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Upcoming JGV-USA Training Days

     

June 9th-10th, 2012

Training Subjects:  Duck Searches, Blind Retrieves, Drags, Forest Work (blood tracking, etc.) and Field Work (pointing, retrieves, etc.)

Meeting Time:  8:00am
Location:  Hankinson, North Dakota
Contact Person:  Todd Rockhold  701-340-6367 or stonegripper@gmail.com

Contact Person:  Doug Nowatzki  701-793-3178 or douglas_nowatzki@live.com

 

June 9th-10th, 2012

Training Subjects:  Duck Searches, Blind Retrieves, Drags, Forest Work (blood tracking, etc.) and Field Work (pointing, retrieves, etc.)

Please call ahead to RSVP and to order birds (quail - $4.50; ducks - $12.50)

Meeting Time:  7:00am

Location:  Huntsville, Missouri

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Contact Person:  Dan Fisher  608-436-2463 or hunterdan37@att.net

 

June 16th, 2012

Training Subjects:  Duck Searches, Blind Retrieves, Drags, and Field Work

Meeting Time:  8:00am

Location:  Mosinee, Wisconsin

Contact Person:  Scott or Cortney Schaefer  715-457-2145 or langhaars@gmail.com

 

June 23rd-24th, 2012

Training Subjects:  Duck Searches, Blind Retrieves, Drags, Forest Work (blood tracking, etc.) and Field Work (pointing, retrieves, etc.)

Meeting Time:  8:00am
Location:  Hankinson, North Dakota
Contact Person:  Todd Rockhold  701-340-6367 or stonegripper@gmail.com

Contact Person:  Doug Nowatzki  701-793-3178 or douglas_nowatzki@live.com

 

Any Weekend by Appointment

Training Subjects:  Duck Searches, Blind Retrieves, Drags, Forest Work (blood tracking, etc.) and Field Work (pointing, retrieves, etc.)

Meeting Time:  ~8:00am

Location:  Boise, Idaho

Contact Person:  Paul Trout  208-850-3284 or vomorion@sitestar.net

 

Thoughts, Tips and Theories
On Training and Hunting the Versatile Gun Dog
by Stephan G. Kohlmann

  1. Thoughts on Socializing of Hunting Dog Puppies

  2. Perfect Puppy Prep - Coaching your pup through its first test (VJP)

  3. The Hows and Whys of the Forced Retrieve

  4. Training the Perfect Retriever: Drags, Marks and Blinds

  5. Total Control: HALT!

  6. THE RIGHT TRACK - Training Tips for Blood Tracking

  7. Incommunicado 1: When Dogs and People Don't Communicate

  8. Incommunicado 2: How People and Dogs Can Communicate

   

Training Articles

by Tom Moore

  1. Preparing for the VJP Test

  2. Bloodtracking

  3. Training for the Totverweiser

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