1000, 00 on a Saturday, this is the response I got on Sunday “ I’m filling abandament with the State , he’s my dog now “ . I’m having to to hire an attorney and sue Steve. To add insult to injury, he’s left state with my dog for a month. I’ve had my dog Gus since he was 6weeks old and he’s more than just my hunting dog, he’s our family pet that lives in our home . Gus is a wirehaired pointing Griffon that I hired Steve to work on retrieving. I also have learned he didn’t work on that at all... be aware of this slick talker !! Long on promise and short on delivery and he’s also emotional challenged.