Workshops
Different types of workshops run over a period of sessions that build on various skills and understanding. A lot of these skills and enrichment are species-specific behaviours and are designed to enhance your bond with your dog. They are also workshops to build on your understanding of your dog and their language, communication and understanding.
Currently the workshops offered are as follows:
Introduction to Gundog Skills (January 4th)
Introduction to Scentwork (February 1st)
Recall & Lead walking (TBC)
Gundog
Gundog Workshops cover the basic foundations of gundog for all dogs. These classes are suitable for all dogs whether they are happy around other dogs or not.
The workshops cover skills and understanding of gundog to include:
🐾 How to build a retrieve and use of gundog dummies
🐾Building boundary training and how that helps build desire, steadiness and control
🐾Building desire and motivation of retrieval
🐾Use of directional whistle cues and tapping into a dogs natural retrieval insticts.
🐾Use of gundog in behavioural modification and how it can help with various behavioural struggles, such as anxiety, reactivity, aggression and over-arousal.
Scentwork
Scentwork Workshops cover the basic foundations of scentwork for all dogs. These scentwork classes are suitable for all dogs whether they are happy around other dogs or not.
The workshops cover skills and understanding of scentwork to include:
🐾 How to build coin indication and use of a tin to build indication
🐾Building boundary training and how that helps build desire
🐾Contamination of odour and how to avoid as much contamination as possible
🐾Adding difficulty to the searches including, blind, elevated and multiple searches
🐾Use of scentwork in behavioural modification and how it can help with various behavioural struggles, such as anxiety, reactivity, aggression and over-arousal.