Resources

The Northern California Pointing Labrador Association provides this page as a resource only.  As these are private individuals and/or businesses, the NCPLA cannot endorse, recommend or promote them; nor can we accept responsibility for client-business contracts or relationships.

This page contains tips from gun dog trainers who have worked with Pointing Labs and/or other upland pointers/retrievers.  Glean what you will from what is shared, recognizing that every trainer has his or her own method that you may or may not find helpful; owners should use discretion in applying any particular technique(s) when training their dog, understanding that every dog and situation varies.

JULIE BATES (formerly Knutson)

Here is a link to Julie Bates’ website and her private Facebook page, where she chronicles her thoughts on dog training.  Julie has written a very well-respected book  that focuses specifically on training Pointing Labrador Retrievers, the only book of its kind dedicated to our particular type of Lab.  She has a series of podcasts on training the pointing Labrador retriever.