Shawn Kinkelaar
Effingham, IL
Background
Shawn Kinkelaar was born and raised in the town of Effingham in central Illinois. Kinkelaar grew up hunting quail and pheasant over pointing dogs with his grandfather and uncle. He started field trialing in the early 1980s and in the late 1980s he began working for and with several of the top shooting dog trainers in the country. Thus, developing a program that is an accumulation of, not only his own training methods, but also those of fellow trainers that he was lucky enough to work with as well.
Kinkelaar is now one of only two blokes in the history of Open Horseback Championships to win more than 100 championships. He's also won more National Dog of the Year Awards than any other trainer, which includes eight awards won by four different dogs. He's also snagged three English Setter National awards and three National Handler of the Year awards. His training and competition has allowed him to cover a span of nearly all of the United States and a large majority of Canada.
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Favourite Products
My favourite product is the TEK 1.0, and I’ve been using it since it first hit the market. I never let my dog out in an outdoor setting without it. I also use the rechargeable bark collars for all of my dogs.
Websites
http://www.shawnkinkelaar.com/Articles by Shawn Kinkelaar
Skin Laceration Repair in the Field
There's nothing better than being out in the bush during autumn with your bird dogs. The flutter of wings as a group of scaled quail bursts out from the sand sage can shake off the cholesterol from this morning's greasy diner brekkie. Gun smoke clears the air as the setter works through the tight five-stranded...
The Right Way to Fix Overcrowding
One of the core principles of effective dog training is that the timing of a correction is critical. A dog associates a correction with whatever it's doing at the moment. Waiting too long to make a correction can create confusion. It doesn't matter whether the correction is verbal, a tug...
Think Smart when it Comes to Summer Training
The list of things you can work on with your pointer during the summer months to prepare for the upcoming hunting season is plenty long. In addition to training and/or revisiting things from the last hunting season that need improvement, this is also a time to keep up with...
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