Fun Gundog Camp for Puppies, Beginners and Pet Gundogs - 8th to 12th June 2026

This full week of gundog training will focus on having fun and bonding with your dog while covering a range of beginner gundog and essential life skills for dogs. 

Open to all breeds of gundog, plus any crossbreeds or other breeds that have a desire for retrieving and hunting, this camp will introduce all the behaviours you need to have a happy, fulfilled pet gundog and an excellent foundation to progress further should you want to continue the hobby, enter working tests or work your dog on a shoot.

Our Fun Gundog Camp for Puppies, Beginners and Pet Gundogs, led by Lynsey, is suitable for...

• All breeds of gundog, including retrievers, spaniels and HPRs
• Young dogs just starting on their gundog journey
• Older dogs with no experience of gundog work
• Handlers with no experience who wish to learn about how to train their gundog
• Pet gundogs whose handlers feel they would benefit from gundog work and also who wish to be able to take their dogs out safely in the countryside.

Our Fun Gundog Camp for Puppies, Beginners and Pet Gundogs will cover topics including:

• Learning how to hunt
• Teaching the retrieve
• Learning to manage arousal and impulse control
• Exposure to and/or managing arousal with shot
• Loose lead walking and heelwork
• Recall training
• Going for a Bumble in the countryside
• There will be opportunities during the week to focus on swimming and retrieving from water,
• You will also learn all about reinforcement strategies, play, how to teach and use targets.

The exercises will be set to meet the needs of the participants on the day. It will be a fun task-based programme of learning for you with your dog.

*On Thursday evening, there will be a group supper at a local pub. This is scheduled for 4.30 pm so we can leave straight from the training venue. This is a dog-friendly pub, and your dogs are welcome to sit with us in the restaurant area, or, if the weather permits, in the garden while we eat.