OBEDIENCE
Sit
Stay
Heel
Kennel
Obedience training eliminates confusion. Your dog will know its place in the world and will understand right from wrong. In obedience training, the dog learns the basic commands: sit, stay, heel, kennel, and quiet. The dog receives ample reward and praise. As a result, it is motivated and gains confidence. Obedience training is also used to gain your dog’s trust and respect. Mutual respect between the dog and its owner greatly reduces the risk of being locked into a dominance struggle with your dog.
Obedience training is a step-by-step process, one in which you build on over time. It creates a solid foundation for your dog before it progresses to the Basic Retriever and Advanced Gundog training if you choose to pursue this course.
BASIC RETRIEVER
Obedience
Sit steady to shot
Mark single and double retrieves
Deliver to hand
The dog learns the basic commands of sit, stay, here, heel, kneel, and quiet. To reinforce obedience commands, your dog will be conditioned to the electric collar. At this step, the dog will also be force fetched. The dog will be taught to deliver a bird to you without chewing it, dropping it, or mouthing it. Once your dog has finished Basic Training, it should be able to sit steady to shot and to mark singles or doubles on land or in water and to deliver to hand. The dogs will be introduced to birds, decoys, boats, hunting blinds, etc.
At the end of Basic Retriever Training, your dog will be considered a started dog. This process takes approximately four months to complete.
ADVANCED GUNDOG
Obedience
Basic Retriever
Whistle & Hand Commands
Blind Retrieves
In Advanced Gundog Retriever Training, your dog is taught to mark and to retrieve multiple bird retrieves. The dog learns whistle commands and hand signals. Whistle commands and hand signals enable you to handle your dog to downed birds that they did not see fall. Retrievers must have successfully completed the Basic Retriever Course prior to beginning this training.
At the end of Advanced Gundog Retriever Training, you should have a good gundog. This process takes approximately four months to complete.
