Gundog Club Graded Courses

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.

Graded Gundog Training is a great way to measure the success of your dogs progress.

Benefits of Gundog Training can be found Here