Mission Statement:
To provide the best in boarding, training and grooming for our clients at a very affordable price! We want to create an experience that the dog and the owner will enjoy and benefit by everyday!
Biography
Ted Smith – 70 years old in 2023
Started Freestone Kennels in 1976 endorsed by three professional trainers and accepted into P.R.T.A. in 1978. P.R.T.A. ( Professional Retriever Trainers Association)
Trained and competed retrievers in licensed field trials – in U.S. and Canada.
Since 1976 Ted Has:
- Trained and Competed with Retrievers.
- Worked with clients and their gun dogs.
- Pointers / setters/ spainiels / retrievers
- Trained blood trailing deer recovery dogs.
- Horn / Antler finding dogs.
- Trained guard / attack / tracking dogs.
- Problem solving / behavioral issues
- Works with rescue groups.
- Built a beautiful Boarding / Grooming / Training Facility.
- No fancy titles besides professional trainer just a lot of common sense and hands on experience.
47 years of hands on experience in:
- Georgia – War Path Kennels
- California – Hill Top Kennels
- Michigan – Freestone – est. 1976