Coyote Creek Retrievers | Training • Breeding • Boarding

Coyote Creek Retrievers offers training from beginning obedience to advanced retriever skills. Their approach starts with understanding the client’s goals to establish a shared vision for the dog’s training. Obedience training focuses on developing a simple, productive common language between dog and owner, forming the foundation for all future work and ensuring a reliable everyday companion.

Gun dog training is a process rooted in basic obedience, with additional skills added over many months to fulfill the sporting dog’s natural instinct to retrieve and please. The program emphasizes understanding each dog’s unique personality and adjusting training to meet them at their current development level. They have successfully trained dogs that other trainers have “failed.”

Boarding services include daily one-on-one training tailored to the dog’s skill level. For sporting breeds, this involves fieldwork, water work, and obedience training. For other breeds, the one-on-one time is customized to appropriate activities. Clients are encouraged to be involved in their dog’s training journey through recurring visits to ensure skills are transferable to the home environment.

Pricing Summary

Boarding & Exercise is $40 per day. Train & Board is typically $900 per month. A refundable deposit of $300 is required for puppy reservations.

Coyote Creek Retrievers is a full-time, year-round dog training facility in Oregon, specializing in sporting dogs. They offer comprehensive training from basic obedience to advanced retriever skills, along with boarding and breeding services. The facility is family-owned and operated since 1986, with over 30 years of experience.

Their training philosophy emphasizes a gentle approach, ensuring dogs perform willingly and with style. Kenny Fulks, the current trainer, provides individual attention to each dog daily, ensuring they receive the specific training they need.

The facility boasts a modern 20-dog heated kennel with indoor/outdoor runs, a dog washing station, and over 60 scenic acres of training grounds. These grounds feature custom-contoured ponds for varied skill-building exercises, allowing for progressive skill development.

Coyote Creek Retrievers encourages client involvement, inviting families to visit and participate in their dog’s training. This approach helps ensure that the skills learned at the facility are transferable to the home environment, fostering a stronger bond between dog and owner. They are also an authorized dealer for Dogtra Training Electronics.

Accomplishments

Coyote Creek Retrievers has been in business for over 30 years, operating as a full-time and year-round facility. The founder, Jim Fulks, began training professionally in the late 1980s and trained many retrievers to the Master Hunter level in AKC Hunt Tests using gentle techniques. Kenny Fulks, the current trainer, has extensive experience working with sporting dogs in upland and waterfowl hunting, having learned from his father, Jim. The facility is recognized as a premier Oregon sporting dog training facility.

How to Get Started!

Clients can initiate services by contacting Coyote Creek Retrievers via phone or by filling out an online form. The process begins with establishing a shared vision of desired training outcomes. They also assess a dog’s readiness before starting a program.