Field Trial Training Program

12 Months to 16 Months

A:  Swim By

B:  3-Leg on Water
1. Lining
2. Casting
3. Diversions

C:  Cheating Singles
1. Channel Marks
2. Long Land Entries
3. Long Swims
4. Punch Marks
5. Shore-to-Shore Marks
6. Island Marks
7. Down the Shore
8. Angle Entries
a. corner cutters
b. re-entries
c. taught concept doubles

* Simple singles and multiples to keep attitudes in balance

D:  Cold Concept Land Doubles
1. Flower Pot
2. Hip Pockets (left and right)
3. Sanger Special
4. Converging
5. In-Line (doubles and triples)
6. Wipe-Out Birds
7. Flyer Out-of-Order

E:  Cold Concept Water Doubles

F:  Simple Cold Blinds (multiple blinds)
1. Land
2. Water
3. Momentum
a. establish
b. repeat
c. diversions
1. single and multiple gunners
2. dry shots
3. bird crates
4. poison birds
5. marks
d. Crosswind

G:  Horseshoe Water Pattern
1. Lining
2. Casting (off points)
3. Diversions (marks)

H:  Retired Guns
1. Short (singles)
2. Long (singles)
3. Multiple Retired (singles)
4. Memory Birds

I:  Honoring
1. Another Dog
2. Another Handler
3. Multiple Guns
4. Remote
5. Cold

J:  Triples (land)
1. Taught
2. Standard
3. Indented
4. In-line
5. Cold
6. Retired Birds

K:  Secondary Selection

L:  Chair Drill

M:  Simple "W"

N:  Advanced "W"

O:  Blinds in Marks
1. Marks then Sight Blinds
2. Marks then Cold Blinds (wide)
3. Marks then Cold Blinds (concepts)
a. in front of the gunners
b. behind the gunners
c. under the arc of marks
4. Poison Bird Blinds
5. Blinds then Marks