US Pro Trainer - Seminar in Australia
Posted: Thu 07 Mar 2013 5:34 pm
HI All,
I am in the process of arranging US based Pro Trainer Bill Hillmann and leading breeder Mary Tatum from Watermarks kennels to come to Australia for a training seminar. They plan to attend this years National and hold a seminar the following weekend in the Bendigo area.
I expect the cost to be $250 for the weekend depending on the number of participants. There will be a cap on numbers to ensure attendees get real benefit from the seminar.
In simple terms this weekend will be aimed at triallers with some experience (preferably but NOT strictly limited to having trained a dog to restricted standard) not first timers as we will not be discussing the very basics of retrieving. Having said that the plan is to particularly deal with developing younger pups and dogs to get them ready for All Age competition. Below is a planned outline and resume of Bill and Mary.
All Things Retriever
A Comprehensive Seminar for Retriever Owners
Bill Hillmann is a Professional Dog Trainer, Field Trialer, coach and mentor. Bill is an author and makes videos that teach his philosophy and methods for training a balanced retriever.
Dr. Mary Tatum is veterinarian practicing small animal medicine with a special interest in reproduction, breeding and health of our performance animals. Mary is a breeder of Golden Retrievers and Labradors, and a competitor and judge in canine performance events.
Bill and Mary have teamed up to present seminars covering any topic of interest to the retriever enthusiast. Their combined expertise gives your Retriever Club the opportunity to customize a Seminar Agenda focusing on the specific needs and interests of the club membership and their guests.
Dr. Tatum:
• Choosing a Breeder and Choosing a Puppy
• The Keys to a High Quality Breeding Program and Maintaining Breeding Animals
• Veterinary Care
• Orthopedic Testing (Hips, Elbows, etc.)
• Genetic Testing
• Q and A
Bill Hillmann:
• Fundamentals – Land and Water
• Unique and Balanced Approach to the Conditioned Retrieve – The “Soft” Approach.
• Setting Tests to Teach Specific Concepts
• Creating the Relationship You Want to Have With Your Puppy – Based on Kindness, Respect, Trust and Fairness
• Developing Courage and Power
• Creating a Balanced and Manageable Retriever
• The Theory of Practice and Its Application to Retriever Training
• Drills to Increase Marking Ability and Focus
• Developing Blinds and Mark-Blind Combinations
• Teaching and Developing Marking Concepts
Mary Tatum DVM
Brittmoore Animal Hospital, Houston Texas
Watermark Retrievers
Mary Tatum graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS (Summa Cum Laude) in May 1979, and a DVM (Cum Laude) in August 1980. Dr. Tatum is a member of the AVMA, TVMA and HCMA and has practiced small animal medicine since 1980. Dr. Tatum practices all aspects of small animal medicine with a special interest in reproduction, breeding and health of our performance animals.
Brittmoore Animal Hospital is one of the largest practices that provides freezing, storage and implantation of canine semen. Dr. Tatum is PennHIP certified and performs Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) exams with a focus on promoting physical soundness of our working animals through responsible breeding practices.
Dr. Tatum has been involved with raising Golden Retrievers since 1975, and Labradors since 1990. She is a charter member of The Greater Houston Labrador Retriever Club and the Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA). Dr. Tatum serves as President of the Lone Star Retriever Club and is active in several other retriever clubs.
Her Golden Retrievers participate in all venues … conformation, agility, service, gun dogs, hunt tests and field trials. Her Labradors are all performance and service animals. Dr. Tatum has produced numerous Breed Champions, MACH Agility dogs, Master Hunters, search and rescue, as well as Field Champions. She is the breeder of a National Field Champion. Dr. Tatum Maintains stud dogs, breeding bitches, and manages all types of breeding with her own bloodlines as well as for her clients at Brittmoore.
Dr. Tatum is also personally involved with training, conditioning and competing with her own dogs. She has been extraordinarily successful in achieving titles and qualifying at the national level.
Dr. Tatum is a licensed field trial judge and a conformation judge.
The demand for consultation with Dr. Tatum extends well beyond her home state of Texas. It is rare to find a veterinarian with such an active and extensive involvement in canine performance events. Her perspective as a veterinary practitioner, breeding specialist, performance competitor and judge is highly valued in the retriever community.
Bill Hillmann
Hawkeye Labradors
Hawkeye Media
Bill Hillmann was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended Milwaukee University School. Bill studied landscape architecture at Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin. He served in the Air Force at Clark AFB in the Philippine Islands.
Bill’s zest for a life of adventure and excitement, and his fascination with the achievement of excellence has inspired Bill to pursue a diverse range of professions. Bill perfected his skill as a photographer, which led to founding Sierra Graphics, an organization that specialized in commercial photography. Bill was the official photographer for the California Dressage Society and became most well known for photographing sailboat races on San Francisco Bay. It was during this time that Bill began to realize his passion for dog training.
