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A course for young adolescent gundogs
Junior Gundog is designed specifically for young gundogs moving through adolescence.
This can be an exciting but sometimes challenging stage. Your dog may become more interested in the environment, more independent, less consistent in skills they previously knew well, and increasingly driven by natural gundog instincts such as hunting, retrieving and exploring.
This course combines age-appropriate gundog training with an understanding of what is happening to your young dog’s brain and behaviour as they mature.
Understanding your adolescent gundog
Adolescence is a period of enormous change.
Your dog may be becoming physically stronger and more confident, while their ability to make good decisions is still developing. At the same time, smells, movement, wildlife and opportunities to hunt or explore can become increasingly rewarding.
Rather than fighting against those instincts, we help you understand them and use them positively.
What will we work on?
A major focus of Junior Gundog is helping your dog learn to disengage from the environment and reconnect with you.
We also continue building important gundog foundations, including:
Recall
Whistle work
Placeboard skills
Retrieval
Staying connected around distractions
Building value in working together
Preventing your gundog from becoming self-employed
Young gundogs can become very good at finding their own entertainment.
If the environment repeatedly becomes more rewarding than their owner, hunting, exploring and following smells can quickly become their preferred activity.
We want to help you become part of the fun, giving your dog appropriate ways to use their natural instincts while continuing to build a strong working relationship with you.
Small, supportive classes
Adolescence is not always a straight line. One week your dog may look brilliant and the next they may appear to have forgotten everything.
That is normal, and nobody is expected to arrive with a perfectly trained young dog.
Our classes are small, friendly and non-judgmental, allowing us to support each dog and owner individually as they work through this important stage together.
A course for young adolescent gundogs
Junior Gundog is designed specifically for young gundogs moving through adolescence.
This can be an exciting but sometimes challenging stage. Your dog may become more interested in the environment, more independent, less consistent in skills they previously knew well, and increasingly driven by natural gundog instincts such as hunting, retrieving and exploring.
This course combines age-appropriate gundog training with an understanding of what is happening to your young dog’s brain and behaviour as they mature.
Understanding your adolescent gundog
Adolescence is a period of enormous change.
Your dog may be becoming physically stronger and more confident, while their ability to make good decisions is still developing. At the same time, smells, movement, wildlife and opportunities to hunt or explore can become increasingly rewarding.
Rather than fighting against those instincts, we help you understand them and use them positively.
What will we work on?
A major focus of Junior Gundog is helping your dog learn to disengage from the environment and reconnect with you.
We also continue building important gundog foundations, including:
Recall
Whistle work
Placeboard skills
Retrieval
Staying connected around distractions
Building value in working together
Preventing your gundog from becoming self-employed
Young gundogs can become very good at finding their own entertainment.
If the environment repeatedly becomes more rewarding than their owner, hunting, exploring and following smells can quickly become their preferred activity.
We want to help you become part of the fun, giving your dog appropriate ways to use their natural instincts while continuing to build a strong working relationship with you.
Small, supportive classes
Adolescence is not always a straight line. One week your dog may look brilliant and the next they may appear to have forgotten everything.
That is normal, and nobody is expected to arrive with a perfectly trained young dog.
Our classes are small, friendly and non-judgmental, allowing us to support each dog and owner individually as they work through this important stage together.