PUPPY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
30 days / 6 days per week
Gundog Training
At Wild River Kennels we understand and cherish each opportunity to develop a dog properly. We offer puppies as young as 3 months to come live in our home. They will learn structure, manners, and confidence along with exposure to our young family.
This early exposure will help develop a well-balanced dog for the future. In the field, we offer proper introductions to live game birds and gunfire. Nurturing a high level of retrieve and prey drive is key to successful training down the road. We go through this stage allowing puppies to be puppies!
By allowing them to learn, we are building a good citizen with confidence and prey drive.
Reservations required as we only offer a limited number of puppies in this program.
This is a 30 day program, which includes to following:
Crate training
House manners (wait at door, no jumping on countertops, no unwanted chewing)
Food reward obedience
Introductory work (Live Birds, Gunfire, Decoys, Boats, Blinds)
Introduction to water (Seasonal)
BASIC GUNDOG PROGRAM
Recommended 6-12 months / 6 days per week
The Foundation. At this level, we begin formalizing and reinforcing behaviors that we will rely on through the dog’s life. At Wild River Kennels, we specialize in dogs that are family companions first and hunting partners second. Which is why manners and obedience is what we pride ourselves on.
Dogs in this program will learn leash manners, fundamental commands, kennel manners and off-leash obedience. In the field they will learn to handle, hunt and retrieve to hand.
We are continuing to build steadiness at this level, which comes with confidence, control, and drive. Of course, the key to success is owner education and commitment.
This a 60-day program and includes:
Basic Obedience (Here, Heel, Sit, Place, Kennel and Down)
Leash Manners
E-Collar Conditioning
Introductory work (Live Birds, Gunfire, Decoys, Boats, Blinds)
Introduction to water (Seasonal)
Trained Retrieve
Simulated hunts
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED RETRIEVER PROGRAM
Prerequisite: Basic Gundog program
6 days per week
Steadiness, handling skills and marking game at a high standard is ultimate goal. A high level of commitment is needed from the owner to maintain this standard.
This will be a continuance from the work we learned in our Basics program. We will cover your goals, type of hunting and/or competition you will be involved in and develop a plan from there.
Our Intermediate/Advanced Retriever Program includes:
Sitting on a Whistle
Force to pile
Handling & casting
Running Multiple Marks
Running Blind Retrieves
Swim by
Honoring
Physical Conditioning
Want More?
Interested in a more hands on approach? We offer one on one Gundog evaluations and private lessons on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis depending on your goals. Lessons can be virtual, on-site as well as off-site.
We service RI, CT, NY and all surrounding areas.