Puppies: Basic Obedience & Natural Ability Exposure
Podcasts
- Puppy 101 with NAVHDA Sr. Judge Al Harmeyer-The Hunting Dog Podcast May 8th, 2017
- Natural Ability Test Breakdown with NAVHDA Sr. Judge Phil Swain-The Hunting Dog Podcast November 21st, 2018
NAVHDA’s Verstaile Hunting Dog Magazine Articles
- Preparing a Puppy for the Natural Ability Test-by John Kegel
- Puppy Bird Exposure-by Kevin Billy
- Swimming-Getting Puppies Past the Drop-Off-by Tracy Harmeyer
- Bird Management & Flagging- by Mark Whalen
- Handling in the field during a NAVHDA Test-by Tim Otto
Tips from Chapter Members/Judges
- Pointing and Steadiness-A look at some key NAVHDA principles (by NAVHDA Judge Pete Aplikowski)
- The Mystery of Natural Ability Tracking (by retired NAVHDA Judge Bill Jensen)
- Natural Ability Tracking -The Release (by NAVHDA Senior Judge Terry Petro)
Natural Ability Tracking Videos-Scott Kossan (Rock Creek Pudelpointers)
ADVANCED TRAINING:
RETRIEVING, UTILITY & ADVANCED OBEDIENCE
Podcasts
- The Hunting Dog Podcast episode July 23rd, 2019-Utility Test with Senior Judge Blaine Carter
- The Hunting Dog Podcast episode October 14th, 2019-Utility Test 101 with Senior Judge Al Harmeyer
- Gun Dog it Yourself Podcast episode 16 Holding Steady Part 1
- Gun Dog it Yourself Podcast episode 17 Holding Steady Part 2
- Lone Duck’s Gun Dog Podcast-episode 43-Retriever Training-How to teach Force Fetch Part 1
- Lone Duck’s Gun Dog Podcast-episode 44-Retriever Training-How to teach Force Fetch Part 2
NAVHDA’s Verstaile Hunting Dog Magazine Articles
- RoboDog-Overpressured & Ovetrained Dogs-by Rick Smith & Sharon Potter
- Utility Training Introduction & the Importance of Retrieve Training-by Mark Whalen
- Correcting Hard Mouth Issues-by Mark Whalen
- The UPT Test-the Practicality of Steadiness & Retrieve Training-by Pete Aplikowski
- Utility Blind Sequence Training & Testing Tips-by Tim Otto
Tips from Chapter Members/Judges
GO! before WHOA!-thoughts on training steps for the NAVHDA UPT & UT tests (by NAVHDA Judge Pete Aplikowski)
Videos
Retrieve/Force Fetch Training Videos by George DeCosta