His early dog training career in San Francisco centered around training problem dogs of all breeds - dogs that were either overly aggressive, destructive or noncompliant. This evolved into working with pointers and retrievers. In 1980 Bill and Mary founded Hawkeye Labradors, which was named after Bill's original San Francisco chase boat "Hawkeye" (the name derived from the Brownie Hawkeye camera). Since then Bill has been very successful training numerous Field Champions and Amateur Field Champions, and two Double Header Winners.
Bill has trained more High Point Derby Dogs than anyone in the history of American Field Trials:
• 1979 High Point Derby Dog -- FC/AFC Sunday Hawkeye
• 2002 High Point Derby Dog -- AFC Hawkeye’s Viking
Highest point yellow Lab retriever derby dog in the history of American trials
• 2003 High Point Derby Dog -- FC/NAFC Hawkeye’s Coast Guard
"Cutter" who is the 2008 National Amateur Winner, 2008 High Point Amateur Dog, and also received the Purina Award for the 2008 high point amateur dog
• 2005 High Point Amateur Dog -- FC Hawkeye’s Red, White & Blue
“Banner” went on to become 2006 High Point Open Dog as a 3-year old
• 2007 High Point Derby Dog -- FC Hawkeye’s Sea Wolf
And last, but far from least …
• FC/AFC Hawkeye’s Dandy with an accumulated 237 All Age Points was inducted to the Field Trial Hall of Fame
This is all in addition to making 40-plus Field Champions.
Bill wrote a retriever training manual, Training Retrievers for Field Trials, Hunt Tests, and Hunting, which is now in its third printing.
Bill and his wife, Mary, have produced 5 videos in an ongoing presentation of Bill’s philosophy and methods of building a balanced retriever. See his website for further details of his range of DVD’s. http://www.billhillmann.net
With each new video release, Bill’s reputation has grown outside of the American Field Trial Community. He has traveled throughout the United States giving seminars to clubs representing all retriever breeds and at all levels of performance.
In his other passion, Bill rides a motorcycle to remote locations to work on his current project, which is the "Mens Cookbook" - a journal of adventure, food, unique places and unusual people.
Bill and Mary live in Caldwell, Texas.
I am now looking for expressions of interest so that registration information can be sent and we can finalise the development of the seminar to reflect the aims and wished of the majority of attendees.
Please forward your expression of interest to me preferably via email to gareth@steamaticbendigo.net.au or via mobile 0418 482 342
Regards,
Gareth
I am in the process of arranging US based Pro Trainer Bill Hillmann and leading breeder Mary Tatum from Watermarks kennels to come to Australia for a training seminar. They plan to attend this years National and hold a seminar the following weekend in the Bendigo area.
I expect the cost to be $250 for the weekend depending on the number of participants. There will be a cap on numbers to ensure attendees get real benefit from the seminar.
In simple terms this weekend will be aimed at triallers with some experience (preferably but NOT strictly limited to having trained a dog to restricted standard) not first timers as we will not be discussing the very basics of retrieving. Having said that the plan is to particularly deal with developing younger pups and dogs to get them ready for All Age competition. Below is a planned outline and resume of Bill and Mary.
All Things Retriever
A Comprehensive Seminar for Retriever Owners
Bill Hillmann is a Professional Dog Trainer, Field Trialer, coach and mentor. Bill is an author and makes videos that teach his philosophy and methods for training a balanced retriever.
Dr. Mary Tatum is veterinarian practicing small animal medicine with a special interest in reproduction, breeding and health of our performance animals. Mary is a breeder of Golden Retrievers and Labradors, and a competitor and judge in canine performance events.
Bill and Mary have teamed up to present seminars covering any topic of interest to the retriever enthusiast. Their combined expertise gives your Retriever Club the opportunity to customize a Seminar Agenda focusing on the specific needs and interests of the club membership and their guests.
Dr. Tatum:
• Choosing a Breeder and Choosing a Puppy
• The Keys to a High Quality Breeding Program and Maintaining Breeding Animals
• Veterinary Care
• Orthopedic Testing (Hips, Elbows, etc.)
• Genetic Testing
• Q and A
Bill Hillmann:
• Fundamentals – Land and Water
• Unique and Balanced Approach to the Conditioned Retrieve – The “Soft” Approach.
• Setting Tests to Teach Specific Concepts
• Creating the Relationship You Want to Have With Your Puppy – Based on Kindness, Respect, Trust and Fairness
• Developing Courage and Power
• Creating a Balanced and Manageable Retriever
• The Theory of Practice and Its Application to Retriever Training
• Drills to Increase Marking Ability and Focus
• Developing Blinds and Mark-Blind Combinations
• Teaching and Developing Marking Concepts
Mary Tatum DVM
Brittmoore Animal Hospital, Houston Texas
Watermark Retrievers
Mary Tatum graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS (Summa Cum Laude) in May 1979, and a DVM (Cum Laude) in August 1980. Dr. Tatum is a member of the AVMA, TVMA and HCMA and has practiced small animal medicine since 1980. Dr. Tatum practices all aspects of small animal medicine with a special interest in reproduction, breeding and health of our performance animals.
