The foundation Gundog courses are great and fun introduction to the basics of gundog training. The courses will cover exercises which suit the breeds and their rolls within the shooting field, such as the following,
Heelwork, steadiness, introduction to placeboard training, introduction to whistle cues recall, stop, turn and hunt whistle ,introduction to basic retrieving and hunting.
The course is suitable for dogs over 6 months of age all breeds welcome not just Gundogs!
The progressive Retriever gundog course is suited to the retrieving breeds but all breeds welcome. The course is a follow on from the foundation course, polishing up on the areas covered in the foundation course and also getting you ready for the advanced sessions. Things you will cover are, pushing on and cleaning up the foundation behaviours, starting to work on hand delivery, postioning, taking lines, intro to directions, intro to memory and blind retrieves, hunt whistle, intro to off lead heel work , start of distance work and much more. Its important to have time in gundog training to really hone your skills as a handler as there is alot layers in gundog training dependent on how far you want to go in your journey with your dog.
The progressive hunters gundog course is suited to the hunting breeds like your Spaniels, HPRS, Pointers and Setters but all breeds welcome. The course is a follow on from the foundation course, polishing up on the areas covered in the foundation course and also getting you ready for the advanced sessions. Things you will cover are learning about the hunting styles depent on the breeds quartering, learning to stop and sit on flush, hunting exercises, turn whistle, retrieving learning to hunt and transition to retrieveing, off lead heel work, distance work and much much more. Its important to have time in gundog training to really hone your skills as a handler as there is alot layers in gundog training dependent on how far you want to go in your journey with your dog.
Advanced Gundog is for those who have progressed on from the progression course. The advanced Gundog is a weekly roll on classes which means more flexibility and you can choose which weeks you wish to attend. Each week will be covering a certain area in advanced training, these classes will be more challenging covering shooting scenarios and competition work. These will be either held at my field or more challenges environments depending what we are covering that week. The adavanced groups will also be split up into breed specific groups to cover the adavnced areas that excercises need to be covered for the breeds again dependent on what you want to achieve with your dog. All training is reward based using modern up to date methods that are both kind, fair and effective.
Th Gundog foundations sessions are for a 1hour and run for 6 weeks. Our group sizes are small maximum of 6 dogs per group.
The Progression group are for sessions are for a 1hour and run for 6 weeks . Our group sizes are small maximum of 6 dogs per group
Advanced more flexible days annouced when and where sessions held.
All session are held on private land in a secure loction.
All Gundog courses cost £100 and include a private facebook group as well as ongoing email support for duration of the course. To book please go on the book now page of this website any questions please email trailsfortails@outlook.com
DATES AND TIMES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BOOK NOW PAGE. Between September and February no courses will be running. New dates will be back up in March. Courses will run between May to September usually on a Tuesday evening.