Sunday 10th October saw the completion of 8 weeks structured gundog training for 18 students from the East Midlands. Our resident gundog trainer Stewart North managed to encourage 14 Students to take an independent assessment of their gundog handling skills, under the eyes of our Assessor Mr. David Field.
David has many years experience training a variety of gundog breeds, he is also a kennel club B Panel Retriever Judge, who enjoy's helping others develope a well balanced gundog.
We achieved a 100% pass rate for Grade 1, 100% for Grade 2 and 75% for Grade 3 each student received a certificate of achievement, acknowledging all their hard work over recent weeks.
Overall we had a 92% success rate.
We had an excellent turn out with a number of different gundog breeds and for the first time an Irish Water Spaniel passed our grade 1 level.
Structured Training is proving very popular with our clients, it gives them a set number of tasks to complete in a set time period, which does not suit everyone, but the majority of clients see progress towards a more obedient gundog, for purpose the dog was bred for..
Congratulations to
- Grade 1 Gundog Training
MERIT ~ Deborah Kirk & Chocolate Labrador Retriever Harvey
PASS ~ Carole Jackson & Irish Water Spaniel Aiofe
PASS ~ Sandra Jones & English Springer Spaniel Skie
PASS ~ Steven Marks & English Springer Spaniel Purdy
PASS ~ Deborah Kirk & Chocolate Labrador Retriever Holly
- Grade 2 Gundog Training
MERIT ~ Ian Marshall & Cocker Spaniel Sky
PASS ~ Craig Grabowski & English Springer Spaniel Bella
PASS ~ Caroline Matthew & Cocker Spaniel Blue
PASS ~ Claire Thomas & English Springer Spaniel Lottie
PASS ~ Ian Marshall & English Springer Spaniel Meg
- Grade 3 Gundog Training
DISTINCTION ~ Catriona Laird & English Springer Spaniel Monty
MERIT ~ Luke Bettridge & English Springer Spaniel Joe
MERIT ~ Adrian Phillips & English Springer Spaniel Raffy
NOT READY ~ Huw Smith & English Springer Spaniel Tally
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