Dan personally develops each retrievers' program with the clients' goal in mind.

Retrievers are our only business and have been for 16 years. Our kennel is 30 miles East Dallas, TX. If your goal is a companion, hunting dog, or hunt test retriever, then Marks-A-Lot is the place to get your puppy and get him trained.

Marks-A-Lot has 7 custom ponds and access to over 20 "natural" ponds as well.  Thousands of acres of land are used to enhance your retriever's progress.
 
We concentrate on training retrievers for hunting and competitive AKC and UKC hunting tests. 

Please Note:  There is NO difference in the training of retrievers used for hunting or hunting tests.  The methods, concepts and scenarios are exactly the same. We train out of boats, duck blinds and tree stands as well as upland hunting scenarios. We us duck calls, decoys and we shoot in the field and at the line.  THE STANDARD FOR THE HUNTING RETRIEVER AND THE COMPETITIVE RETRIEVER IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

WHO IS DAN KIELTY AND WHY SEND MY RETRIEVER TO MARKS A LOT FOR TRAINING?

Experience:  Dan has over 30 years experience training retrievers, 16 years as a full-time professional retriever trainer.

Record: Dan has earned nearly 400 hunt test titles and placed multiple retrievers in the AKC HALL OF FAME.  Dan has earned Master Hunter titles on 9 retrievers before they reached the age of 24 months.

 

HRCH Marks-A-Lot Gangster MH HOF Master Hunter titled earned at 17 months old.

Rough Ridin' Calvinator MH Master Hunter titled earned at 22 months old.

Family Man: Married to wife Cheryl for 18 years. Dan has 3 sons - Matthew, a Senior at the University of Arizona, a journalism major with a poly/sci minor. Due to graduate in 2008. James age 13 and Thomas age 11 both active in athletics, Dan coaches both boys.

THE MOST EXPERIENCE, THE BEST FACILITIES, STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, THE BEST TRAINING GROUNDS AND YOUR RETRIEVER'S PROGRESS IS DOCUMENTED DAILY!