Right Start Kennel
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
(920) 467-3413
2022 NAFC Holland Cliff’s Blade a Fine
Line
2021 National Open Champion
NFC-AFC Holland Cliffs PlayIt Again
2015 FC-AFC Hardscrabble Roxie McBunn
2012 NAFC Paddle Creek’s Pack Your Grip
“Traveler”
2011 NAFC-AFC Cody Cut A Lean Grade
2004 NAFC Chickamauga Choo Choo
2003 NFC Five Star General Patton
2002 NAFC Candlewoods Ramblin Man
2001 NAFC Candlewoods Ramblin Man
1999 NAFC Candlewoods Bit O Bunny
1996 NFC Storm's Riptide Star
1996 NAFC Candlewoods Bit O Bunny
1992 NFC Candlewood's Super Tanker
1990 NAFC Candlewood's Super Tanker
and
193 Field Champions
Established in 1990, Right Start Kennels focuses
solely on giving young retrievers the "Right Start
Advantage". We specialize in taking young dogs
and progressing them from the basics through
transition, ideally prepared to go on to advanced
training. We provide individualized training based
on the needs of the student within the parameters
of a well designed, step-by-step, progressive
program.
Jim got his start training dogs at the early age of
17 when he became the proud owner of a
Labrador Retriever. His first entry in a local field
trial won him a ribbon which planted the seeds for
his eventual career. Jim’s college education was
funded by his talent as a dog trainer where he
graduated with an education degree in 1984, after
which he went on to become a high school
teacher. With experience as an educator and with
his intuitive dog training skill, Right Start Kennel
was born in 1990. Since then, RSK has provided
the foundation for twelve national field titles and
174 field champions.
The headquarters for RSK is Sheboygan Falls,
Wisconsin with winter grounds in Cairo, Georgia
affording the young students optimum learning
opportunities year round. While Jim does not run
many trials himself, preferring to stay home and
train, he and his students usually run several
derby stakes each year.
Jim’s training philosophy is to develop a dog to its
full potential by teaching within a structured,
progressive training program.
New DVD Just Released
Retriever Yard Work
with Jim Van Engen
Jim’s DVD is a three disc set providing 5-hours
of insight, instruction and tips focusing on yard
work.
About Right Start Kennel