Gundog Training DVDs

This film will give you the opportunity to see the approach John Halstead uses for selecting and training a gundog from the 6 week old puppy to a 12 month old well behaved youngster.

Retriever Training with John Halstead and commentary by Martin Deeley. John Halstead demonstrates how he systematically teaches the Retriever to respond to basic and advanced handling techniques. All in a very easy to follow format.

Adapting the training to the individual temperament of the dog shows how all dogs can be trained to their individual highest standards. In the final programme we continue the training through introduction to live game correction and refresher training, how to adapt training for use in the beating line, picking up and as a working shooting dog. Finally we join Edward at a walk-up day's shooting still continuing the training to maintain his highest standards.

Adapting the training to the individual temperament of the dog shows how all dogs can be trained to their individual highest standards. In this programme we continue the training from 8 months to adult. Continuing stage-by-stage training, developing walking on and off lead, quartering, whistle and hand commands, introduction to jumps, shot, dummy retreives seen and unseen, cold game, water and live stock. Covering all the training ready for a working life.

Edward Martin has had a lifelong love of gun dogs and shooting, training his first dog on the family farm as a teenager. He has successfully competed in trials for many years with a number of field trail champions to his name. In 1993, training, "Shooting Times" dog Monty for a seriers of articles in the magazine, highlighted Edward's approach to training and a huge following ensued.

Adapting the training to the individual temperament of the dog shows how all the dog shows how all the dogs can be trained to their individual highest standards. In this programme we continue the training from 10 months to adult. Comntinuing stage by stage training, developing walking on and off lead, quartering, whistle and hand commands, introduction to jumps shot, dummy retrieves seen and unseen, cold game, water and livestock. Covering all the training ready for a working life. concluding the training into the field with a days walk-up shooting and finally picking up.

Adapting the training to the individual temperament of the dog shows how all the dog shows how all the dogs can be trained to their individual highest standards. In this programme we look at a selection of puppies and training through to nine months. Adapting the training to the temperement of the dog through the initial stages of walking on lead and off lead, the first steps of retrieving, quartering and many other stages ensuring a firm grounding, leading to training to the highest standards.

Contents: Introduction to rabbit shooting, Advanced training, Refresher training, Introduction to rough shooting and beating line. Picking up, The Shooting Day.

Contents: Problem Retrieves 2, Training session, Retrieving over fence and gully, Cold game retrieve 2, Retrieving over stone wall, Unseen retrieve, Introduction to rabbits, Rabbits in hedge row, Transport, Intro to shotgun and retrieve, Following scent line, Introduction to warm game, Handling out, Introduction to water.

Contents: Retrieving cold game, Introduction to shot, Problem retrieves, Training Session family pet, Retrieving, Jumping and retrieving over fence, Free time, Introduction to live stock, Training session, Live stock, Introduction to wire fence.

The Cocker Spaniel, Springers are Spaniels, but Cockers are all little people, so many different little characters. The Cocker Spaniel as a breed is so unpredictable, a genie, a will o the wisp, difficult to pin down to reality, but such a rewarding little person, just as you are feeling exasperated with some aspect of their work, they will do some remarkable thing that will leave you smiling and shaking your head in amazement!

There is no mystique to training a good working spaniel, and many can train one up to a standard which will give them pride and enjoyment, but it does not need 'know how'. In this DVD Ian Openshaw and Martin Deeley provide the 'know how', clearing, showing and explaining step-by-step the methods and techniques you can use to train your spaniel to hunt and retrieve for the gun.

A well trained retriever can make a good shooting day into a day to be remembered. That special retrieve you have shot can make memorable moments, touched with pride and the admiration of fellow gunners.

For those handlers who want to enter competition or just get more out of working their dog in the field, this DVD on advanced Spaniel Training provides a clear step by step approach to advanced training.