Start Gundog Training Gundog training takes a minimum of three months, sometimes four, for dogs that are slower to advance or have had very little training before they arrive. We require the first month in advance and then bill monthly. Not included in the monthly fee are pheasants and veterinary expenses.
Dogs can begin gundog training as early as six months of age.
In the program we teach the basics of waterfowl and upland hunting, and obedience. It is our objective that by the end of the program, the dog will lay down beside a duck blind, go out and hunt up a bird that he can see fall, and retrieve it to hand. Ideally, during the first month the dogs will learn their basic obedience, to hold and walk with a bumper, and be force trained to pick up the bumper on command. This is the basis of mouth control in the retriever. They are introduced to the gun and learn to retrieve a bird, and deliver it to hand, in the heel position.