Rory Major passion is HPR’s, he has trained
German Wirehaired Pointer and Brittany, Field
Trial Champions, won trials with Hungarian
Vizsla, won awards with Italian Spinone,
Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer, German
Shorthaired Pointer and Munsterlander.
These films show you things going wrong, see
Rory’s training procedures and see the dogs
progress under his calm but persistent approach.
Film 1
- Training Equipment
- Choosing a puppy
- Early puppy training
- Early retrieves in different environments
- Puppy training the next stage
- Introduction to shot
- Improving delivery
- lead & whistle work with retrieves
- Marked retrieves to shot
- Early retrieves over obstacle
- Introduction to hunting
- Early stop whistle
- Sit & Stay
- Early steadiness
- Steadiness to sheep
- Steadiness to retrieving
- Daily exercise
- Introduction to tracking
- Hunting the next stage
Film 2
- Early hand signals
- Basic memory & blind retrieves
- Left & right retrieves
- Introduction to water
- Going back on retrieves
- Improving memory & blind retrieves
- Memory retrieves over fences
- Introduction to the rabbit pen
- Introduction to fur & feather
- Stopping at a distance
- Introduction to pointing
- rabbit pen the next stage
Film 3
- Retrieving different types of game
- Advanced jumping
- Left & right retrieves the next stage
- Retrieving over different obstacles
- Crossing water
- More advanced left & right retrieves
- Control while hunting
- Hunting wind directions
- Hunting in woodland
- Pointing the next stage
- Dropping to shot with retrieves
- Working in & around water
- Split retrieves
Film 4
- Memory & blind retrieves over obstacles
- Blind retrieves across water
- Rabbit pen the final stage
- Retrieving in the rabbit pen
- Steadiness to fur
- Steadiness to flush & fall
- Rabbit ground retrieves
- Improving pointing in woodland
- Improving pointing in open ground
- Advance retrieves over water
- Advance retrieves
- Retrieving out of cover
- Retrieving into cover
- Beating & picking up
- Peg dog
- Rough shooting
Filmed and produced by Paul French Video
Running Time 325 mins
