At SportDog we recognize the importance of conservation enhancement initiatives. SportDog supports conservation efforts that ensure hunters will have places to hunt for generations to come. From habitat enhancement projects at your local level to partnerships with national conservation organizations, SportDog is proud to contribute. Check out our SportDog Hunting Dog Supplies and dog training equipment.The SportDOG remote trainers are essential to conducting research.  Dogs are used to find sport bird nests in the summer months and the SportDOG training equipment is an important asset in controlling the dogs and locating them once they have pointed the birds.  Once the dog finds a nest, habitat data is collected to determine vital information about the use.
 
SportDog Wood Duck Nesting Box Project
SportDOG Brand recently participated in a conservation wood duck nesting box project in Tennessee’s Turkey Creek Wetland Area. This wetland area is a unique resource, it is located within the shadows of malls in the downtown Farragut area of Knoxville. The wetland not only hosts a variety of animals and native flora, but it is an important area for migrating waterfowl such as the wood duck.  SportDog dog training supplies were used to control the dogs assigned to this project.

Seeing the chance to make a difference in this wetlands habitat, SportDOG staff, along with the Turkey Creek Wetland Park Area manager, installed 11 nesting boxes at known nesting locations. One consideration during the placing of the boxes was to reduce nest dumping. Nest dumping may occur when wood duck hens attempt to optimize as many of the nesting opportunities within a given area as possible, but are only able to successfully incubate a single nest. Therefore, it was important that boxes were strategically placed so that box entrances were not viewable from each other. SportDog tracking equipment allowed our dogs to fine these areas.SportDOG Brand is proud to support Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever as their organization's exclusive training e-collar sponsor.  SportDOG Brand supports organizations like Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever with SportDog training supplies and product donations. We offer discount SportDog supplies and training equipment.