This FREE webinar provides instruction the training equipment we use, how we develop clear signals to communicate with our dogs, and the process of training the five fundamental exercises (that you can teach in your basement or garage!) we teach to our versatile gundogs. This webinar covers:

• Training Equipment

  • What tools we use and why

    • Leads and check cords

    • Collars

    • Electronics

    • Toys

    • Tables, boxes, and pens

  • Pros and cons of each piece of equipment

• Signals

  • Classical conditioning

  • Reward and punishment markers

  • Putting behaviors on command

  • Non-verbal cues

  • Situational cues

• Fundamental Exercises/Behaviors

  • Tie outs

    • Teaching leash and collar communication

    • Developing drive

    • Developing neutrality

  • Box work

    • Teaching article indications and tracking behaviors

    • Developing commitment, persistence, and mental toughness

    • Counter conditioning and desensitization

  • Table work

    • Send aways

    • Steadiness

    • Casting and directionals

  • Retrieve

    • Creating clarity in the fetch, hold, and give behaviors

    • A forced retrieve process that you and your dog will actually enjoy

    • Basic yardwork for marks and blinds

  • Gameplay

    • Building confidence, creativity, and independence through brain games

    • Creating passion for pressure

    • Why you should play tug with your gundog

A link to join the webinar will be sent out to registered participants the day prior to the event. A recording will be available for all registered participants after the event. If you registered for a previous webinar in this series, you do not need to register again.

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Here’s a list of all the upcoming webinars in the series:

May: Searching

June: Tracking

July: Retrieving

August: Neutrality, Capping, Obedience

August: Handling for Hunting and Hunt Tests