NSW Training Day, 4 March

[Mary Law]

The Working Gundog Club Inc. is holding an information and training day on Sunday, 4 March, for anyone interested or curious about retrieving based on the activities carried out at Retrieving Ability Tests for Gundogs (RATG) and also Retrieving Trials for Gundogs (RT). A flyer for the event has been circulating amongst interested groups of people and is reproduced below.

For organisational and catering purposes, we have asked people to register their interest in attending by booking in with the club secretary, Mary Law. An email to Mary at jamlaw8@bigpond.com requesting a booking form and directions will result in the form being emailed in reply which can then be filled out on line and returned to Mary.

To date, 44 people and their dogs have booked in so it is promising to be a busy and interesting day for the club.



WGC Inc. Retrieving Information & Training Day

Got a Gundog?
Give Retrieving a Go!

When: Sunday 4 March 2012
From: 10am until 3.00pm

Where: COORANBONG NSW
(Only 75 mins north on 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: BBQ lunch/soft drinks available at reasonable 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 Inc.

Bookings: For further information & for catering purposes, please book in before Friday, 24 February 2012 by contacting:
Mary Law (Secretary) Tel: (02) 4973 5329
Email: jamlaw8@bigpond.com

To assist with our organization could you please supply us with the information requested on attached booking form.



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 & RTs
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