Here at NGD we treat every dog as they are our very own. We have indoor and outdoor kennel area with Kuranda beds for the inside kennels and insulated dog houses in our outdoor kennels. We feed High Quality food, Purina ProPlan Performance.
This program is designed for the 8 week to 6 month old puppy.
Your puppy will be:
- Introduced to birds, gunfire, water, and decoys.
- Your pup will go on daily puppy walks in all different terrains and cover. This builds confidence in your pup which is the key to a successful gun dog.
- Starting on light obedience.
- Crate Training and house manners.
This program is for any dog 6 months or older. The ground work for waterfowl hunting will be taught during this program.
- Obedience (collar conditioning)
- Force Fetch
- Bird and Gun
- Complex singles on land and water
- Steady
- Will be familiar with hunting scenarios
- Ready to run AKC Junior test/ UKC Started test.
This program is designed for the retriever who has completed our gun dog program.
- Multiple Marks
- Blinds
- Diversion Birds
- Poision Birds
- Honoring
- Your retriever will be ready to run AKC Senior hunt test/ UKC Seasoned hunt test
This program is designed for the retriever who has completed transition training. At the end of this program your dog will be a “finished retriever”. All advanced concepts will be taught and perfected during this program.
- Complex multiple marks ( doubles, triples and quads)
- Complex blinds with many factors
- Your retriever will be ready to run AKC Master hunt test/ UKC Finished hunt test.
At the end of this program your dog will know:
- Obedience on and off-leash
- Collar conditioning
- Bird and gun program
- Learning to quarter and work the field
5-6 months of age is the perfect age to start obedience training but it is NEVER to late to start. You may add 2 more weeks of training for collar conditioning and off leash obedience.