Training with clients to prepare them for their dogs going home.
Developing Spaniels Is Our Passion
We provide specialized spaniel training at our facility in Georgia & in northern Michigan.
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.
2023 Springer Open National Championship Winner
2023 Springer Open National Championship Winner
Frozen Semen Available For Shipment
NFC FC Crosswinds Watch This - Chance
Owner - Cheryl Spearling
Handled by - Todd Agnew
Bird Camp Podcast
Upland Bird Hunting in Michigan focusing on Ruffed Grouse and woodcock. Conversations about the birds, habitat, and dogs with people who enjoy them.
FC Craney Hill Dalmore Dudley
2017 National Open High Point Dog
FC Craney Hill Grouse On Glendye - DJ
2022 National Open High Point Dog
A Dudley Son
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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."