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About Us
Hello and thanks for taking time to see who we are. I'm Nathan Jensen and I
live in a small farming community in South-East Idaho with my labs and enjoy
the open spaces and abundance of water. I bought my first retriever (Freddy)
in February 2005 and fell in love with everything about the breed. I began to
study and implement the training strategies from Mike Lardy's and Evan
Graham's programs and was amazed at what a labrador could do. I didn't
have any interest in competitions, but just wanted a good solid gun dog and a
companion. I spent at least an hour a day for the first year training Freddy and
took him practically everywhere with me in the back seat of my Honda Prelude.
He was the best pup and trained me a lot more than I trained him. I couldn't
have asked for a more perfect dog to start with. Freddy and I hunted dove,
partridge, and duck his first fall and we had a great time. Freddy is now living
in CA with his new owner who could hunt him way more than I ever could.
live in a small farming community in South-East Idaho with my labs and enjoy
the open spaces and abundance of water. I bought my first retriever (Freddy)
in February 2005 and fell in love with everything about the breed. I began to
study and implement the training strategies from Mike Lardy's and Evan
Graham's programs and was amazed at what a labrador could do. I didn't
have any interest in competitions, but just wanted a good solid gun dog and a
companion. I spent at least an hour a day for the first year training Freddy and
took him practically everywhere with me in the back seat of my Honda Prelude.
He was the best pup and trained me a lot more than I trained him. I couldn't
have asked for a more perfect dog to start with. Freddy and I hunted dove,
partridge, and duck his first fall and we had a great time. Freddy is now living
in CA with his new owner who could hunt him way more than I ever could.
In the winter of 2005-2006 I had to be away from home more for work
and school and had to leave Freddy at home more. He developed a bit
of separation anxiety and would jump my 6 ft fence and chase me down
the street when I left, so I decided that I had probably get him a friend.
That was the beginning of the end. Starting in Nov. 2005 I began to
expand and take things a little more seriously. I got more involved in
training and I began to study and discuss training techniques with
pro-trainers. I now have 6 beautiful labs and am pretty content with this
quantity. It is more work, but the enjoyment is multiplied 6 times as well.
I am thankful for the opportunity to be involved with such a great breed
of dog that is so versatile yet loving and eager to please. I am
committed to finding great lines, doing my part in training, and finding
good matches for my dogs to make good matches in order to enhance
the breed and bless the homes of the masters of the pups.
and school and had to leave Freddy at home more. He developed a bit
of separation anxiety and would jump my 6 ft fence and chase me down
the street when I left, so I decided that I had probably get him a friend.
That was the beginning of the end. Starting in Nov. 2005 I began to
expand and take things a little more seriously. I got more involved in
training and I began to study and discuss training techniques with
pro-trainers. I now have 6 beautiful labs and am pretty content with this
quantity. It is more work, but the enjoyment is multiplied 6 times as well.
I am thankful for the opportunity to be involved with such a great breed
of dog that is so versatile yet loving and eager to please. I am
committed to finding great lines, doing my part in training, and finding
good matches for my dogs to make good matches in order to enhance
the breed and bless the homes of the masters of the pups.
My interests are bird hunting, mostly anything with nature, dog training, and I
am a recovering Land-Cruiser-a-holic. I am beginning to enjoy some pretty
rudimentary photography, and I love to play the guitar.
I am a drug and alcohol counselor with D7 Treatment in Rexburg, ID and a
mental health counselor part time as well. It is interesting and intriguing to
apply theories of counseling and human development to dogs and applying
techniques to get different reactions. If there was money in it I would drop
working with humans and become a dog counselor/psychologist. Haha.
am a recovering Land-Cruiser-a-holic. I am beginning to enjoy some pretty
rudimentary photography, and I love to play the guitar.
I am a drug and alcohol counselor with D7 Treatment in Rexburg, ID and a
mental health counselor part time as well. It is interesting and intriguing to
apply theories of counseling and human development to dogs and applying
techniques to get different reactions. If there was money in it I would drop
working with humans and become a dog counselor/psychologist. Haha.
| Contact Info Nathan Jensen 545 Sunset st. St. Anthony, ID 83445 208-220-0915 nathan@highflyinretrievers.com |
