“When we’re not in the Great Outdoors, we’re thinking about it!”

Ronnie — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:39:39 +0000

Keep your ear tuned in to the Big Billy Kinder Outdoors Show! You’ll soon hear one-of-a-kind bird dog stories such as Puddles the field trial Brittany and her friend George, the pet bobwhite quail.

Bill Kinder happened to be at RSK at the same time this summer as Ronnie’s uncle and bird dog legend, Delmar Smith. Bill was picking up his Brittany from training and Delmar…well, he comes by occasionally to keep us all in line! The two sat down for a chat for the radio show. Delmar has spent his life training animals and he still has a way of teaching us at the same time he makes us laugh.

Delmar is always giving away pearls of wisdom. Some of those pearls may be as simple, yet thought provoking as “You teach a dog something every time you put your hands on him” and “The last person to have touched a dog has left his fingerprints all over him.”

The dynamic duo of Bill Kinder & Delmar Smith is too entertaining to miss! Catch them in action on WBAP 820 in North Texas or the internet (podcasts are available for each show)!

THE CORNERSTONE SEMINAR

Ronnie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:51:33 +0000

We conduct seminars across the country, yet near and dear to our hearts are the seminars held right here at the birthplace of the Smith Training Format…Big Cabin, Oklahoma. This is where Delmar Smith and Ronnie Smith Sr. began the Smith family tradition of developing fine bird dogs over 50 years ago. At one time, this area boasted the highest per capita concentration of bird dog trainers in the states. We continue to train dogs and hold our seminars here on the original Smith homestead, just across the road from where the original kennels once stood.

The first of the three seminars we hold here each April is the Foundation Level Seminar, the cornerstone of the entire bird dog training system. Some of the things we will be working on during the seminar will be building our dog’s prey drive, checkcording in the field, bird work, developing points of contact for handling our dogs, and teaching people canine behavior. This format is proven to work well for any application, whether gun dog or field trial dog, pointer or flusher. No matter the age of the dog or the proficiency of the handler, the Foundation Seminar has something to offer everyone.

We would love to share our training format with you and welcome you to our home and to our kennel. Come join us for a fun weekend of dog training!

FOUNDATION SEMINAR

The Cornerstone of the Smith Training Format

APRIL 9-11, 2010

Big Cabin, Oklahoma

To Register Contact:

Londa Warren 405.990.5199 or

Susanna Love 918.783.5400 / office@ronniesmithkennels.com

Ronnie demonstrates the training exercise

Canine attendees paying close attention to seminar

Great hands on instruction for the participants

We all have a lot of fun & share a lot of good dog stories!

Ronnie Smith Kennels Blog » Smith Training Seminars

“When we’re not in the Great Outdoors, we’re thinking about it!”

THE CORNERSTONE SEMINAR