Old Oak Retrievers

My dog was obedience trained and beginning hunting training. He is excellent offor leash now and very obedient. His first year duck hunting was excellent. He also went from a retriever who did not want to bring the retrieve back to loving running after the retrieve a dnr bringing it right back. The facility is excellent and grounds are just as good. Staff make sure your animal is well taken care of. After several months of training we picked him up and he was happy, obedient and importantly looking good with no injuries (which I cannot say for other trainers!). My biggest complaint is Rick is not real supportive of other breeds outside of British labs. He believes they are lesser. I'm a no non-sense person who likes conversations but I don't want excuses, I want results. They were provided, but no need to state a particular dog is lesser than another breed. All in all, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

We were extremely disappointed with every aspect of our experience with Old Oak Retrievers. 1. After 8 weeks of obedience/hunting training we went to pick up our lab/ golden retriever mix. We were shocked and saddened to find that he was terrified of the Old Oak owner, Rick. The dog was continuously shocked and yelped every time, despite doing exactly as told. Rick said this was to teach him "respect" and to "show him who was in charge". 2. Our dog went to Old Oak trained already to sit, stay, down, heel. After 8 weeks he was skittish, NOT obedience collar-trained, and Rick had to put him on a leash to even demonstrate the obedience commands he had previously learned with us. 3. Hunting training was our priority. However, at pick-up Rick gave no demonstration of any hunting skills or commands. He said our dog had retrieved pheasants but not ducks.. When we called one week later for more information, we were then told our dog had retrieved ducks as well?? 4. To "teach us" how to discipline our dog (although he had done nothing wrong), Rick literally dragged him across the floor by his ears. We were completely flabbergasted, to say the least! Needless to say, we would definitely NOT recommend Old Oak Retrievers and Kennels for training of ANY kind. 8 weeks and $1500 later, everything about the place and training was a huge disappointment!!