About Spaniel Training By Todd Agnew

What they do

Trading as Craney Hill Kennel, this is a specialist operation: English Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels, developed for field trial competition, upland hunting and advanced flushing work. The kennel's own summary is that it "develops English Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels for high-level field trial competition, serious upland hunting, and polished performance in the field." Gun dog training programs build obedience, steadiness, control and what the site calls true partnership, for the field and the home both. A separate field trial development track is aimed at handlers who want a long-term plan and professional standards.

Beyond the residential programs

Puppy development covers the early lessons, and there is a Craney Hill Puppy Foundation video series in which the owner demonstrates each exercise on real puppies and explains why the first lessons matter. Private consultations and gun dog training seminars are offered. A subscription video library carries the same material for owners training at a distance, with membership plans published on the site. Spaniel stud dogs and gun dogs for sale round out the business.

Owner involvement

The kennel makes a point of training the handler as well as the dog – it states that it works closely with owners to help them learn, handle and succeed alongside their dogs, and one of the client lines it quotes is "Todd doesn't just train the dog – he trains you." The site states thirty-plus years of professional experience and past work as a pheasant guide in Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota.

Where they are

Mitchell, Georgia, in Glascock County – the furthest record on this hub, roughly thirty-eight miles from Augusta, and a destination for the discipline rather than a local class.