How to Have an Awesome Gundog Like Vickie

Vickie has done an amazing job training her gundog, Claire. They have consistently worked together building trust and confidence in each other. If you want to see a stunning sight, watch Claire retrieve.

Vickie clearly articulates how you can also train an epic gundog. 

"CGA is known to have a saying that says 'BuildFromHere', 'Progress Over Perfection'. #BuildFromHere, I learned going through the process, is that you just follow the progress of the program. Don't rush. Don't be in a hurry. Enjoy the journey. Enjoy the process. Build from where you are and continue to build on from there."

"Celebrate your wins that you have in training. Then learn from your dog if they're trying to tell you something that they don't understand. Back up, take your time, and just build from the very last step that they were successful on. You will be able to continue to advance your training after that."

One huge key to successful dog training is find your dog a win. Vickie understands that if your pup is great at a 30 yard retrieve but struggles at 40, she may need a few more successful repetitions at 30 before moving on to 35 and then 40 again. Before you've realized, your dog will be able to retrieve at 200+ yards regardless of the circumstances. 

Vickie applied these principles in her training, and the results are beautiful. 

"Even though her progress went fairly quickly, I stayed on task. We stayed with the program, and before we knew it, we were moving on from next lesson to next lesson. She was doing things that I was like, 'Wow, we're doing this already. This is amazing.' Build from here. Go each day, week by week, and before you know it, you're going to have an awesome gundog."

We're proud of Vickie for following the principles of CGA and using them to train Claire to reach her full potential. If you are wanting to learn the principles you need to help your dog reach his potential, check out 52 Plus here.

You can do this too. 

BuildFromHere,

Your CGA Team

We'll be sharing more of Vickie and Claire on our social channels all month, and you can follow along with them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/vickie.raburn) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/flynlab).