We provide specialized Spaniel training at our facility in Georgia & in northern Michigan.
Developing Spaniels Is Our Passion
We Are Relationship Trainers
Any reasonable person can train a spaniel. However, it takes a truly talented and skilled person to develop an English springer spaniel or English cocker spaniel and maintain a relationship with their spaniel. This relationship is developed through trust and your gun dog’s trust is not something you should take for granted. Our relationship with our spaniels is developed over time through a combination of exposure to game birds, properly teaching an expectation, repeating the lessons and maintaining a high standard.
Todd Agnew
We offer specialized Spaniel field training at our facilities in Georgia and northern Michigan. Our training grounds provide an unlimited variety of cover, terrain, woods, and water. With all of this variety, we specialize in developing your English springer Spaniel or English cocker Spaniel.
Our development program for English springer Spaniels and English cocker Spaniels centers on developing well-behaved Spaniels for bird hunting, Spaniel field trials and Spaniel hunt tests. Our passion is developing a Spaniel that is comfortable at home, yet exciting and effective in the field. We want to work with clients that have the highest standards and expectations and are committed to achieving established goals. We can help you achieve your goals with your Spaniel; whether it be for pheasant shoots, dove fields, upland fields, grouse woods or competition.
We understand that each dog is unique, with its own strengths and weaknesses. Our development program is tailored to the individual needs of your dog, ensuring it receives the personalized attention it needs to excel in the field.
The climate in Georgia during the winter months offers an ideal environment for dogs to train and excel in their field skills. Our facility is located in a region that enjoys mild temperatures and favorable weather conditions, allowing for consistent training during the winter months. As part of our training program, we take all the dogs to the northern part of Michigan during the summer and fall months. As a result, the dogs are able to develop and train more effectively during these times, when the temperatures are cooler. Spaniels are our passion, and we strive to provide them with an ideal training environment.
By choosing Craney Hill Kennel for your Spaniel's field training needs, you entrust your dog's development to experienced professionals who are passionate about Spaniel hunting. Contact us today to learn more about our training program and how we can get your Spaniel ready for a successful hunting or trial season.
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Owner - Cheryl Spearling
Handled by - Todd Agnew
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You get access to Todd's training videos during his training sessions with the spaniels.
Todd will explain what he is doing and why during these training sessions.
The videos will range from puppies to finished dogs.
Each week there will be new videos uploaded to the forum.
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Client Love Notes!
There is no doubt that Todd and Christina of Craney Hill Kennel are the best of the best. They bring unparalleled knowledge, expertise, wisdom, and care to the development of spaniels. As a result of their expertise and guidance, we are constantly learning and growing with our dogs.
It has been five years since we purchased our first cocker spaniel puppy!!
We were new to everything, and we needed the same kind of training as our puppy. To begin with, Todd taught us the basics of dog training, and as our knowledge of the subject grew, so did our dog's. As a result, we began competing in field trials with our dog as well as discovering a passion for hunting with our dog.
"I often tell people that I do not train spaniels…I develop spaniels. It is a very fine distinction but a very important one. To me, a “trainer” implies a superiority over the pupil that is destined to fail from the beginning. A person that “develops” is destined to always be searching for ways to enhance communication and is learning to build a relationship to bring the most out of the pupil."
