Gundog Awards Scheme Launch
Date: Thursday, January 19 @ 20:59:40 GMT
Topic: Labrador Training
A new initiative has been launched in the form of ‘The Gundog Club’. The objectives of the club are to promote excellence in gundog training in general, and to provide support and guidance for novice trainers in particular.
The club has set up a Graded Training and Awards scheme to guide young dogs and their owners along a ‘training path’ from the very first training steps right up to open working test standard. Candidates can progress as far as they wish. The scheme is suitable for all retrievers from family pet to future working dog and is ideally suited to those who would like to enjoy a more ‘gundog’ orientated and outdoor style of training.
The new system tests each dog against a cleary defined standard and not against other dogs. The Gundog Club is not connected with the Kennel Club and cross-bred dogs will be able to compete and win awards in just the same way as pedigree dogs with papers.
Owners will be able to ‘title’ their dogs in each of the six Grades from ‘beginner’ to ‘master’ at their own pace. Details of the scheme are available on the website www.thegundogclub.co.uk
I will be very happy to answer any questions any of you may have about the scheme or the club in general.
Pippa Mattinson ( molly99)
Awards Scheme Co-ordinator
The Gundog Club
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