WE TEACH -
our Basic Gun Dog program and then expand it in more detail in order to supply the knowledge to make a great Waterfowl Retriever which includes:

• A calm, quiet, steady retriever which is under control at all times
• Long remote "sits" and "down stays"
• Advanced marking concepts and building of memory for double/triple retrieves and off of multiple guns
• Marking off the gun
• Open water retrieves, multiple entry retrieves and retrieves in all different types of cover as well as off of multiple guns
• Simple blind retrieves
• Honoring of other working dogs
• "Shake" on command
• Shooting of live mallards and pheasants over top of your dog not at a remote station such as hunt tests and field trials do
• "Dog hunting blind" conditioning
• Field layout blind hunting scenarios with dog in his own blind
• Shore blind hunting scenarios on rivers, lakes, ponds and marshes
• Tree stand hunting scenarios for flooded timber
• Multiple types, sizes and species of decoys, land and water, also including decoy long lines
• Jump shooting from a canoe including exits and entries of retriever from canoe retrieving waterfowl
• Big water, big boat duck hunting scenarios including ocean retrieves from boat and ledges
• Plenty of retrieves on live crippled birds on land and in the water
• Sneak attack ... teaching dog to crawl along side of hunter

Duration - 3 to 4 months after proper Basic Gun Dog concepts are achieved. The ability of the retriever will determine how quickly they progress.