Gundog Training Classes

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 reward based gundog club. All breeds welcome! 

6 x 50 minute weekly lessons, held outdoors at Clanfield Memorial Hall, learning key foundation gundog training exercises and their use in everyday life, including:

• Steady
• Recall whistle
• Stop whistle
• Send away
• Retrieve
• Calmness around distractions
• Walking to heel (on lead)
• Directional signals (left and right)

A certificate and rosette is awarded upon completion of the course.  Previous basic training (e.g. sit, stay, recall) would be advantageous but is not essential.   

The course includes a digital course manual with all the training exercises covered plus top training tips.  

In the event of rain or hot weather, classes will be moved inside the hall.

Please note this course will take place over 7 weeks, as there will be no class on Sunday 24th August 2025

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 pet gundog course with another training club.

6 x 50 minute weekly lessons, held outdoors, learning key foundation gundog training exercises including:

• Walking to heel (off lead) 
• Advanced walking to heel (on lead)
• Send around
• Advanced steady
• Stop progression 
• Back hand signal
• Hunt whistle
• Marked, memory and blind retrieves 
• Gundog games

A certificate and rosette is awarded upon completion of the course.  The course includes a digital course manual with all the training exercises covered plus top training tips.  

In the event of rain or hot weather, classes will be moved inside the hall.

Please note this course will take place over 7 weeks, as there will be no class on Sunday 12th October 2025

Following on from the gundog foundations level 2 course, this 6 week course takes the foundation skills achieved in the level 1 and 2 courses to the next level, introducing new and more advanced exercises. This course is suitable for dogs who have attended our level 2 course or an equivalent foundation pet gundog course with another training club.

6 x 50 minute weekly lessons, held outdoors at Springwood Junior School, learning key foundation gundog training exercises including:

• Quartering 
• Direction change whistle
• Split retrieves
• Casting
• Jump and tunnel retrieves
• Ladder retrieves 
• Scurries
• Gundog games

A certificate and rosette is awarded upon completion of the course.  The course includes a digital course manual with all the training exercises covered plus top training tips.  

Please note this course is run at our second venue at Springwood Junior School in Waterlooville. In the event of rain or hot weather, classes may be postponed and added to the end of the course, as there are no indoor training facilities at this venue.