Indoor Training Day

February 22, 2019

Training & Demo 9:00 am -  12:00 pm
​12:00-1:00pm Pot luck lunch
Benalto Ag Society Arena
Benalto, Alberta (near Sylvan lake)

Signup Here on the website
Non-Member/Guest fee is $10.00 per person or $25.00 with dog

We suggest you bring the following items if you have them:

• Chair
• Drinking water for you and your dog
• Crate/kennel for putting dog up
• Check cord
• Leash/lead
• Bumpers/Dummies
• Lunch or potluck item if participating

Other items you may want to bring to training: 

• Other training aids you use (food, ball, tugs, place boards)
• Bowls for Food or Energy Treats
• Dog First Aid Kit
• Snacks
• Lunch or potluck item if participating/ plug ins but no use of oven or stove

We will be having a Guest:​
Delia Loomis Certified Therapist
From D’s Equine and Canine Therapy Doing talk and demo Chiropractic,acupressure,massage and stretches for hunting  Dogs.
Treatments for your dogs available after the demo at a  reduced price for Club members  of $35 per dog (regular price is $50).

Limited number of pigeons will be available for order on registration page.
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Please come with an open mind, a willingness to learn, and your questions about the training. Get your year started off right, work on Obedience, Steadiness, Trained Retrieve or another skill you might want to work on. ​​

During the January training day there was some reference to some video's on youtube that covered place board training.  Below please find the links to those video's for your reference.

Place Board Training Part 1

Place Board Training Part 2

Place Board Training Part 3

We hope everyone had a successful hunting season.  We look forward to our new 2020 membership year.  You can begin signing up for your 2020 membership here.

We also want to announce our first indoor training session on January 25, 2020 at 9am.  Following training we will have a potluck lunch and a guest speaker talking about "Hunting Dog First Aid".  More details to come... (please sign up for the training day)

AGM - January 25, 2020 at 1:30 - 3:30pm 
Please attend as your participation is important to the club operation.  Each year we need volunteers.  

June 15, 2019 
time: 9:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Featherquest


Potluck Lunch



​Bring: 

• Chair for you – don’t forget to wear orange!
• Crate or tie out for your Dog
• Shot gun (break action only) if you want to be a vetted gunner, and ammo (light loads – 6 to 8)
• Water for dogs and beverage for you
• Whatever equipment you currently use 
• We will have NA Training including, field, track and water work!
• UT & UPT Training will include Field and Water work.
• We will also have Stations for Heeling, whoa post (for those interested)
• We can work field in braces so please be sure to bring whatever means you require to control your dog when you are the backing dog – e-collar or check cord or both
• We train rain or shine!  Dress for the weather!

NA Dogs

• order NA Field (gets minimum 6 exposures to birds on tethers or in launchers)
• Track (minimum 1 track of dead bird – If you purchase a pheasant it will be track of your live pheasant, otherwise we use dead chukar generally
• Water work – N/C

UPT / UT Dogs

• Order birds for field in sets of 3 combo or your choice
• Water work – order duck(s) for search, mark, (could be same duck?)  And drag - Or bring dead duck for your use.  We do duck search first. 

Registration closes on June 12th at 9pm

June 1, 2019 open to all- cancelled due to air Quality.
June 2, 2019 UPT / UT only - starting at 8am

time: 9:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Featherquest

Potluck Lunch


NA Dogs

• order NA Field (gets minimum 6 exposures to birds on tethers or in launchers)
• Track (minimum 1 track of dead bird – If you purchase a pheasant will be track of your live pheasant
• Water work – N/C

UPT / UT Dogs (2 days available – note day(s) you are attending and remember to order birds accordingly

• Order birds for field in sets of 3 combo or your choice
• Water work – order duck(s) for search, mark, (could be same duck?) And drag - Or bring dead duck for your use

Bring:

• Chair for you – don’t forget to wear orange!
• Crate or tie out for your Dog
• Shot gun (break action only) if you want to be a vetted gunner, and ammo (light loads – 6 to 8)
• Water for dogs and beverage for you
• Whatever equipment you currently use
• We will have NA Training including, field, track and water work!
• UT & UPT Training will include Field and Water work if available.
• We will also have Stations for Heeling, whoa post (for those interested)
• We prefer to work field in braces so please be sure to bring whatever means you require to control your dog when you are the backing dog – e-collar or check cord or both
• We train rain or shine! Dress for the weather!

Registration closed at May 29th at 9pm

Outdoor Training Day!
​
May 11, 2019
Training 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Location: Featherquest

We will have NA Training including, field, track and water work!

UT & UPT Training will include Field and Water work if available.

We will also have Stations for Heeling, whoa post (for those interested).

We prefer to work field in braces so please be sure to bring whatever means you require to control your dog when you are the backing dog – e-collar or check cord or both

We train rain or shine! Dress for the weather!

Registration is closed
​
We suggest you bring the following items if you have them:

• Chair
• Drinking water for you and your dog
• Shot gun (break action only) if you want to be a vetted gunner, and ammo (light loads – 6 to 8)
• Crate/kennel for putting dog up or stake out
• Check cord
• Leash/lead
• Bumpers/Dummies
• Lunch or potluck item if participating
• Water for dogs and beverage for you
• Blaze orange hat, vest, jacket

Other items you may want to bring to training:

• Other training aids you use (food, ball, tugs, place boards)
• Bowls for Food or Energy Treats
• Dog First Aid Kit
• Snacks​

Please come with an open mind, a willingness to learn, and your questions about the training. ​

Outdoor Training Day!
​
April 27, 2019
Training 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Location: Featherquest

Signup Here on the website
​
Non-Member/Guest fee is $10.00 per person or $25.00 with dog

We suggest you bring the following items if you have them:

• Chair
• Drinking water for you and your dog
• Crate/kennel for putting dog up or stake out
• Check cord
• Leash/lead
• Bumpers/Dummies
• Lunch or potluck item if participating
• Water for dogs and beverage for you
• Blaze orange hat, vest, jacket

Other items you may want to bring to training:

• Other training aids you use (food, ball, tugs, place boards)
• Bowls for Food or Energy Treats
• Dog First Aid Kit
• Snacks​

We will have NA Training including, field, track and water work!
UT & UPT Training will include Field and Water work if available.
We will also have Stations for Heeling, whoa post (for those interested)
We prefer to work field in braces so please be sure to bring whatever means you require to control your dog when you are the backing dog – e-collar or check cord or both

We train rain or shine!  Dress for the weather!

Please come with an open mind, a willingness to learn, and your questions about the training.