SkyHigh Retrievers - Professional Retriever Training

Mike and Tiffany Taylor produce dogs with style, enthusiasm, and the confidence to make difficult retrieves and hunt in thick cover. We do this by giving yousr dog one-on-one time, fair and consistent training, and adapting to your dog's unique personality. We combine fresh ideas with tried-and-true practices. Our retriever training programs are based on being flexible and adapting to the dog's training level, talent, and temperament. This helps create an enthusiastic and happy dog with a strong foundation of training.

We believe every bird dog, whether a competition retriever or an upland or waterfowl hunter, should be trained on birds through the bulk of their training. The best bird dogs are trained on birds, and lots of them. We provide custom training for each and every retriever, as well as specializing in hunting Golden retrievers and Pointing Labradors. We believe that with fair and consistent training, every retriever can reach their full potential. No matter what type of hunting you do, your dog should work with you, be confident, and eager to hunt. For more information, please take a look at our Hunt Test Training and Gun Dog Training pages.

	Mike with Cruise, 2nd in the Open, October 2010 Boo becomes Qualified All Age with a WIN! March 2011
Mike and Tiffany Taylor, with Maddie (1st in the Qualifying) and Cruise (2nd in the Qualifying, and a 1st place in the Qual the week prior).
To see more recent competition pictures, please visit our SHR Results Page

Training for Competitions We train Hunt Test retrievers to be confident, watery, and to love what they do. We train through attrition, so they always run confidently and with style.

Gun Dog Training We train waterfowl,upland, and pointing retrievers. No matter what type of hunting you do, your dog should work with you, be confident, and eager to hunt.

Training Grounds Our training facility is in Othello, WA. We are 1 hour from TriCities, 3 hours east of Seattle and 1.5 hours west of Spokane, Washington.

Professional, custom training is offered by Mike and Tiffany Taylor. Mike Taylor has worked for noted dog trainer Doug Shade at Minoggie Kennels training hunting dogs. Mike has also worked alongside Patti Kiernan, who is a noted professional AKC Field Trial retriever trainer. Most recently, Mike and Tiffany trained pointing Labs, hunting Golden retrievers, and Headstart puppies at Trieven-Sungold Kennel. Tiffany works side-by-side with Mike giving a different perspective on the training and teaching your dog to respond to a feminine personality. If you would like some current references, please feel free to Contact Us.

SkyHigh Retrievers travels to sunny California during the winter months, January - April. This gives your dog the unique opportunity to be worked on water no matter what time of year it is. This is a great program for a young duck dog ready to go into training, or for a competition dog continuing their water work. If you would like your dog to continue their training this winter, please Contact Us.