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Gundog training is a specialised form of canine education focused on developing the natural abilities of our dogs. Through a combination of obedience, retrieving, and scenting exercises, gundog training channels a dog’s innate instincts to work cooperatively with their handler in various outdoor environments. This training involves teaching skills like retrieving, responding to whistle commands, and maintaining steadiness in the presence of distractions.
Gundog training offers a fulfilling and enriching experience for both you and your dog, providing mental stimulation, obedience, safety skills, and a deeper bond forged through teamwork and shared outdoor adventures.
Gundog training is good for both gundog breeds and other breeds. If you would like to learn how to teach your dog to retrieve, work to the whistle and train amongst distractions, then this could be the course for you.
Price:
£90 / 6 Sessions
Suitable For:
For dogs +24 weeks old
# Classes:
6 Sessions (1 Per Week)
Class Length:
45 Minutes
Max Class Size:
8 Dogs
Class Days:
Daytime, Evening
Use our online booking system to view available dates and times. Alternatively, call our office on 01243 697202
All classes are held at our dog training centre based in Aldingbourne, Chichester | Get Directions
With courses for all abilities, we make it easy for your dog to progress through the stages.
On our Level 1 Course, we will introduce steadiness, heelwork. a recall whistle, a stop/sit whistle and the hunt whistle. We will start to look at sending our dogs out, introduce a hold of an item and delivery, in order to create a full retrieve pattern.
On this course we progress the skills from Level 1, and also add in directional controls (left, right and a back command). Hunting is introduced to our dogs and we start working on memory retrieves and marked retrieves.
Our Level 3 course will challenge your dog to work off lead for the exercises and be steady around other dogs. Longer recalls and retrieves will be introduced. Delivery to hand is now the criteria with your dog maintaining a hold on the dummy. Obstacles and an Over command is introduced, along with blind retrieves. We will also build on their quarter pattern in hunting exercises.
On this course we will work in various locations and build on all the foundations we have worked on previously. Longer, complicated retrieves, double Marks, Blinds and Split retrieves and advanced stop whistle work. Dogs should be able to sit and remain steady whilst other dogs are working in and around them off lead.
Get to know the friendly faces ready to help you and your dog thrive!
Ali joined our Team in 2022 and teaches our Gundog Classes and Flyball. Ali is an accredited IMDT trainer. (Institute of Modern Dog Training) a member of the LWDG (Ladies Working Dog Group). Ali offers group classes, as well as 121’s.
She has a real passion for teaching owners the foundations of Gundog training; which improves their steadiness when working around other dogs and distractions, their retrieve skills, hunting and also training their dog to the whistle.
Miranda has been working with dogs for over 20 years; for the last 12 years, she has specialised in solving behaviour issues such as aggression, separation anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behaviours.
Miranda coaches clients from all walks of life and disciplines from pet dogs to competitive sports dogs to therapy dogs with any issues their owners need her help with.
The Dog Run – an enclosed field giving you space to learn key gundog behaviours. Agility Paddock – A smaller enclosed field often used for beginner classes.
We also offer convenient amenities like ample car parking, clean and accessible toilets, and tea and coffee facilities. Don’t forget to check out our on-site shop, stocked with a selection of training tools, toys, and other puppy essentials.
Do I need a whistle?
Yes, we recommend an Acme whistle.
210.5 pitch for spaniels and dogs that are going to work closer to the handler. Retrievers/labs/ pointers 211.5 pitch as they cover more ground and work further from the handler.
Can any breed of dog be suitable for Gundog training?
Gundog is suitable for any breed of dog. If your dog is friendly to people and dogs at all times, your dog will fit right in. With training outside, it brings an element of challenge to the table where it may be a little more exciting than when you train indoor obedience.
Do you use slip leads?
When dogs first train with us, we request dogs attend with a collar and clip on lead or harness. We feel that until your dog can walk nicely on a lead, a slip lead should not be used to prevent injury/harm to your dog.
Where are the sessions held?
All daytime classes are held in one of our secure fields on site ‘The Dog Run’ throughout the year.
Our evening classes are held in ‘The Dog Run’ from May until October, then under our Floodlights in our Agility Paddock between November and April.
What do I need to bring with me?
We request clients bring
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