Our “Hunt Savvy” Training
day happens once a year in the fall. On this day we don’t focus at all on the
technical side of retriever training. But instead work on putting the dogs
through a series of stations designed to prepare the dog for the hunting
scenarios they are likely to encounter in the coming hunting season so that both
dog and handler are more prepared on opening day. This year we did a marsh duck
hunt off of a dog stand – complete with decoys and mojos, a boat duck hunt, a
field goose hunt – complete with layout blinds and dog blinds and a simulated
pheasant hunt.