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17 Apr Dog’s Best Friend: Drake retrieves a pheasant

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Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel has been showing us training sessions and playtime with his yellow Labrador puppy, Drake. This video, shot a few weeks ago when it was still winter at the ranch, continues the training with a real pheasant. Because of...

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10 Apr Dog’s Best Friend: Golden retriever graduation

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It’s graduation day for Sam, a young golden retriever who has been training with Ted Hoff at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. In this video Ted puts Sam through his paces, emphasizing the necessity for doing the training in a calm atmosphere. Ted also makes a...

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03 Apr Dog’s Best Friend: Playing in the snow

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Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel sits at an elevation of about 6000 feet, nearly half a mile lower than Telluride. So the winters there are typically a little milder than up here in the high country. But there was still enough snow last month for Ted...

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27 Mar Dog’s Best Friend: Drake is learning to retrieve

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Our friend Ted Hoff  shares weekly videos with dog training tips, training sessions, or just views of a dog's life at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. This week Ted's young yellow Lab puppy, Drake, is getting training in retrieving. Looks like fun, and that's the point.

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20 Mar Dog’s Best Friend: Ted works with Athena and Mae

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For the past several weeks we have watched Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel work with his dogs, showing us the training techniques he uses to keep the dogs sharp and interested. Ted emphasizes that working breeds need a job to do. Doing what...

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13 Mar Dog’s Best Friend: Snow day for Drake and Mae

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Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel's Ted Hoff always sends us some great stuff about training dogs, dogs playing, a dog's life at Cottonwood. This week's video falls into the latter two categories. But the training piece is always there in the background. Socialization (and appropriate aggressive...

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06 Mar Dog’s Best Friend: Spring training

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(editor's note: Somehow the post that was to accompany Ted's video went adrift. I am attempting to recreate the feeling of that post days later.) Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel is constantly working with his dogs and the dogs in his care. In...

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27 Feb Dog’s Best Friend: Drake with older dogs

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At 15 weeks, Drake's training continues. Ted Hoff, Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, has engaged Cabela and Mae to help with Drake's socialization, and to model longer periods of Sit/Stay. Notice how Drake, the young yellow Labrador, pays attention to what the more mature dogs are...

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20 Feb Dog’s Best Friend: Dog day at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel

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Telluride Inside… and Out has been publishing Ted Hoff's (Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel) training tips for months now. To clear up any misunderstanding that life at Cottonwood is all work and no play, Ted sent along this video of his Lab puppy Drake playing with...

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13 Feb Dog’s Best Friend: First day with Davos

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Ted Hoff at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel is well-known for training hunting and retrieving dogs. Telluride Inside… and Out has had first hand knowledge of Ted’s wider range of experience. Gina the Dog was a tough customer, but was won over by Ted’s patient, repetitive...

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