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"I'd really encourage anyone who wants a safe and well behaved dog to take this course. Even if you never work your dog on a shoot or in a trial, the foundations of gundog behaviour are what we as pet owners all want: a dog that is safe, steady and that we can engage with in activities they enjoy."
Alice G · Handler Essentials member
The foundations that actually matter, in the order that matters
Build a reliable pause that helps your dog listen before rushing into the next thing.
Help your dog learn how to pause, think, and stay connected when life becomes exciting.
Understand how to build a stronger response you can trust when you call your dog back.
Use your dog’s natural interest in carrying and retrieving in a more structured way.
Teach your dog how to move with you more calmly and consistently.
Build the foundations of stopping and listening at a distance.
Give your dog a useful outlet for their natural desire to search and use their nose.
Get detailed learning guides to help you understand each skill more deeply and apply it with more confidence.
Get 62 progressive exercises across the key foundations, with each card showing you what to do, what you need, and when your dog is ready to move on.
Just £87.00 GBP for lifetime access.
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"This is the course you wish you'd undertaken with your first gundog. It's all of the key elements of basic gundog work introduced to you by inspiring experts passionate about training pet gundogs in a positive way."
Nicci · Handler Essentials member
Many owners are told that their energetic dog will settle down with age.
Age can help, but it does not replace understanding what your dog was bred to do.
This is often the missing piece for owners of gundogs living as family pets. Your dog is not a kenneled working dog with a full working outlet, and they are not a low-drive pet with low-drive needs. They are somewhere in between.
They fit in one world by instinct, but live in another every day.
Once you understand that, training becomes much clearer. You can begin to recognise the instincts underneath the behaviour, and teach the essentials in an order that suits the dog in front of you
"If a friend asked about the course I'd tell them BUY IT!! I have recommended it to a couple of friends."
Amanda W · Large Munsterlander owner, Handler Essentials member
I created Handler Essentials because I kept seeing owners with bright, busy dogs trying to make sense of too much advice.
They were doing their best, but the advice was often scattered. Some of it was aimed at pet dogs, some at working dogs, and not much of it helped with the reality of living with a hunting-breed dog in a family home.
At The Ladies Working Dog Group, we understand dogs bred to hunt, retrieve, search, and work. We also understand that many of these dogs are not living as full-time working dogs. They are living in homes, with families, routines, visitors, walks, and everyday life.
Handler Essentials was created to give you a clear starting point, with the key skills taught in an order that makes sense.
Jo xx
Founder Of The LWDG
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