Basic Gun Dog
Pre-Basics
Socializing
Simple Obedience
HERE-teach manually include whistle
SIT- teach manually include whistle
HEEL- low pressure heeling beside you
KENNEL- enter kennels, crates dog boxes for treats
Formalizing Obedience (also start "hold" in FF)
HERE- Collar Condition to "here" include whistle
SIT- start sticking for sit whistle also
SIT- stick and nick to CC to sit
HEEL- using choke chain and continuous pressure
Remote SIT- teach and walk around the dog
Formal Advancement
Force Fetch
Hold- with gloved hand-paint roller-proof
Fetch-with paint roller-bumper
CC to Fetch
Walking Fetch
Fetch-No-Fetch
Force to Pile- mini pile
Nine Bumper Pile
Forcing on birds, dokkens, big bumpers etc
Regular pile extend distance to 100 yds
End of Basic Gun Dog Program (6 months)
1st Compound Stage - Advanced Gun Dog
3 Handed Casting
Intro to Pattern Blinds
Hand-thrown marks
Puppy Marking- teach to use eyes; holding pup up to see the birds fall (introduces gunners in field and "mark" cue)
Introduce birds, dokkens etc
Swimming (water attitude drills with other dogs)
Walking Singles-with visible guns, blank pistols, duck calls
High success type marks: singles 50-100 yds
no cover, ditches etc
No Steadiness requirement
Multiple gunners in the field
Easy widespread hand-thrown doubles
Initial steadying: rope and honoring
Stickman drills- all as singles 50-100 yds
baseball pattern, 4pt long/short, X-mas tree
In lines
Intro to hidden guns
Steadying
Honoring
Walk ups/diversion birds
Delivering to hand now in marks
Delayed Doubles
Basic Doubles