Webfoot Outdoors and Rimrock Kennels

Webfoot Outdoors offers a comprehensive training program structured around a 3-segment seminar series: Foundation, Intermediate, and Advanced. The Foundation seminar focuses on leadership, reading the dog’s state of mind, and basic building blocks like coming, staying, and proper introduction to birds and gunfire. The Intermediate seminar transitions to remote cues, stopping the dog remotely (whoa), field handling with body language, and honoring brace mates, introducing e-collar use at low levels. The Advanced seminar refines skills, transitioning to game birds, finishing steady training (steady to wing, shot, and fall), backing, and retrieving.

They also offer workshops, including “Early Education” for puppies (focusing on desire through birds and basic fundamentals) and “Trained Retrieve” (introduction to fetch and finished retrieve). The curriculum emphasizes developing a calm and confident dog’s state of mind using natural instincts and pack behavior. Training is customized to individual needs, ranging from puppy socialization and basic obedience to finished upland gun dogs and retrievers, with a focus on off-lead field work with live birds.

Pricing Summary

Board and train program: pricing will be quoted. Weekly gun dog training with the trainer, dog, and handler: $50 per session. Group gun dog classes (4 person minimum): $40 per session. Basic obedience training with the trainer, dog, and handler: $50 per session. Puppy and obedience classes: $20 per session. Seminars: Intermediate Seminar $800, Advanced Seminar $1200. Trained Retrieve Workshop $200.

Policies

Vaccine requirements for boarding and training: Rabies, DAPP, Bordetella, negative fecal at a minimum. Dogs must be treated for fleas and ticks prior to boarding/training.

Mark and Martha Gawron own and operate Webfoot Outdoors and Rimrock Kennels, specializing in training hunting dogs and providing related services. They offer a full spectrum of dog training, from puppy socialization and basic obedience to finished upland gun dogs and retrievers. Their philosophy emphasizes building a solid foundation with a “keep it simple” mindset, customizing programs to meet individual handler and dog needs. They focus on developing a dog’s calm and confident state of mind, utilizing natural instincts and pack behavior.

Their training aims to produce hard-working, steady dogs that perform off-lead in the field, locating game and retrieving birds. They provide exposure to live birds in natural hunting scenarios to build bold, cooperative hunting companions. Beyond training, they offer heated and well-ventilated indoor/outdoor boarding facilities, breeding, and stud services.

Mark has over 40 years of hunting experience and is a 34-year retired U.S. Army veteran. Martha is a co-owner with generations of hunting traditions, has bred, raised, and trained five generations of German Shorthaired Pointers, and has been an active member of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) since 1990, receiving breeder awards. She also had a 30-year career as a certified veterinary technician. They are a HuntSmith Foundation Certified Facility and offer seminars by Rick Smith.

Accomplishments

Mark Gawron is a 34-year retired U.S. Army veteran who served at West Point and as a leader of a counter-drug interdiction team. He has over 40 years of hunting experience. Martha Ann Imperato has bred, raised, and trained five generations of German Shorthaired Pointers and has been an active member of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) since 1990, receiving breeders awards at the NA, UT, and VC levels. She also had a full 30-year career as a certified veterinary technician, working in various private practices (large & small animal, exotic, zoo species, & wildlife) and as an adjunct Professor at SUNY Ulster Community College in their veterinary technician program. The facility is a HuntSmith Foundation Certified Facility.

How to Get Started!

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