WGC of NSW Training Day and AGM
Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 8:20 pmGot a Gundog?
Give Retrieving a Go!
Retrieving for Gundogs;
Introduction and Training Day
When: Sunday 19 October, 2008
From 10am until 2.30pm
Where: The Bill Spilstead Complex for Canine Affairs
44 Luddenham Rd, Erskine Park
Gundog Working Area
What: A full program of activities including:
o Practical demonstrations
o Theory of training for retrieving
o Introduction to marks and blinds
o Opportunities to practise with your own dog
Cost: $10 per dog: to be collected on the day
There will be a BBQ lunch included in the cost.
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.
For further information & for catering purposes, please book in before 12 October by contacting:
Jane Vella (02) 9628 5987 or
Kirsty Gray 0431 517 509
email:kirsty_gray@bigpond.com
SCHEDULE
An Introduction to Retrieving
Theory and Practical
SESSION 1 – MARKED RETRIEVES
Pre-requisites:
➢ Heel
➢ Recall
1. Appropriate use of praise and correction
2. Fetch - Hold - Give
3. Fetch on long lead/Single Mark
4. Exposure to terrain
5. Demonstration - a puppy retrieve
6. Demonstration - Single Mark
7. Demonstration - Double Mark
8. Group Practice
BREAK FOR LUNCH
SESSION 2 – BLIND RETRIEVES
9. Why control?
10. Basic Whistle Drill
Sit / Stay/ Come / Stop on Recall
11.Three-handed casting drill
12. Line to a pile
13.Demonstration – Retrieving an unsighted bird
NB. The AGM of the Working Gundog Club will be held in the Amenities Building commencing at 3pm. ALL WELCOME.
Give Retrieving a Go!
Retrieving for Gundogs;
Introduction and Training Day
When: Sunday 19 October, 2008
From 10am until 2.30pm
Where: The Bill Spilstead Complex for Canine Affairs
44 Luddenham Rd, Erskine Park
Gundog Working Area
What: A full program of activities including:
o Practical demonstrations
o Theory of training for retrieving
o Introduction to marks and blinds
o Opportunities to practise with your own dog
Cost: $10 per dog: to be collected on the day
There will be a BBQ lunch included in the cost.
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.
For further information & for catering purposes, please book in before 12 October by contacting:
Jane Vella (02) 9628 5987 or
Kirsty Gray 0431 517 509
email:kirsty_gray@bigpond.com
SCHEDULE
An Introduction to Retrieving
Theory and Practical
SESSION 1 – MARKED RETRIEVES
Pre-requisites:
➢ Heel
➢ Recall
1. Appropriate use of praise and correction
2. Fetch - Hold - Give
3. Fetch on long lead/Single Mark
4. Exposure to terrain
5. Demonstration - a puppy retrieve
6. Demonstration - Single Mark
7. Demonstration - Double Mark
8. Group Practice
BREAK FOR LUNCH
SESSION 2 – BLIND RETRIEVES
9. Why control?
10. Basic Whistle Drill
Sit / Stay/ Come / Stop on Recall
11.Three-handed casting drill
12. Line to a pile
13.Demonstration – Retrieving an unsighted bird
NB. The AGM of the Working Gundog Club will be held in the Amenities Building commencing at 3pm. ALL WELCOME.
