Going for a Bumble Workshop (All Breeds) - 15th to 16th March 2025

This two-day Going for a Bumble weekend workshop will help you teach your working and pet gundog the difference between going out hunting and going out for social pleasure, i.e. a walk.

There is a great deal of debate, conflict and confusion around the subject of whether to let your dog run free, off lead in the countryside, irrespective of whether it is a family pet or a working gundog.

In this in-person workshop, you will learn the ultimate steps to communicate with your pet or working gundog the difference between ‘going for a walk’ and ‘going hunting’ in the same stimulating environment.

Our Going for a Bumble workshop, led by Helen and Lynsey, is suitable for…

• All breeds of gundog including retrievers, spaniels and HPRs
• Gundogs working at all levels
• Pet gundog owners
• Those looking to work their dog in the field or participate in working tests
• Those who have worked their dogs on the shoot and are struggling to keep them close now that the season has finished
• Anyone with a gundog which makes a beeline to the horizon as soon as they are off lead, which enjoys chasing wildlife, and which often becomes too engrossed in hunting to respond to cues like recall.
• Anyone who has previously watched the Gundog Trainers Academy 90-min online “Going for a Bumble” webinar and wants to further this learning.

Our Going for a Bumble workshop will cover topics including…

• Understanding the difference between hunting and bumbling
• How to create the bumble zone
• How to use rewards to maintain connection and partnership in challenging situations
• Teaching a check-in behaviour and how to progress this
• Teaching the catch-up game
• The art of “having a Kit-Kat” and learning to relax in a stimulating environment
• Creating an invisible piece of string between you and your dog using circuits
• Teaching your dog to change direction with you using the this-way game
• How to decide how far away your dog should be from you at any given point
• How to play hunting games to help keep your dog with you
• Progressing these games and bumbling in the real world

Those booking the workshop will also be given free access to the Gundog Trainers Academy 90-minute online “Going for a Bumble” webinar (worth £30), which is presented by Helen, along with Jules Morgan. Your download will be sent automatically on purchase. If you do not receive or have any issues please email hello@clickergundog.co.uk