This Dog Will Hunt

This past Wednesday, we drove to Warrenton, NC, to visit and train with Jim Elam. Jim had come highly recommended from a number of Tidewater Retriever Club members. In fact, we never heard a negative word about him. When we arrived at 8:20, Jim was loading up to do some field work. Prentice and Patrick (brothers) assist him in all aspects of training and were most kind and helpful to us. It was good to see Jim work all of the dogs. It became immediately apparent that the line manners of ALL the dogs were impeccable! We ran Luther and he marked and retrieve all four birds. Although Luther can do doubles, he cannot handle to a blind. That's where Luther is in training and Jimmy and I needed help. Afterwards, we drove to a huge farm field. Jim ran Luther and liked the way he handled the hill. I was impressed by Jim's encouraging attitude with all the dogs, the cleanliness and organization of the dog facilities and how everyone works together as a team. We left Luther at Lake Country Retrievers for training and look forward to seeing Luther flourish. Hopefully, this fall Luther can handle for Jimmy in the duck blind. I'd like to see him get his Senior and Master Hunter titles in the future and Jim Elam is just the person who can help Luther achieve these goals.