In August 2003, Jay’s love for the outdoors, hunting and dogs led him to buy his first hunting dog, a Labrador Retreiver, from Mike Stewart’s Wildrose Kennels in Oxford, Mississippi. Thereafter, Jay became passionate about training and handling well-bred gun dogs, and Mike Stewart, a renowned trainer, became Jay’s mentor.
In 2005, Jay became an associate trainer for Wildrose, giving him more opportunities to perfect his training and handling skills, while working with Mike. He also was able to spend more time with Mike on a one and one basis and learn from him. Another benefit that came with being an associate trainer was the opportunity to meet Wildrose partners from the UK. One of the partners that has been very influential to Jay is Nigel Carville of Northern Ireland.
Years passed by and Jay’s friendship with Nigel increased and his relationship with Wildrose grew. It was on a trip to England in February of 2013 with Mike Stewart to visit Nigel that he met Ian Openshaw. Ian, Nigel, Mike and Jay rabbit hunted over Ian’s Cockers. After that hunt Jay knew that he wanted a Cocker. In mid-2013, Jay imported his first cocker, Kenine Wild Lavendar (Cassie).
By importing the best field genetics in English Cocker Spaniels from the UK we feel that we are bringing in dogs that will be more biddable and easier to train. Because these dogs have been bred for generations to hunt and perform in the field.
Our goal is to show you examples of low force training methodologies for English Cocker Spaniels.
Once you buy a dog from Ryglen we don’t want your experience to stop there. We want to be available for you to help you on this journey with you Ryglen Cocker.
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