Hiya

What does gundog training involve? Where does it take place? What do the tests involve? How much would you expect to pay for a group session?

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I would love to help you with this, but right now I've got cook dinner.
Talk later if nobody else has been on to help

I will be following this! I can wait to hear Rona! I want to know too, i only know how it works over here so it will be interesting to see how the big boys play! lol!!!

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I've been looking at the Gundog Club online, they have courses (group and one-to-one) as well as taster sessions. I haven't done it yet as I'm saving up for a course, plus my dogs recall needs more work first, so I don't know how good they are...

Training Your Gundog

I also think you might be able to find gundog classes through APDT trainers, if you try their website for trainers local to you, it should list what activities they teach, whether agility or gundog.

Have a look at this while you are waiting

YouTube - Shooting Times gundog training

YouTube - Simon Dixon training springers in the rabbit pen 1

You might like this one, Have they give you any insight?

Rona, that's amazing. ollie would love to do that. how i would love to be able to have him as trained as those dogs. i don't get what the dog in the rabbit pen is trying to achieve though. what are the piles of sticks for?

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The sticks are for the rabbits to get under and the dog to have a focus for working. You don't want too much cover because the dog may catch the rabbit.
It is the ultimate steadiness training, dogs do not normally go into a rabbit pen until they are almost fully trained.
The idea is to bolt a rabbit and have the dog sit as soon as the rabbit moves