Format: DVD
Focus: Training a Pointing dog during his impressionable first year
Time: Approximately 52 min.
Great Beginnings follows the development of four English Pointer littermates through the critical first year. George Hickox demonstrates the new approaches to Clicker Training and E-Collar Introduction and how it will benefit all owners and their dogs.
The first year of training is the time to lay the proper foundation for more advanced training. Preparing your dog correctly from the beginning is far better than trying to fix problems later. In this DVD, George guides you through proven methods of creating a dog who responds enthusiastically to training with an open mind. Great Beginnings presents a complete and logical program of yard work and field work.
Yard Work:
- Clicker Training
- Complying to Commands
- E-Collar Conditioning
- Fundamentals of Training
Field Work:
- Introduction to Birds
- Introduction to the Gun
- Point Drills
- Backing
- Handling in Range
About the Author:
George Hickox is a well-known writer in the dog sporting world as well as hosts wing-shooting adventures in Alaska, South Dakota, and Georgia, is now teaching the how-to's of training gundogs to dog owners and trainers through this easy-to-follow program that he has been teaching across North America for the past decade in his School of Dog Training for Owners and Their Dogs. George Hickox has helped thousands of dog owners develop top notch hunting dogs, and these instructional DVD's will give you the tools you need to bring your dog to a world class level.
