Pointing Dog Training


2023 Seminar Dates and Locations

March 18/19  Mid South Navhda 

April 22/23 North East VHDF & Pocono Navhda

May 13/14   S.E. Michigan Navhda

May 20/21  Oklahoma Navhda

Schwarzwald Kennels will individualize a training program to meet the needs of your gun dog whether for hunting or advanced work in field and water or testing in Navhda or AKC. We take pride in our work and have trained, handled and passed Navhda Versatile Champions and AKC Master Hunters. Additional fees associated with your dogs monthly training may include costs for birds, any veterinary care needed, entry fees for testing and travel costs. We also offer one on one instruction with gun dog owners to assist them in their training of their own dog. This type of training is set up in advance with you for one on one instruction to match your dogs needs. All dogs that stay with us monthly for training at Schwarzwald Kennels receive conditioning, training, quality Purina Pro Plan Performance dog food (unless owner provides food of their choice) and any other general pet care needed. Because we take a limited amount of dogs in for training at a time, our client dogs are important to us and are busy daily conditioning and training to meet their owners goals.

TRAINING CRITERIA REFERENCE FOR ELIGIBILITY AT SCHWARZWALD KENNELS
Pups 6-12 mos. Of age (NA-HAE Testing or Training):  MUST be socialized with people & other dogs, must not willingly jump on people, CANNOT be aggressive towards people or other dogs, swimming/water exposure, bird exposure, house broken and have general obedience
Force Fetch & Steadiness Dogs 12 mos.+ (UT-AHAE Testing or Training): All dogs must be socialized well with people & other dogs, CANNOT be aggressive towards people or other dogs, must not jump on people, must swim, must be house broken, must have ability to be quiet and must have some hunting exposure.
Advance Training Dogs 2yrs+ (Invitational-PE Testing or Training):  All dogs must be socialized well with people & other dogs, CANNOT be aggressive towards people or other dogs, must not jump on people, must swim, must be house broken, must have ability to be quiet and must have hunting exposure, must be force Fetched and must like game (upland & waterfowl).


Levels of Training

  • Natural Ability (Started Pup) & • HAE
    Pointing
    Search
    Basic Obedience Commands
    Tracking Live Game/fur & feather
    Swimming
    Preparation and testing for both NAVHDA & VHDF

 

  • Utility & AHAE
    Advanced Obedience including whoa, heel, come and round
    E-Collar Conditioning
    Steadiness to wing, shot and fall
    Trained Retrieve
    100-200 yard drags
    Duck hunting scenarios including Remain by Blind & Duck Searches
    Preparation and testing for both NAVHDA Utility & AHAE Test
  • Finished Gun Dog (Versatile Champion/AKC Master Hunter/VHDF PE Testing)
    Backing
    Blind Retrieves
    Double Marked Retrieves
    Honor by Retrieve, Blood Tracking and forest work.  Preparation and testing for NAVHDA Versatile Champion Test and AKC Master Hunter Test  VHDF PE Testing.