Rod Roberts Training
Working Trials Continuation Courses
5 x 2 Day courses at approximatly monthly intervals
Spring and Summer 2012.
The Continuation Courses are all about getting down to some serious training this might seem to be stating the obvious, but training courses in general are about teaching new and improved techniques, then the handler goes away and puts those techniques in to the everyday training. What usually happens is because the new methods have only been learned briefly they tend to become diluted as the handler fades back into there old ways familiarity is comfortable so it’s quite natural for the handler to recede back into their comfort zone, so a few weeks later the methods learned on a course are likely to be described as not having worked. The Continuation Courses because of there ongoing nature keep the handler’s skills moving forward and of course this will show as a steady improvement in the dog’s work.
As the course’s are at regular monthly intervals it is possible to recognize small problems and mistakes as they arise making it far easier to correct than waiting till a small difficulty has become a major challenge and become ‘set in stone’ so to speak.
A Good retrieve from a Search Square on corn Stubble
In the initial stages of teaching the search square for instance, it seems a fairly straight forward exercise with great success being achieved. It is only after a few trials where the difficulty is increasing, Making it obvious the true difficulty of this exercise.
Throughout these courses there will be variation of venue and terrain alowing both Handler and Dog to grow in experience.
Teaching Squares on Moorland
A Happy Group Having a Break from working on the heather.
Teaching Tracking, or to be more precise putting the dog in a position where it will learn and perfect the tracking skills we require is a long term project. On the Continuation Courses we have the time and facilities to maintain motivation, hone and perfect the dogs skills, build a base of experience which will allow the dog and handler to achieve and maintain levels of performance at the highest levels.
Sendaway
To achieve consistently successful Sendaway and Redirection
the training need to go through 3 distinct phases
Teaching the understanding of the exercise, Right, Left, Stop, Go on, Building a disregard for distance
Working with out Visual Targets
On the Continuation Courses there is time available for the handler to gain a good understanding of all three phases
All the other required exercises Retrieve, Speak, Stays, Heelwork, and all the Agility are covered in great detail.
Continuation Course Dates
Spring and Summer 2012
Weekend Courses
Saturday Sunday
24th & 25th March
5th & 6th May
2nd & 3rd June
7th & 8th July
11th & 12th August
Midweek Courses
Tuesday & Wednesday
22nd & 23rd May
5th & 6th June
3rd & 4th July
14th & 15th August
18th & 19th September
The investment for these Courses is £350 for the full set of 5 Courses