Gundog Puppy Training Course

Our 6-week Gundog Puppy Training Courses are held in small groups. 

Alongside teaching the early stages of gundog training, this course will also teach your puppy lots if important life skills. This stage of their training is vitally important in preventing all sorts of problems occurring later down the line.

Our Gundog Puppy Training Courses run in all of the following locations:

Steeple Morden, S Cambs

Bourn, Cambridge

Buntingford, Herts

Olney, Bucks

We only use outdoor settings so that these life skills are learned in the same environment your dog will ultimately need to use them.

When Should I Start Training?

The short answer is – as soon as possible! 

It’s far easier to teach your puppy the right behaviours from the start, than to try and change bad habits that will quickly form otherwise.

This course is for all gundog breed puppies who have had their vaccinations and are under 6-months of age.

We welcome puppies from both family pet backgrounds, as well as those destined to be working gundogs. 

Acer-Puppy Gundog Training classes

Gundog Puppy Training

Our Gundog Puppy Course differs from general puppy classes with other trainers which are for all breeds of dog. 

Owners of retriever, spaniel and pointer breeds will tell you that they need a little bit more, especially when they take their dogs out into the countryside. We provide puppy training which is specifically designed for gundog breeds.

Gundog Training with Acer will teach you how to provide an outlet in your daily routine for your puppy’s desires to chase and hunt for things. Without proper training, these instincts become a real problem for all teenage gundog puppy owners. Over the 6-weeks of the course, you’ll learn not to be scared of these instincts, but instead how to harness them. 

We only use modern, science-backed, ethical training methods based on rewards to motivate your dog. These are nothing like the traditional style gundog training which involves fear and punishment and promotes the use of force to make dogs comply.

Puppy Training The Importance of Appropriate Socialisation

Through carefully controlled socialisation, timid puppies don’t become scared of other dogs, nor do more confident puppies don’t learn to become bullies. Introducing puppies to each other under supervision and controlling what happens, teaches them to interact calmly.Puppy ClassPuppy Training

Just like humans would not charge around a room, hugging, kissing and jumping on everyone they come across, nor should dogs do so with other dogs.

Learning to meet and greet politely comes from appropriate socialisation. This is so different to the free-for-all puppy parties you may find elsewhere.

We can show you how to train your dog to be relaxed around other dogs, to meet and greet politely, plus to come back to you because they find you to be the most interesting thing in their life.

Videos Demonstrating Every Exercise

To accompany the training, you will receive access to Online Gundog Puppy Course within our Gundog Training Academy. 

This contains over 35 video demonstrations taking you step-by-step through every single training exercise we cover in the classes. There are also detailed notes with every training exercise should you need more information to support you.

The online content will also provide you with a reminder of what to practice at home before the next class.

What Do We Cover in Gundog Puppy Training Classes?

Gundog Puppy Training is really good fun and covers all these important life-skills that will help your puppy make the best start to their training:

      • Focus on You

      • Impulse Control

      • The ‘Off Switch’ – how to settle down and relax 

      • Polite Greetings With Other Dogs

      • How To Play Nicely With Other Dogs

      • Recall From Distractions (such as other dogs)

      • Walking Nicely On A Lead 

      • Being Handled By Strangers

      • Sit & Stay

      • Avoiding Guarding & Separation Anxiety

      • Introduction to Retrieving (building drive and desire to return)

      • Introducing Hunting 

Gundog Puppy Course 

Included in the course:

    • 6 x 1 hour Gundog Puppy Classes
    • Membership of the Acer Online Gundog Training Academy for the duration of your training with us:
      • Videos covering every aspect of the course, plus a comprehensive guide to overcoming all the common problems puppy owners encounter
      • Private Client Community for support with the training 7-days a week, plus general puppy chat with other owners
    • Small class sizes : max 7 puppies

Course Price: £200.00 

Price includes VAT. All bookings subject to our Terms & Conditions

UPCOMING COURSES

Next Steps After Completing This Course

When you and your dog can demonstrate the skills listed above, you can then progress to our regular Beginner Gundog Foundation Course.