Mr. Andrew Bullock and German Shorthaired Pointer visited working gundogs for a pre training Assessment prior to starting Group Gundog Course this coming weekend.
Mr. Bullock arrived apprehensive having tried a number of trainers, in the past and not made the progress he had wished for.
Our trainer Stewart North always demonstrates the tasks of each course with one of his own gundogs or a gundog which is currently in for training, he then spends a great deal of time explaining the different methods of achieveing those tasks, depending on the character of the gundog presented. Every situation is different, if your trainer has only one way of training then rest assured they will have problems.
No amount of book reading or time spent watching DVD's will ever transfer that sense of timing or ability to read a dogs body language, that comes with a more hands on approach under the guidance of someone with considerable experience.
Knowing when to push through difficulties and when to take a slower pace to create the desired behaviour, only comes through real experience, you must therefore learn to be both rewarding and assertive at the right time.
Mr. Bullock inadvertently introduced his GSP to some methods of gundog training, ie. "Steadiness to game" at 3 months of age! this is just creating problems rather than solving them ?
Mr. Bullock GSP was a very obedient gundog for its age, we therefore did not recommend our early course of group training, as the client wants to produce a hunting gundog and it was clear to us we need to develop more style drive and consistent hunting pattern.
Maisy was in season during assessment, so we probably did not see her natural flow.
RECOMMENDATION 1:1 Training
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