Month 1- Introduction

Heelwork/sit and stay

Sit commands, verbal, hand and whistle

Getting eye contact

Body language for recall

Month 2 - Recap month 1

Hunting using voice, body language

Planted retrieves to control the forward progress

Stop whistle

Retrieving, dog running in and retrieving to hand freely at this stage

Month 3 - Recap month 2

Steadiness to thrown dummy

Introduction of recall/turn whistle

Hunting

Month 4 - Recap month 3

Steadiness to movement - sitting yo thrown dummy whilst hunting

Introduction to shot

Siting to shot

Retrieving

Month 5 - Recap month 4

Hunting, turn whistle, stop whistle

Sitting to shot and thrown dummy

Introduction to water

Jumping obstacles

Month 6 - Recap month 5

Handling back, left and right

Retrieving, hunting left and right

Month 7 - Recap month 6

Jumping, waterwork, hunting, retrieving, whistle

Consolidation

Month 8 - Recap month 7

Dummy run of Working Gundog Certificate

Month 9 - The Working Gundog Certificate