Meet the Trainer
"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt,
and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."
-- John Steinbeck
Cray Stephenson has worked with canines in one fashion or another since 1990. Cray has worked with companion dogs, service dogs, therapy dogs and dabbled with Search and Rescue dogs. As an avid upland and waterfowl hunter, he began training Labrador Retrievers, as hunting companions, in the mid 1990's and has turned this obsession into his business. He was one of 4 judges for the inaugural World Retriever Championship held March of 2005 outside of Oxford Mississippi. Cray uses and endorses products from Dogtra, World's Finest E-Collars, Gunners Up Remote Launchers, Avery Outdoors, Avery Sporting Dog and DJ Illinois River Valley Calls and wishes to personally thank these companies for their continued support of Creighton Kennels Hunting Retrievers, our hunting passion and the retriever games that we love.
Training
CK is currently not taking retrievers in for training.
Honors
Cray has been honored to judge at the Inaugural World Retriever Championship, The Super Retriever Series event in Shelbyville, KY 2006, the Super Retriever Series 2006 Oregon Waterfowl Festival event, the Super Retriever Series event held in Louisburg, NC 2007, the Super Retriever Series Arkansas Qualifier 2007, the 2007 Super Retriever Series Crown Championship and the 2007/8 Huntsville SRS. As well as in NAHRA and HRC hunt test events. Cray is honored to be a member of Avery's Pro Staff, an Avery Sporting Dog Specialist and Dogtra Field Staff.
The World Retriever Championship March 14 - 19, 2005
Coolwater Farms, Oxford, MS
August 20-22 2004, World Retriever Championship Meeting, Firewater Lodge, Victor, SD
Front L-R: Justin Tackett, Vickie Lamb, Clay Hiett.
Back L-R: Larry McMurry, Cray Stephenson, Chris Atkinson, Rich Dresser
Cray at the Inaugural WRC prior to series 10, March, 19th, 2005
