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Whitewater Retrievers

Dover, Minnesota

3.8/5· 190 Google reviews

About Whitewater Retrievers

Programs include leash training, obedience training and socialization.

Training & services

Training goals

  • Leash training
  • Obedience training
  • Socialization

How training happens

  • Board and train
  • Day training
  • Owner coaching Customer-reported

Dog age

  • Puppies

Support between sessions

  • Photo updates Customer-reported

Assistance and working dogs

  • Hunting dog training

Additional services

  • Boarding

Other listed services

View 7 additional details
  • Breeding Services
  • Dog Training Packages
  • Dog Training Programs
  • Job Training
  • Labrador Breeding
  • Sniffing Dogs
  • Stud Dog

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Questions & answers

From Google

What people have asked about this business.

When is your next session? And how much?

If you want to have your dog trained, contact the owner, the important thing to remember is make reservations now for fall. He is extremely busy and has limited space. He has different options available for training such as obedience training or for hunting. Dogs stay with him uninterrupted for 3 weeks. He does use a correction device to aid in training. I hope this helps with your decision. He can tell you how much he charges, he is substantially less then other trainers.

Community answer · Ruth Ann · 2022-09-21

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Customer reviews

Google listing
3.8
out of 5190 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Dog boarding 22
  • Obedience training 19
  • Clean facility 14
  • Allows hunting 7
  • Gun dog training 6
  • Video updates 6
All 10 topics
  • Family training 3
  • Dog socialization 2
  • Dog whisperer 2
  • Golden retriever care 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

100 collected reviews

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Amy Heaney
5/5
Whitewater Retreivers have trained both my German Shepherds! Rob was professional and kept me in the loop during the entire process. At the end we were all trained on how to keep up the continued trainings (it’s an ongoing process and as a dog owner you have to put in work too). …Read full reviewClose full review

Whitewater Retreivers have trained both my German Shepherds! Rob was professional and kept me in the loop during the entire process. At the end we were all trained on how to keep up the continued trainings (it’s an ongoing process and as a dog owner you have to put in work too). My dogs have always left Robs clean and healthy. They are NEVER shy, timmed, or scared to go there for boarding. I am regularly complimented on my dogs behavior in public. I highly recommend Rob and have sent many friends his way, all of who are happy and go back for boarding. I would highly recommend Rob! His facility is clean, well kept, and the dogs are fed according to their home schedule.

Jacque Wanek
5/5
We adopted 2 rescue labs that were 2 years old prior to us getting them. They did not come from a good home environment. The boy dog was not neutered until we got him so had some aggressive dominant tendencies. We put them through training here and they have become such fantastic…Read full reviewClose full review

We adopted 2 rescue labs that were 2 years old prior to us getting them. They did not come from a good home environment. The boy dog was not neutered until we got him so had some aggressive dominant tendencies. We put them through training here and they have become such fantastic family dogs. They are great with any/all dogs now. Rob did a fantastic job at training them and making them into the great family pups they are now. They enjoy coming back for boarding every time we are out of town and run right up to him with wagging tails each time we arrive there. They are well cared for and come home tired out from playing with their other “dog friends” during their stay. Would HIGHLY recommend Rob for both training and boarding. He is fantastic with the dogs and very compassionate towards any four legged creature.

Benedikte Bjerre
1/5
If you want to train your dog, you do it yourself with a trainer, that uses positive methods, why would you leave your dog, with a stranger, to train it ? no trainer using positive training methods, would ever do it this way, but always recommend you to train your dog yourself, w…Read full reviewClose full review

If you want to train your dog, you do it yourself with a trainer, that uses positive methods, why would you leave your dog, with a stranger, to train it ? no trainer using positive training methods, would ever do it this way, but always recommend you to train your dog yourself, with the help of a trainer .. this is absolutely outdated and old fashioned, and I have no doubt, punishment is being used :(

Lorraine Kelly
1/5

This place needs to be closed down immediately. Do your research if you are thinking of bringing your dog here and you will see why.

Joy Carlson
5/5

Cleanest kennel and top notch training facility. There are no bad dogs just owners. Will go back definitely.

Original customer experiences from the collected Google data. Ratings without comments follow written reviews.

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