Working Gundog Certificate

johnhod · Working Gundog Certificate

In light of the information received from the KC today, will the club be amending the qualification for entry into the Special Working Class at forthcoming shows?

Dave A

Hi John

I left you a post re WGC sort of on one of the general chat links, with a view to possibly making it more widely available , By linking it to area training and as a result area testing. This would hopefully cater for the growing number of members who actually want to work there dog in the field yet may not want to go the whole hog and shoot over it.( yet )

Dave A

johnhod

I'll have a search for it Dave. It should fit in with area training if we could arrange for the A panel judges but it's something that the working sub committee needs to be involved in.

Dave A

Yes i agree but i think it would be a step in the right direction, making this available around the country And i would like to think that it would be supported by the commitee as a benefit to members and the breed.

Dave A

johnhod

It seems the club already supports it. While looking for your earlier post I've just read a post from Anne M in Tests, trial,s, etc posted in Feb last year that says

Dave A

Good we just need to put the wheels in motion at our end, I know one A panel judge i would imagine he has a friend !!!!! or are they like the STIG on top Gear ?

Dave A

Annie as admin

Has he got any little friends in Scotland? The Gundog Club charges £120 for a course including the test and they only do the Puppy and Junior ones in HPRs at the mo

Dave A

That sounds expensive, Is it part of a structured training course over x number of weeks, or a one off ?

Dave A

Dave A

You shouldn't have mentioned money john will get his fund raising head on

Dave A

Annie as admin

I can't remember for sure but I think it's one hour a week for 8 weeks.

johnhod

It's an 8 week course (1 hour per week) and includes a test. Tests for HPRs seem fairly basic. there's another £12 something registration fee per dog as well. More details at http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/Training/awardsscheme/HPRtests.htm

Dave A

It just gets better

Dave A

Annie as admin

I suppose they have to pay the trainer and maybe also for the use of the grounds?
I've just been on a training weekend where the club that organised it charged £10 a day per person more than the trainer was getting with no extra charges that he knew of - they hadn't thought that because he was also a member he would find out. As a non club member I had to pay an extra £5 per day - don't mind that though.
I have emailed them (as is my wont) to tell them what I thought of the weekend (wonderful bar the weather) and their policy of taking extra off their members when they should be subsidising training.
Annie

eddieh

Most of the trainers I've come across around here seem to charge between £10-£17 for an hour, so £120 (including registration and test) wouldn't seem tooooooo bad.

You can register and take the test without the course.

Annie as admin

Yes , I have registered Allez but it is very obedience orientated so I'm not sure it is really suited to HPRs - they started off with retrievers and I think their ideas are maybe coloured towards that. Just teh walking to heel seems different/weighted