About Green River Retrievers Winter Place

What they offer

Green River Retrievers trains and handles retrievers for retriever field trial sports. Vernon, Florida is its winter training location, not a year-round base: the site lists "SUMMER: Big Piney, Wyoming / WINTER: Vernon, Florida", so the kennel trains in Florida during the winter season and in Wyoming during the summer. Its pages center on competition work, with yearly results for its dogs in Open, Qualifying and Derby stakes, a stud dog page and a photo gallery.

How it works

Owner and head trainer Marc Patton says every dog is unique and needs its own training program, with no cookie-cutter plan. His blog posts discuss what a dog gets out of competing and how a dog becomes "collar wise" when a trainer leans too hard on the e-collar; he writes that he trains a lot with no collar on and that the relationship between handler and dog is one of the most overlooked parts of retriever training. Owners can reach the kennel by text or through the contact form.

Who runs it

Marc Patton says he has been training and competing with dogs for 33 years and has learned under trainers in America and Europe. His page notes that he graduated from West Virginia K-9 College and has titled dogs in AKC field trials, AKC hunt tests, Schutzhund and UKC conformation. The site credits his wife, Nyree Patton, and his assistant, Holden Salls, as part of the team.