Ruth Sheehan & Labrador Cross completed G1 Gundog Training Assessment and just fell short of the required standard, mainly due to a barking problem?
Ruth has been involved with obedience and agility training, which would certainly encourage traits not desirable in a proper gundog work. Barking or any noise from a gundog is regarded as an eliminating fault under kennel club field trial rules.
Fortunately for Jackson our gundog training courses do not excluded non pedigree dogs, therefore Ruth is able encourage Jackson to participate in some working gundog activities. Our trainer is confident that this dog, supported with the correct training could do a better job than some full pedigree gundogs seen on today's shooting grounds!
The standard of G1 obedience was very good apart from the hunting at heel and weakness with the sit command. The only weakness with the retrieve was the delivery and sloppy pick up.
Excluding the barking this dog would have passed a G1 Graded Assessment and is certainly eligible to enter a G2 Group Training Course, it may require the odd 1:1 lesson covering heelwork and delivery, but would certainly not need 8 weeks training to cover these weaknesses.
Ruth has already booked a G2 Group Training Course.
Ruth is solely interested in pursuing a training course which will challenge and stimulate Jackson and our G2 course will certainly do that.
We hope she does well.
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