Join us for private training

sessions using gundog training with your companion dog.. 

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As an owner of a gundog breed, you may want gundog training for control, for fun, or to give it a go with a view to maybe taking it further.

You may have been directed to see about getting some gundog training because your dog is not suited to mainstream classes, has regressed or training has been neglected and the dog is needing more than the average family dog training can offer.
Be aware that if we are playing catch-up, if your dog has run around playing freely with others, does daycare or goes out with others daily, chasing, doing pretty much whatever he likes, there's a lot that will need to be reversed.

With that in mind, the training we offer can take you from puppy to a level where if you decide to take it to tests and trials you have the foundations placed.

You may be starting right at the beginning or you may already be working your dog and wanting to go over some foundations, troubleshooting or just have a fresh set of eyes cast over your dog and your own handling.
 

 

We will cover the following disciplines or create a bespoke plan .. your dog will go at his pace, so sessions may differ from dog to dog.
 

 

VEHICLE MANNERS.. wait/stay in and out of the vehicle
NAME RECOGNITION
HERE-SIT-STAY..  distance/distraction & duration -360° focus

HEEL-WALKING
SIT AT STOP
INTRODUCTION TO WHISTLE
PLACEBOARD/platform training.. for returns, retrieve & heel position and long stays
DISTANCE STOPS
DOWN STAYS/DROPS
STEADY TO FLUSH
INTRODUCTION TO RETRIEVES
INTRODUCING COVER
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL /QUARTERING/CASTING
STARTING OR RESTARTING RECALL
INTRODUCTION TO GUNSHOT.. Sit to shot
INTRODUCTION TO OBSTACLES.. if needed
RETRIEVING THE DUMMY.. Size, weight, position, hold, colour, camouflage, texture, wind direction, presentation.

STEADINESS & DENIALS
RECAP OF STOP-SIT

TRACKING SCENT
FLUSHING
SIT TO FLUSH
FLUSH COMMAND

RECAP OF RECALL
WATER INTRODUCTION & SAFETY
WATER CONFIDENCE
PROGRESSING THE RETRIEVE
HAND SIGNALLING /WHISTLE SIGNALLING.. Casting, directions, quartering.

OFF LEASH HEEL-WALKING
COVER/ROUGH/BUSH.. Woodlands, Moorlands, Wetlands, Uplands
SPLIT RETRIEVES
FURTHER GUNSHOT EXPOSURE
RECAP ON THE STOP

STEADY TO GAME

SIT TO FLUSH - SIT FLUSH SIT - SIT FLUSH RETURN

RETURN FROM CHASE
POINTING ..Indication
OBSTACLES.. not always suitable for  house pets
DISTANCE CONTROL
RETURN TO WATER RETRIEVES

SIMULATION SHOT OVER DOG/WALKED UP/ROUGH-SHOOT.. Flushing, driving, peg, tracking, picking up..

 

SCURRIES & PICK-UPS 

 

Private sessions held in Law Village Park or the Run-free dog field, Carluke if preferred.

 

(Water Retrieve sessions , when suitable, will be held at Greenhead Moss Nature Reserve or Mauldslie Woods , an area of woodland close to the town of Carluke, South Lanarkshire. One of six woodlands which form the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve. Standing on the estate of Mauldslie Castle

 

Mauldslie Bridge and it's gatehouse form the entrance to one of Lanarkshire's oldest hunting estates.

 

The bridge crosses the River Clyde and used to lead to Mauldslie Castle which was erected in 1793 by Thomas, Fifth Earl of Hyndford.. Its most notable resident was John Wightman of Mauldslie, Lord Provost of Edinburgh

Sadly the castle itself no longer exists. 

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Private GundogTraining (1-2-1) Tailored to your dog.

 

WEEKDAYS

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£70

Allow 90 mins 

 

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WEEKENDS

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£80

Allow 90 mins 

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FIELDWORK SESSIONS * 

£90

Allow from 2 - 4 hours

 

* Fieldwork sessions are offered once your dog has the core skills in place.

 

ALL SESSIONS

Once back in the office, post-session supporting notes are put together and emailed to you.

 

 

WORKSHOPS 

(One-off sessions to brush up on previous training or concentrate on one particular area of training) 

Private 1-2-1

Prices vary ..SEE THE WORKSHOP PAGE FOR INFO

 

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Equipment to bring along:

Your usual walking equipment 

Whistle

Waterproof footwear

Towel

Water

 

 

Please note that we work in public areas where other dogs and owners will be, many of these dogs will be off-leash and may run over to join us - which we can turn into a training opportunity. 

our own dogs may be present too.

If your dog won't cope well in such an event, or you prefer a contained area, the Carluke Run Free privately hired dog fields are along the same road as us, so we can always join you there.

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