Develop Your Dog puppy and gundog training courses:

An overview of the puppy and gundog training courses on offer with Develop Your Dog.

Puppy Group Training Courses
(Under 6 Months Old)

Your puppy has just arrived and already it feels like chaos. You are sleep-deprived, wondering if they will ever stop biting, and unsure how to start training without confusing them or yourself. This group course gives you a clear and friendly path forward, building focus, confidence and trust from day one.

What we cover:
• Introduction to the clicker or marker
• Handling skills and body awareness
• Motivating your dog to engage with you
• Reliable recall foundations
• Focus and attention games
• Introduction to whistle cues
• Settling and calmness

Suitable for puppies under 6 months who have had their vaccinations
Fun, positive, and tailored to gundog breeds

Puppy Graduate Group Classes (6 Months and Up)

Your puppy knows the basics, but listening when there are birds, other dogs, or something smelly to roll in is another story. This course builds on those foundation skills with a focus on distractions, duration and real-life reliability. You will grow your dog’s focus, strengthen the partnership and feel more confident handling them out in the world.

What we work on:


We build on everything introduced in the first course, because six weeks is never enough to fully master the basics. This course gives you more time to strengthen core skills and start adding reliability in real-life situations.


• Recall with distractions
• Loose lead walking in different environments
• Stays with increasing duration and distance
• Whistle work, including stop whistle foundations
• Retrieve foundations: delivery, waiting, and engagement
• Early hunting skills and focus games

Ideal for pups 6 months and over with basic training experience
Designed for real-life, working-breed challenges

Gundog Training Courses Foundation Skills

Our gundog training courses are suitable for dogs, any working breed, who want to participate in a group, who want to progress on from the puppy courses. Ideally, your dog should be able to walk on a loose lead, have begun retrieving, got a reasonable recall, and started some stay training.

Course content includes:

  • Marked Retrieves
  • Stays
  • Steadiness
  • Whistle work
  • Hunting
  • Directions
  • Stop Whistle
  • Heelwork

Progressive Gundog Skills –

Gundog Club Grades 1/2

 Course content includes:

Adding Distance and Duration onto:

  • Marked and Memory Retrieves
  • Stays
  • Steadiness
  • Advancing Whistle work
  • Hunting
  • Directions
  • Stop Whistle
  • Heelwork

1.5hr lessons.

      Intermediate Gundog Skills

      Gundog Club Grade 3

      Course content includes:

      • Heelwork with distractions
      • Stop Whistle
      • Marked, memory and blind retrieves
      • Working the dogs at bigger distances
      • Jumping
      • Water work
      • Handling at distance
      • Walk ups and much more …

          Recall and Heelwork Training

          We will be looking in depth at teaching you and your dog the skills of walking loosely on a lead and establishing a solid recall:-

          Course content includes:

          • Improving your connection with your dog
          • How to motivate your dog in different environments
          • How to deal with distractions
          • Establishing solid foundations
          • Recall Action Plan
          • Conditioning a new Recall

            Water Workshop

            Course content includes:

            • Introduction to water
            • Building confidence
            • Steadiness
            • Retrieves on, over and around the water

                Steadiness Workshop

                We will be looking in depth at impulse control in the following scenarios:-

                 Course content includes:

                • remain in a stay
                • staying at heel whilst walking
                • proofing recall
                • turning away in order to get a retrieve
                • honour another dog
                • sitting to shot, and
                • having self-control around a bolting rabbit

                 

                  ONE TO ONE SESSIONS

                  Struggling with something that isn’t covered in class or want help with a specific issue?
                  Whether your dog is pulling on the lead, ignoring your recall, or your training’s gone off-track, a one-to-one session gives you personalised support and a plan that fits your dog and your life.

                  You’ll leave with clarity, confidence, and practical steps you can start using straight away.
                  These sessions are ideal for solving real-life problems or making progress on a particular goal without the pressure of a group.

                  What we can work on:
                  • Recall
                  • Loose lead walking
                  • Jumping up
                  • Focus and engagement
                  • Whistle cues
                  • Settle and calm behaviour
                  • Retrieve or delivery issues
                  • Building confidence
                  • Tailored gundog skills

                  One-to-one training is available in person or online, depending on your location and the problem you’d like help with.

                  Each session includes:
                  • A pre-session questionnaire
                  • A 60-minute session
                  • Follow-up notes if appropriate and support materials tailored to your goals

                  Investment: £65 (in-person or Zoom)

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                      Gundog Training Courses

                      Have you got a gundog breed at home? Would you like to train him/her for the shooting field, or would you just like to train your dog to a high level? I can help with these scenarios.

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                      Puppy Training Courses

                      When you first bring a puppy home it can be very exciting but daunting all at the same time, so I am on hand to come and guide you through those key canine development stages to ensure that your puppy grows up to be well-mannered.

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