Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pre Course Material

    • Toys and Gundog Training Equipment

    • Dog Training Jargon

    • Positive Interrupter

    • Walking your dog

    • Checking In

    • Equipment

  • 2

    Socialisation

    • Socialisation

    • Confidence Building Groundwork Session

    • Socialisation

  • 3

    Theme 1 - Play & Reinforcement (R+)

    • Parking your Puppy

    • Basic Sit

    • Animating Food Rewards

    • Tug

    • Two Toy Game

    • Name Game

    • Food Manners
  • 4

    Theme 2 - Recall

    • Lead On / Lead Off

    • Focus

    • Yo-Yo Recall

    • Catch Up Game

    • Restrained Recall

    • Mooch / Play / Train Walks

    • Recall Whistle

  • 5

    Theme 3 - Loose Lead Walking

    • Car Manners

    • Repositioning Move

    • Stop Start / Red Light, Green Light

    • Change of Direction

    • Follow Me - Catch up to heel

    • Heelwork

  • 6

    Theme 4 - Self Control

    • Sit Stay

    • Leave it

    • Take It

    • Loose Lead Walking to Distraction

    • Auto-Sit

    • Auto Sit Part 2
  • 7

    Theme 5 - Retrieve

    • Puppy Retrieve

    • Hand Touch

    • Tug for more tug

    • Two Toy Game
  • 8

    Theme 6 - Handling

    • Down

    • Stand

    • Go to Bed

    • Vet Handling

    • Grooming Equipment

    • Collar Grabs
  • 9

    Bonus Material - Targeting

    • Building Value in the Placeboard

    • Placeboard - Shaping and Sendaway

    • How to make your own Placeboard

  • 10

    Additional

    • Emergency Recall

    • Fun Scentwork

    • Cone Scentwork

    • Polite Greetings

    • Loose Lead Walking and Leave It