About Us
Foundation Retrievers is located on 80 acres of rolling pasture and bottomland in Union, SC. We are a full time retriever training kennel located on our family property. We live on site allowing 24/7 watch and care for your dogs. We have big pastures, ponds, and swamps located on property allowing us to exposure your dogs to a wide variety of hunting scenarios. Having access to hundreds of acres off property allows your dog to have constant terrain changes which allows your dog to become comfortable in new environments.
In 2010 Oliver Burman bought his first lab “Willow”, this dog sparked the fire for Oliver's passion with retrievers and retriever training. Throughout college Oliver began working with a local pro, Colby Williams(Top Line Retrievers). With his guidance Oliver began soaking in as much knowledge as possible. Upon graduation from Clemson university Oliver decided to make this passion a career and join Top Line Retrievers as an Assistant trainer.
In 2017 Oliver embarked on his own journey and started Foundation Retrievers. The rest is history. Starting with specializing in obedience and gun dogs. This quickly opened doors to running AKC/UKC hunt tests. 4 years later our main focus is building hunt test competitors and some of the most well rounded gun dogs in the south.
We strive to keep our number of dogs to 20 which allows Oliver to give your retriever the individual attention it needs every day to be the best it can be.
In 2010 Oliver Burman bought his first lab “Willow”, this dog sparked the fire for Oliver's passion with retrievers and retriever training. Throughout college Oliver began working with a local pro, Colby Williams(Top Line Retrievers). With his guidance Oliver began soaking in as much knowledge as possible. Upon graduation from Clemson university Oliver decided to make this passion a career and join Top Line Retrievers as an Assistant trainer.
In 2017 Oliver embarked on his own journey and started Foundation Retrievers. The rest is history. Starting with specializing in obedience and gun dogs. This quickly opened doors to running AKC/UKC hunt tests. 4 years later our main focus is building hunt test competitors and some of the most well rounded gun dogs in the south.
We strive to keep our number of dogs to 20 which allows Oliver to give your retriever the individual attention it needs every day to be the best it can be.