Brittmoore Animal Hospital is one of the largest practices that provides freezing, storage and implantation of canine semen. Dr. Tatum is PennHIP certified and performs Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) exams with a focus on promoting physical soundness of our working animals through responsible breeding practices.
Dr. Tatum has been involved with raising Golden Retrievers since 1975, and Labradors since 1990. She is a charter member of The Greater Houston Labrador Retriever Club and the Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA). Dr. Tatum serves as President of the Lone Star Retriever Club and is active in several other retriever clubs.
Her Golden Retrievers participate in all venues … conformation, agility, service, gun dogs, hunt tests and field trials. Her Labradors are all performance and service animals. Dr. Tatum has produced numerous Breed Champions, MACH Agility dogs, Master Hunters, search and rescue, as well as Field Champions. She is the breeder of a National Field Champion. Dr. Tatum Maintains stud dogs, breeding bitches, and manages all types of breeding with her own bloodlines as well as for her clients at Brittmoore.
Dr. Tatum is also personally involved with training, conditioning and competing with her own dogs. She has been extraordinarily successful in achieving titles and qualifying at the national level.
Dr. Tatum is a licensed field trial judge and a conformation judge.
The demand for consultation with Dr. Tatum extends well beyond her home state of Texas. It is rare to find a veterinarian with such an active and extensive involvement in canine performance events. Her perspective as a veterinary practitioner, breeding specialist, performance competitor and judge is highly valued in the retriever community.
Bill Hillmann
Hawkeye Labradors
Hawkeye Media
Bill Hillmann was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended Milwaukee University School. Bill studied landscape architecture at Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin. He served in the Air Force at Clark AFB in the Philippine Islands.
Bill’s zest for a life of adventure and excitement, and his fascination with the achievement of excellence has inspired Bill to pursue a diverse range of professions. Bill perfected his skill as a photographer, which led to founding Sierra Graphics, an organization that specialized in commercial photography. Bill was the official photographer for the California Dressage Society and became most well known for photographing sailboat races on San Francisco Bay. It was during this time that Bill began to realize his passion for dog training.
His early dog training career in San Francisco centered around training problem dogs of all breeds - dogs that were either overly aggressive, destructive or noncompliant. This evolved into working with pointers and retrievers. In 1980 Bill and Mary founded Hawkeye Labradors, which was named after Bill's original San Francisco chase boat "Hawkeye" (the name derived from the Brownie Hawkeye camera). Since then Bill has been very successful training numerous Field Champions and Amateur Field Champions, and two Double Header Winners.
Bill has trained more High Point Derby Dogs than anyone in the history of American Field Trials:
• 1979 High Point Derby Dog -- FC/AFC Sunday Hawkeye
• 2002 High Point Derby Dog -- AFC Hawkeye’s Viking
Highest point yellow Lab retriever derby dog in the history of American trials
• 2003 High Point Derby Dog -- FC/NAFC Hawkeye’s Coast Guard
"Cutter" who is the 2008 National Amateur Winner, 2008 High Point Amateur Dog, and also received the Purina Award for the 2008 high point amateur dog
• 2005 High Point Amateur Dog -- FC Hawkeye’s Red, White & Blue
“Banner” went on to become 2006 High Point Open Dog as a 3-year old
• 2007 High Point Derby Dog -- FC Hawkeye’s Sea Wolf
And last, but far from least …
• FC/AFC Hawkeye’s Dandy with an accumulated 237 All Age Points was inducted to the Field Trial Hall of Fame
This is all in addition to making 40-plus Field Champions.
Bill wrote a retriever training manual, Training Retrievers for Field Trials, Hunt Tests, and Hunting, which is now in its third printing.
Bill and his wife, Mary, have produced 5 videos in an ongoing presentation of Bill’s philosophy and methods of building a balanced retriever. See his website for further details of his range of DVD’s. http://www.billhillmann.net
With each new video release, Bill’s reputation has grown outside of the American Field Trial Community. He has traveled throughout the United States giving seminars to clubs representing all retriever breeds and at all levels of performance.
In his other passion, Bill rides a motorcycle to remote locations to work on his current project, which is the "Mens Cookbook" - a journal of adventure, food, unique places and unusual people.
Bill and Mary live in Caldwell, Texas.
I am now looking for expressions of interest so that registration information can be sent and we can finalise the development of the seminar to reflect the aims and wished of the majority of attendees.
Please forward your expression of interest to me preferably via email to gareth@steamaticbendigo.net.au or via mobile 0418 482 342
Regards,
Gareth