Handling for Success at Hunt Tests and
Working Certificate Tests

Workshop with Anne Everett

This 2 day workshop is unique in that it focuses on training YOU the Handler. It will cover the techniques and training that you require to handle your dog successfully at all levels in hunt test and working certificate competition. If you are planning to make the big jump from Junior to Senior/Master, if your dog is consistently failing tests and you are not sure why, if you want to improve your handling skills, this workshop is for you.

Topics covered include: analyzing a test, developing a plan for successfully running a test with your dog, mental preparation for competition, handling for maximum success on blinds (how to recognize hazards and how to deal with them), what to do if you and your dog get into trouble, when to handle on marks, how judges evaluate dog work in tests, how to run effective training sessions. The classroom session includes a power point presentation, handouts, demonstrations and diagrams. The classroom session will be on Saturday morning; the remainder of the weekend will be spent in the field. Field sessions will consist of test set-ups that each working participant will evaluate and run with either their own dog or a fully trained Master dog, under the supervision of the instructors. Participant’s dogs are welcome, although not essential. Participant dogs must have a force retrieve and be doing WCX and/or Senior level blinds.

This is a working clinic! Bring your dog, a lunch, a chair, a walkie-talkie, an umbrella (and shade for your dog) and raingear if needed.