GUNDOG TRAINING MANUAL

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Manual

This Training Process

Who Should Use This Training Process?

How to Use This Process

Foundation, Fieldwork, and Maintenance     Training Framework

Part One: Foundation Training

Part Two: Fieldwork Training

Part Three: Maintenance Training

References

Find, Flush, Retrieve Training Process

Fundamental Principles, Procedures, and Drills

When to Begin Training

How Long Will It Take?

The Procedures and Drills, Timing, and Overlap Graph

Desired Hunting Criteria and Behaviors

Desired Hunting Criteria

Questing

Teamwork and Control

Bird Finding and Flushing

Steady

Marking, Retrieving, and Delivery

Casting and Handling

Physical Condition

Unacceptable Hunting Behaviors

What’s Not In This Manual

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PART ONE

FOUNDATION TRAINING

 

Section 1

FOUNDATION BASICS

Drive, Self Confidence, and Compliance

Encourage Drive and Self-Confidence

Develop Compliance Through Bonding

Teach First

Then Train

Performance Based Learning and Training

Demonstrate Competencies and Achieve Goals While Performing

Confirm, Reinforce, and Praise

Performance Evaluation

Maintain Interest and Focus

No Failures

Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

Rerun

Study Every Move the Dog Makes

Keep a Training Journal

Chomping and Hard Mouth

Desensitize to Touching

Eliminate Aggression

Forever

Praise

Punishment

Corrections

Guidance and Compliance Corrections

Guidance Corrections

Compliance Corrections

Think Carefully Before You Correct

4 Procedures

 

Section 2

PUPPY BASIC TRAINING

Puppy Learning and Training Stage Speculation

Introduce Puppy Basics

Preliminary Gunshot Training

Introduce Sit and Steady

Introduce Retrieving

The Retrieve Is a Performance Reward

Introduce Place Training

Introduce Heeling

Introduce Quartering

Working with Birds

31 Procedures and Drills

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Section 3

VERBAL, WHISTLE, AND HAND SIGNAL COMMANDS

Fundamental Principles of Verbal, Whistle, and Hand Signal Commands

Verbal Commands

Whistle Commands

Hand Signal Commands

Come Whistle and Hand Signal Commands

Train the Sit Command

Heeling Command

The Down Command

12 Procedures and Drills

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Section 4

PLACE TRAINING

Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Training Place

Teach and Train Place

11 Procedures and Drills

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Section 5

E-COLLAR CONDITIONING AND USE

Fundamental Principles for Using the E-Collar

E-Collar Conditioning

E-Collar Compliance Correcting

12 Procedures and Drills

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Section 6

RELIABLE RETRIEVE TRAINING

Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Training the Forced Reliable Retrieve

State of the Art of Force Breaking

Primary and Secondary Benefits

Proceed with Caution

When and How Long

Never Let Him Win Any Battle

Work Through Compliance, to Noncompliance, Then Through to Compliance

Reliable Retrieve Procedures and Drills

Build a Reliable Retrieve Training Bench

Compliance Correction Procedures

Holding the Mark

Reliable Retrieve Delivery

Reaching for the Mark

Fetch

25 Procedures and Drills

 

Section 7

CONTROL TRAINING

Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Training Control

Running the Markers

Whistle and Hand Signal Commands while Running the Markers

Refresher Control Training

13 Procedures and Drills

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Section 8

FOUNDATION STEADY

Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Training Steady

Steady to Voice, Whistle, Shot, Wing, Flush, and Honor

Steady to Voice, Whistle, and Shot

Steady to Wing and Flush

Steady to Wing

Steady to Shot

Steady to Honor

15 Procedures and Drills

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Section 9

RETRIEVING

Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Training Retrieving

Methods of Sending a Dog on a Retrieve

Demand a Formal Delivery Every Time

Each Retrieve Is a Reward

Analyze Every Retrieve

Always Read the Wind

Train in Different Environments

Keep Initial Training Procedures Simple

Retrieving Procedures and Drills

Memory Versus Diversion Mark

Honoring

24 Procedures and Drills

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Section 10

MARKING

Fundamental Principles and Procedures for Teaching and Training Marking

Pinpoint Marking Versus Area Marking

Every Type of Mark Has a Different Scent

Marking Procedures and Drills

19 Procedures and Drills

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