Gundog Club Graded Courses
Progress your Gundog Journey and achieve a strong relationship with your family working Gundog
The Gundog Club's Graded Field Tests are assessments of gundogs and their owners. They were set up to help all gundog owners enjoy their dogs through a structured and positive training programme. There are six levels of awards to achieve;
Grade One (Beginner): is the simplest. It tests whether you have established the foundations of basic obedience and simple retrieving, on which all your further training will build.
Grade Five (Master): is the top level, and is designed to test a fully trained working gundog and is roughly equivalent to a traditional Open Working Test standard.
Remember, you can take each grade in one of three categories - Retriever, Hunting Retriever (Spaniels) or HPR, depending on your dog's traditional role, and the role that you want him to work in, at the end of his training. (taken from the Gundog Club's Website)
The Graded Training Scheme breaks down the process of training a working gundog into six achievable stages (from Beginner through to Master). Each grade builds on the skills learnt at the previous grade in easy structured steps.
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Grade 1 - Beginners
Graded Gundog Training is a great way to measure the success of your dogs progress.
The assessment at the end of the course is optional for those wanting to do the Graded Scheme. Use of shot is introduced but only occasionally.
There will be up to 6 handlers per course, so booking is essential
Grade 2 - Junior
Once you've completed the Grade 1 Course, why not progress onto Grade 2.
It introduces Memory Retrieves, Left and Right Directional Control, introduces boundary retrieves and more simple jump retrieves, plus much more. Shot is used more frequently, depending on the dogs attending.
There will be up to 6 handlers per course, so booking is essential
Grade 3 - Intermediate
Push you and your dog to the next level and join us on Grade 3
An introduction to water retrieves, jumping over/through barriers, simple blind retrieves and hunting in moderate cover is developed as part of this Grade, plus much more.
There will be up to 6 handlers per course, so booking is essential
Grade 4+ - Proficient & Advanced
The course is for those who have successfully passed Grade 3 and would like to push their training to the next level.
Ideal for those wishing to compete or work on a shoot.
Cold game is introduced to those who wish but is optional.
There will be up to 6 handlers per course, so booking is essential.
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