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Gun Dog Training
hooter flying   ONE-TO-ONE AND GROUP TRAINING

We provide training on both a one to one basis and in a group-training situation, catering for a wide variety of skill levels and experience of both dog and handler.

You may already have a good gundog that just needs finishing touches that you want to train yourself. It is no good buying a part or fully trained dog if you do not know how to control it in the field! Come to us and have a lesson with your dog so that you can understand and learn the correct skills necessary to control and handle your dog.

Formal training of puppies does not usually start until they are six to seven months old, however many mistakes can be made before this time that prove difficult to 'train out' of your gundog later on. Many of the basic points can be learnt by your puppy if put into place early.

  RESIDENTIAL TRAINING

If you wish to have your gundog trained professionally, residential training is available.

We limit ourselves to a small number of dogs at any one time, enabling us to concentrate the necessary time with each individual dog, accessing individual training needs and moulding our training programme to suit the dog and owners’ requirements.

We have access to various types of environments, such as grassland, woodland, game crops and still and running water. Pheasants provide a regular source of game during the shooting season and rabbits can be found on the grassland throughout the year. We have everything needed to produce a superbly trained dog, including the opportunity to shoot over your dog at a range of quarry all year round.

Dogs will be with us for an initial assessment period of up to 4 weeks. We will then meet with you to discus training requirements. You are then encouraged to visit on a regular basis where a demonstration enables you to see the dog progressing through its training and review any details that may arise.

To achieve a respectable standard most dogs require between three and six months training, taking into account any bad habits that your dog may have picked up.

All dogs must have up-to-date vaccination certificates before acceptance into the kennels.

Our dogs are always handed over to the owner with the relevant amount of coaching and instruction so that the handler knows how to work the dog correctly.

 

  REFRESHER TRAINING

At Stockhamarsh we can offer you a summer refresher course. It is better to have problems out of season rather than finding out on the first shoot that you should have sent your dog to us for a tidy-up. If you do not have the time or the facilities then this course will enable you to have your dog ready for the forthcoming season.