Zion Kennels is built on a foundation of Trust, Honesty, and Work Ethic. We have been working on this foundation for over 12 years. Eddie Noga, Owner/Trainer, has been tutored

Zion Kennels specialize in raising your future Hunt Test competitor and/or hunting companion or Gundog. Zion Kennels only takes a maximum of 16 dogs at any one time. By limiting the dogs we are training we are able to dedicate and focus on giving our clients and their dogs quality work.

We focus on getting the dog ready for you and the next season whatever it will be. Zion Kennels works in association with Steve Stidham, Sulphur River Kennels, we have a full AKC Hunt Test schedule and we can take your dog through the AKC Master Hunter level. Hunting companions are always accepted.

New dogs are accepted on a 1 month minimum term. Most gun dogs only need 4 months. Hunt Test dogs will require more. Zion Kennels also offers a Head Start Program for your

Many dogs leave Eddie & Zion Kennels to continue a long successful career as Master Hunters and beloved hunting companions.

We also have a full service Boarding Facility and are able to take all medium to large breed dogs. No small breeds please.

If you are looking for a retriever as a pet, gundog, or AKC competition dog we can help you. We offer a free puppy finder program. We know what to look for in the dogs so to minimize your risk of getting a lame or genetically impaired retriever. We would love to help you find a new companion for you and your family.

We are very happy to announce that we are taking dogs just for obedience training. Please go to the OBEDIENCE Training Page for more information or call Heather Noga at (903)227-1652.

Contact us today and come out, watch us train and make your decision on what you see.

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Oct 2007
AKC Hunt Test News

The Zion Kennels crew had attended 2 hunt tests in the month of October. We took 4 Junior Dogs, Zack, Conner, Nexxus and Cody, 2 Senior Dogs, Ruger & Mick, and one Master Dog, Pete. The Crew went 1 for 1 in the Master (only running one test), 4 Senior passes, and 8 Junior Passes. These passes we completed in just 2 Hunt Tests.

Victor Batton with Zack and his JH Title Ribbon!

Pete turned in excellent work in the Master, with Pete nearly lining all his blinds including an in route poison bird blind. His marks were some of the best turned in with him having only one hunt the hole weekend.

In the Senior, Ruger passed all 3 tests easily. He pinned all the marks and 2-whistled several blinds. He needs one more pass for his SH and will move into the Master this Spring.

The Junior went will with Zack and Conner passing every test. They were heads and shoulders above most of the other competitors. The Juniors were some of the toughest test I have seen, with cover over the dogs head and goose silhouettes in line to marks posed an obstacle most other dogs could not handle.

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The Bonham 4-H Club offers all different kinds of projects. One of them, the Dog Project, gave students from 4 years old all the way through high school an opportunity to not only learn how to train their dog(s), but also learning how to be patient

with their animals. This project lasted about two and a half months long, with six meetings total (about one meeting every other week).

Eddie and Heather Noga were the talented teachers of this project. They worked with a wide variety of dogs; from Pomeranians and Dachshunds all the way to German Shepherds, Labradors, and Border Collies. Dogs were a variety ages, as were the kids. No matter what the breed, age, experience, or temperament of the dog or student, the Noga’s demonstrated the skills and best training methods for each individual and animal.

Week one we focused mainly on getting to know each other, and the dogs we would be working with for the next few months. Although there were many dogs of different breeds, the dogs were all respectful to Eddie, due to his advanced knowledge.

The second meeting, Eddie showed us how teach the “sit” and “kennel” commands. For the puppies with short-term attention spans, he taught alternative ways to teach the commands, without the puppies getting too bored. At the next meeting, Eddie taught us how to teach the “heel” command and the finished position. The “heel”

command requires that the dog sits to the right, or left in some cases, of their feet. This is hard for dogs to learn, especially for puppies, but with lots of practice, the dogs were able to fulfill this command.

We learned how to teach the and “here” (or “come”) command from Heather at the fourth meeting. Because the dogs want to come to their owner, this command was somewhat easy, especially for puppies. At this meeting, we reviewed the “sit” command, and required the dogs to remain still until called to come. At the next-to-last meeting, Heather taught us how to teach our dogs the “down” command. This command

was very challenging to several of the students, because the dogs would want the treat instead of lying down. Also, some dogs would roll over rather than lying down, and want their tummies to be scratched (mainly the puppies and older dogs). This command, as most of them, needed to be practiced regularly, but was learned by all dogs.

By the last meeting, dogs would obey voice commands such as “sit”, “down”, “kennel”, “heel”, and “come”. Eddie also demonstrated several of his competition dogs and dogs-in-training to the group of students. They ended the project they held a mock dog show, displaying what the dogs had learned throughout the last two and a half months.

The Bonham 4-H Club would like to thank Eddie and Heather Noga with Zion Kennels for their support, time, and effort in teaching the students how to best train their dogs. The focus of 4-H is to teach leadership skills to children and students, and Eddie and Heather taught them the confidence to be leaders with their

dogs that will translate to leadership in their community. Thank you so much, Noga’s!

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