The courses have been carefully designed to provide you with the right amount of information each week.

Too much information at once can be overwhelming, leading to you skipping material and picking and choosing which bits to watch. (Splitting applies to humans and not just dogs!) You will not get best results, if you approach the course in this way.

Moreover - the exercises need to be practised for at least a week before moving on. (Frequently it will require longer - it depends on the dog's progress.) The number of reps you get in, at each stage of the course, is important for future success.

Even if you are 'only' having difficulties with a later stage of training, the origins of that problem frequently can be found in shaky foundations. For this reason, you will rarely get best results by skipping ahead to where you believe the issues lies. You should first consolidate each previous stage for the requisite time - and ensure you build on solid basics.

Lastly, I care about course content, about how the courses are delivered and about doing the best job I can with what I'm teaching you. I take pride in delivering material in the way that I think is optimal for your learning. 

For all these reasons, I am extremely reluctant to unlock course content early. But, if you feel you have an exceptional circumstance, please get in touch.

A prerequisite for this course is the Clicker Retrieve course - so we can develop your dog's reliable retrieve and increase desire for the dummy. Before we can really work on marking, we need a reliable basic retrieve. It doesn't need to be perfect and it might still be a work in progress - as long as you're putting the finishing touches to it.

If you have a retriever and live in a country where you will be expected to do walk-ups with your dog, I highly recommend taking the Heel course, to ensure you have heelwork functioning before adding marking to it.

All gundogs! Wherever you live!

All gundogs need to be able to mark game falling from the sky and to run directly and accurately to the location of fall.

There are breed differences, with spaniels needing to do this over a shorter distance than retrievers and HPRs - and with retrievers in the UK and Europe needing to add in walk-ups (walking and marking) - but essentially this is a core skill for all gundogs.

• x6 regular sized white plastic/rubber style dummies

• A volunteer helper (to be your dummy thrower)

• Tasty treats

• Clicker

• Harness

• Either long-line or short training tab

You have ongoing access to the course. There is no time limit. You can decide to work through the material more slowly, if you'd like.

Included in every course is unlimited help via on-site messaging with me. Just click on the speech bubble icon in the bottom right of the screen. Easy!

There are many variables in dog training and a lot of them are outside my control. (For example, your own level of motivation, availability of your time to train and your ability to follow instructions!)

There are also many factors which influence how long it takes for any particular dog to achieve a reliable retrieve. For example, a dog's prior learning history, her food motivation and her experience of training.

So it is not possible to guarantee that you will have achieved a certain standard by the end of the course.

But, after 5 weeks, you will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skill to be able to achieve a great blind retrieve with your dog, in the future. It is an achievable goal for your dog! 

No problem! Just contact me within 30 days after purchase and I will give you a full refund.