Fundog Gundog

25/01/2025

Anyone else massively fed up of these storms always hitting at the weekend?

This is the 4th or 5th weekend this winter that I've had to cancel and/or rearrange classes because of storms - very fed up!!!!!!! Can we please have a Monday /Tuesday storm next time, thanks!

24/01/2025

Figgy was back for her second private session with her new family and doing very well 😊 We took time settling her in as she is very aroused by the environment especially 🦆🐦🕊️,. In response to an issue they are having with eating undesirable items, we started work on teaching 'leave it' as a default state of mind. We also introduced the recall whistle to go home and practice, and finished with some shaping to build thinking and confidence 😉😊💖 Great work Team Figgy!

24/01/2025

Mable was back today, working on building interest in holding a retrieve item, the retrieve pattern as a whole, her heel and stay and then finishing with a fun game to build steadiness. Lovely to have you back lil sausage!

24/01/2025

Young Bramble was back today, we carried on with focus work, stay, heel position, progressing on the Thinking Game and the two toy game with dummies. Great work from handler and pup!

22/01/2025

Odin came along for a 1:1 to tidy up some behaviours that have been tested during the shoot season we looked at his stop whistle, introduced play with balls to work on fun steadiness, added some activities to stay connected when hunting, and a game to sharpen up the turn whistle.

22/01/2025

Nothing brightens up a damp day more than a new 13week old client! Meet Norman the cockador, ready for action!

21/01/2025

Love this principle!

21/01/2025

So much information for our dogs is invisible to us, this is why I bang on about using the environment to reinforce behaviour rather than try to fight it!

A fun visual representation of what your dog sees (smells) every day. Look at how noisy it is and how many tracks there are intertwining. The different animals, people, and dogs movement in just one area. The snow lets us humans see the history of this area and what animals and people have passed through. A dog will smell this every day and know who and what animals have passed through. Smellavision!!!!

Dogs are incredible.

Imagine tracking and detection dogs needing to filter out all this noise and track a single scent down. Amazing!

(Note this is a fun representation, not accurate)

19/01/2025

Progression Drop in was focused on practicing sit stays with duration and distance, recall, and marked retrieves. We finished with a steadiness game 😊

19/01/2025

Level 3 Waffle and Bodhi progressing their sit stays with duration and distraction - including some funky dancing - and their directional retrieves and hand delivery. Well done!

19/01/2025

Level 2 teenagers today working on pattern games and acing the Thinking Game!

19/01/2025

Second Level 1 class of the day and we were progressing on the impulse control, adding in different ways to respond. We also progressed on placeboard patterns and introduced pattern games.

19/01/2025

First Level 1 class of the day, a new group starting. We looked at reward markers, pattern games and hand touch, well done Elfin, Rocket, Logan, Chumlee and Buddy, great start!

18/01/2025

Finally, Albert came along for some training too. We looked at the requirements for the Gundog Club graded tests, worked on pivot to improve line out for split retrieves, had some fun retrieves and also did some shaping around building calm, to stay in the thinking brain!

18/01/2025

Handsome teen Ralph came for a brush up of his Level 1 skills, we looked at chains of behaviour, heelwork, focus and hand delivery. Well done Ralph!

18/01/2025

Two puppy classes today! Dexter, Sandy, Blue, Millie, Ronnie, Nylah and Lyra all concentrating well on impulse control, heel, middle, response to the clicker and sniffy socialising by checking out each others work stations

18/01/2025

Today started with Stanley, Fynn, Cookie and Daisy coming for their introductory session, lovely to see you all!