Gun Dog Advanced Program

Our gun dog program is designed to prepare dogs for hunting waterfowl and upland birds. However, the program is adjusted to meet the training needs of a competitive hunt test dog. We can successfully prepare your retriever for any level of hunt test you would like to compete in.

Any Age Retriever

A:  Swim-By

B:  3-Leg on Water
1. Lining
2. Casting
3. Diversions
a. decoys
b. poison birds

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

D:  Remote Sends

E:  Remote Casts

F:  Water Mark Concepts
1. Long Swims
2. Punch Marks
3. Shore-to-Shore Marks
4. Island Marks
5. Heavy Cover Marks
6. Stick Pond Marks
7. Re-entry

G:  5-Leg Pattern (land)
1. Lining
2. Casting
3. Diversions
a. gunners (holding blinds)
b. dry shots
c. poison birds
d. bull dogs
e. decoys

H:  Cold Hidden Gunner Doubles (simple)
1. Land
2. Water

I:  Simple Cold Blinds (multiple blinds)
1. Land
2. Water
3. Momentum
a. establish
b. repeat
c. diversions
1. decoys
2. blinds
3. poison birds
4. Crosswind
5. Blinds Through Old Falls

J:  Cold Concept Doubles (hidden gunners)
1. Land
2. Water
a. converging
b. in-line (doubles and triples)
c. wipe-out birds
d. flyer out-of-order
e. poison bird marks

K:  Horseshoe Water Pattern
1. Lining
2. Casting (from land to water)
3. Diversions
a. marks
b. decoys
c. poison birds

L:  Trailering and Quartering

M:  Jumping Ponds

N:  Bulldog Marks

O:  Triples (land)
1. Taught
2. Standard
3. Indented
4. In-line
5. Cold
6. Secondary Selection

P:  Blinds in Marks (with decoys)
1. Land
2. Water
a. marks then sight blinds
b. marks then cold blinds (wide)
c. marks then cold blinds (concepts)
1. in front of the hidden gunners
2. behind the hidden gunners
3. under the arc of marks
d. poison bird blinds
e. blinds then marks