Cinnstar Retriever Training Areas

At Cinnstar we try to introduce your retriever to as many different grounds of varying cover, terrain and complexity as we can. Retrievers are place sensitive and rotating where one trains helps to alleviate this. Also no one place will have everything. We are always on the lookout for new places and are working right now to secure two more large areas to train at.

Below are the different places we currently train on and have photos of. Since we are always finding new places and taking photos, please return here to see new pictures of our training areas.

Lyford Area.

The Lyford Training Area includes a large land area with a complex technical pond in the center and one end. Cover varies from sparse to very dense. The pond is fed by run off and as long as there is some rain can be utilized.

Raymondville Area

The Raymondville Training Area contains a large pond and land surrounding it. It is not as accessible as the Lyford Area, but we are trying to remedy this. The pond is very deep. One end is gently sloping, but the others are steep. We are trying to get permission to cut some of the tall cover that would enhance accessibility and utilization of this great potential.

Irrigation Canals and Associated Fields

There are two irrigation canals winding their way around the area. One is wide and fairly shallow with long steep banks, the other is not very wide and has a smaller parallel canal stair stepping down to the fields adjoining the canal. The flow of this water varies, at times presenting a strong currant. Both of the canals can be accessed in many different places, each having a slightly different set of concepts to present to the retriever.

Port Mansfield Area

There are four different places to train in the Port Mansfield area. Each one is very different. I currently have only photos of one area. This area is a salt marsh area down by the bay with very different and thick cover. I hope to take photos of the other areas in the near future.

Brownsville Area

Thanks to a great client Lewis Jones, I have the opportunity to use his sand pit in the Brownsville area. As you can see this is a great technical pond with lots of little islands. For longer marks you can run across the roads from one pond to the other. For a size reference, the third photo has the dog truck in it. Again, Thank You Lewis!

Across the street from our home is a park where we teach obedience and many different drills. We also have a huge flat cut field (the city keeps this all cut) for larger drills. Our large back yard is utilized as well.

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