Establishing Goals

Effective training starts with clearly defined goals.

When you attend a Training Clinic (officially called Field Trials in NY State) our Training Director Barbara Koskos will appropriately place you in the group that she believes will most-effectively facilitate your progress.

“I want to see what happens when…” is not a clearly defined goal. If you’re new, or not sure what to say – that’s okay! Here are some primers for each level of your training:

Totally New / Natural Ability

First bird exposure
First water exposure
Improving swimming confidence
Introducing / improving steadiness (aka staying still)
Exposure to gunfire

Intermediate / UPT / UT

Introduction to ducks
Improving steadiness
Dog is not steady to flush, wing, shot, fall, etc.
Specific UT activity (e.g. training steady by the blind)

Invitational

You probably know what you need to work on at this point. If not, let’s talk.