Courses
Our 6-week Sunday morning courses are:
- Puppy
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Advanced Retrievers*
- Advanced Spaniels*
* If sufficient students advanced will be split into retrievers and spaniels otherwise all students will be together as one group.
Puppy Syllabus
Week 1
- Responsibility & care
- Gundog Equipment
- Exercise & Stimulation
- Introduction to heel – finding the correct position and maintaining it
- Puppy Recall
- Sit
- Watch me
Week 2
- Recap week 1
- Basic Retrieving - avoiding possessiveness
- Basic Hunting
Week 3
- Recap week 1 & 2
- Water Play
- Sit/Stay
Week 4
- Recap weeks 1-3
- Sit/Stay with distractions
- Heel work – moving past distractions
Week 5
- Recap Weeks 1-4
- Recall without use of hand
- Sit/Stay at distance
Week 6
- Recap on all aspects and work on problem areas
Novice Syllabus
Week 1
- Heel work off the lead
- Retrieving in longer grass to encourage hunting
- Introduction to quartering
- Longer recalls
- Longer sit/stay
- Sit/Stay with closer distractions
Week 2
- Recap Week 1
- Stop Whistle
Week 3
- Recap Weeks 1-2
- Left/Right/Back
- Memory Retrieves
Week 4
- Recap Weeks 1-3
- Water retrieve
- Crossing water for retrieve
Week 5
- Recap Weeks 1-4
- Working with fur
- Working with Feather
- Jumping
Week 6
- Recap on all aspects and work on problem areas
Intermediate Syllabus
Week 1
- Heel work
- Off Lead
- Recall with sit
- Stop Whistle
- Sit/Stay 1 Minute at distance
- Sit/Stay with distractions overhead
Week 2
- Recap Week 1
- Retrieving and delivery
- Go Back Command
- Left/Right Direction
- Recall away from Retrieve
- Memory retrieves
Week 3
- Recap Weeks 1-2
- Stop Whistle during retrieve
Week 4
- Recap Weeks 1-3
- Water retrieve
- Crossing water for retrieve
- Memory Retrieve over water
Week 5
- Recap Weeks 1-4
- Working with fur
- Working with Feather
- Jumping
Week 6
- Recap Weeks 1-5
- Hunting patterns
- Hunting in different cover
- Drop to the shot
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