Workshops are designed to meet the requirements of the attendees and their dogs. The workshop is progressed to match the development of individual handlers and dogs. Some dogs may need more advanced work in the beginning and some may not be ready for advanced work in the later days. Practical work will be set to advance the dogs but not push them to limits they cannot reach at their stage in their training. We wish to build success on success, and prepare handlers so they can use the knowledge and skills learned through this workshop when their dog is ready and at the right level in its development. Dogs will not be taken where practical past their present potential.

Example Workshop Seminar content:

The seminar will be flexible to enable important and relevant areas of attendees interest to be covered. Content will cover the following topics.

 1.      What do we expect from our dogs as a hunter and for hunt tests. Building a relationship

2.      How do gundogs learn - positive and negative approach including rewards and punishment

3.      Reading your dog. Getting to know the characteristics and personality of your dog How it affects training and approach.

4.      Encouraging the natural retrieve and improving delivery

5.      Encouraging the hunting ability and developing nose

6.      Improving your handler skills - clarity, consistency

7.      Developing your communication skills - voice, hands, body, whistle, timing

8.      Keeping your dog concentrating on you. Eye contact, alertness, keenness

9.      Splitting the mind and creating uncertainty to train what you want

10.  Building steadiness to flush, flight and distractions on land and water

11.  Improving your dogs ability to mark retrieves

12.  How to teach multiple retrieves

13.  Distractions and working with them

14.  Building the complexity

15.  Distance control and the stop whistle

16.  Developing and using memory retrieves

17.  Introducing blind retrieves

18.  Creating confidence on Blind retrieves

19.  Directional control and handling at a distance.

20.  Building situations which simulate hunt days and tests

21.  'Polishing' your dog - the training never stops.

 Throughout the Workshop there will be emphasis on developing dogs and handler skills in small stages, putting each dog in a position to do right and succeed, and through evaluation determining at what stage each dog is to provide specific training and development for each handler and dog.