Gary

Hi, I'm Gary Scovel

I retired Jan, 1991, from state civil service as a WI State Conservation Warden Supervisor after 27 years working a job I absolutely loved.  I've stayed in Minocqua, WI with my wife Helen, also retired, where I was stationed for the last 15 years prior to retirement.

We own three Standard Poodles, Beau, Scout, and Callie, the only dogs I use for hunting ducks and pheasants in WI, SD, ND, and hopefully in the future, ducks and geese in Saskatchewan.  Since my retirement has allowed me to have time for hunting I've also discovered a fondness for dog training, especially since Beau and Scout came into our lives.  I'm now beginning to wonder how I ever found time to actually work.  Training and hunting are now my full time hobbies. 

As part of training I also enter and handle our poodles in hunt tests; AKC and UKC, in WI, MN, IL, SD, GA, IA, and FL. 

In addition to hunt tests I've fooled around with competitive obedience and Helen has recently started training Callie for rally and agility.  I do the hunt test training.

There have been several WI game wardens, good friends, other hunters I know, as well as strangers I've met while hunting and at hunt tests, who have wondered why I ever got involved with training and hunting over poodles.  I still get asked that question often.  Now I can tell them to check out this web site. 

For some back ground and history lesson go to Predecessors