WGC Inc. Retrieving Information & Training Day
Got a Gundog? Give Retrieving a Go!
When: Saturday 8 March, 2014
From: 10am until 3.00pm
NB: RATG Trial Novice & Open to be held here tomorrow, Sun 9th.
Where: COORANBONG NSW
(Only 75 mins north on M1 (F3) from Wahroonga)
Address: 38A Marshall St, Cooranbong. NSW 2265
What: A full program of activities including:
o Practical demonstrations
o Theory of training for retrieving
o Opportunities to practise with your own dog
o Groups formed to suit your level
Cost: $10 per dog: to be collected on the day
Catering: Morning and Afternoon tea; cakes and slices.
BBQ lunch: hot roast beef rolls, soft drinks, water, tea, coffee. All at reasonable cost. Please support the Club.
Bring: a chair to sit on, your dog (and a lead to restrain it) and enjoy a day out with the experienced and friendly members of the Working Gundog Club Inc.
Bookings: For further information & for catering purposes, please book in by Friday 28 Feb, 2014 by contacting:
Mary Law (Secretary) Tel: (02) 4973 5329 (M) 0408 287 645
Email: jamlaw8@bigpond.com
To assist with our organization could you please supply us with the information requested, preferably by email, on attached booking form. It is reply-enabled.
SCHEDULE
An Introduction to Retrieving
Theory and Practical
SESSION 1 – MARKED RETRIEVES
Pre-requisites:
➢ Heel
➢ Recall
1. Appropriate use of praise and reward
2. Fetch - Hold - Give
3. Fetch on long lead
4. Exposure to terrain
5. Demonstration - a puppy retrieve
6. Demonstration - Single Mark for Novice RATG & Novice Retrieving
7. Demonstration – Open RATG exercises
8. Group Practice at appropriate levels – land and water retrieves
BREAK FOR LUNCH
SESSION 2 – CONTROL
[ The teaching and maintaining of control in the field based on proven positive methods of praise and reward ]
9. Why control?
10. Basic Whistle Drill
Sit / Stay/ Come / Stop on Recall
11. Basic casting drills
12. Basic lining drills
13. Demonstration – Retrieving an unsighted bird
Booking Information required:
Name(s): ______________________________________________________________
Dog Name(s): __________________________________________________________
Call Name(s): ____________________________________________________
Number of Persons attending: The Classes ____________________________
The Bbq Lunch _________________________
Has your dog attained a qualifying pass at Novice RATG?_________________
Has your dog attained a qualifying pass at Open RATG?_________________
Has your dog finished a Novice Retrieving Trial? _________________________
Is this a new venture into retrieving for you? ____________________________
Return or reply to:
Mary Law (Sec)
Working Gundog Club Inc
6 Waterside Avenue, Sunshine. 2264
(02) 4973 5329 (h) OR 0408 287 645 (mob)
jamlaw8@bigpond.com
In case I don’t have your details on our club data-base, would you like to add them here: (If no change from 2013 details, then that’s OK)
Name: _________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________
Phone No(s): ___________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________________
Dog’s Breed(s):_________________________________________________________