Gundog Foundations Level 1 - 6 week course - £70
Would you like to learn how to develop your dog's natural abilities and put them to use in everyday life? Want to know more about gundog training or just fancy doing something different with your dog? Then this is the course for you! This course is ideal for owners wishing to try gundog training just for fun or as a foundation to moving on to training with a gundog club. All breeds welcome!
6 x 50 minute weekly lessons, held outdoors, learning key foundation gundog training exercises and their use in everyday life, including:
- Recall
- Emergency stop
- Send away
- Retrieve
- Stay (Steady)
- Whistle work
- Directional signals (left, right and back)
- Targeting (hand, platform and posts)
Certificate and rosette given upon course completion. Previous basic training (e.g. sit, stay, recall) would be advantageous but is not essential. Includes digital course manual with all the training exercises covered plus top training tips.
UPCOMING COURSE DATES
Sunday 24th October 2021 - 1.30pm - FULL
Sunday 23rd January 2022 - 1.30pm
Gundog Foundations Level 2 - 6 week course - £70
Following on from the Gundog Foundations Level 1 course, this 6 week course takes the foundation skills achieved in the level 1 course to the next level, as well as introducing new exercises. This course is suitable for dogs who have attended our level 1 course or an equivalent foundation gundog course with another training club.
6 x 50 minute weekly lessons, held outdoors, learning key foundation gundog training exercises including:
- Walking to heel (on and off lead)
- Paws up and pivot
- Sending around objects
- Impulse control around distractions
- Emergency stops (out run and in run)
- Mark, memory and blind retrieves
- Emergency recalls
Certificate and rosette given upon course completion. Includes digital course manual with all the training exercises covered plus top training tips.