Kirkbourne members can start at any age, especially those young puppies just beginning their gun dog adventures. This is not your usual puppy class, this is geared to set the youngest Kirkbourne recruits up to experience some of the most fundamental areas of their development in readiness to start their novice training.

The main aim of the puppy sessions are to allow your puppies to socialise in a natural outdoor environment where they meet other puppies of a similar age and their handlers. They will see older dogs working with their handlers in novice class and become familiar with the sounds that go with it.

The sessions will be held for an hour and will be of a fun and playful nature. We will use a variety of balls and puppy dummies for simple fun retrieves, take time to get the puppies used to a slip lead, carry out some recall exercises and begin to teach some very basic commands to include the use of the whistle.

New handlers will have the chance to get to grips with the very basics of gun dog training with the opportunity to ask questions about any areas of concern. Dates and locations of puppy school will be on calendar and our facebook weekly training updates. These may change from week to week so keep an eye out for up to date sessions.

PRICE : £6 PER SESSION PER DOG/HANDLER

AGE : 12 weeks (or after inoculations are complete) to approx 5 Months.