Gun Dog
Training
Missouri Valley Gun Dogs
Gun Dog Training
Whether you’re looking for a high performance retriever that can meet the demands of guiding every day of the season – or you’re a diehard duck hunter that wants to take his gun dog to the next level, we have a training program that is right for you.
Great Start Puppy
Great Start Puppy
The Great Start Puppy Program will provide your pup with a smooth introduction to the daily life of gun dog training.
A Great Start Will Include:
- Proper socialization
- Environmental exposure
- Intro to puppy marks
- Intro to Basic Obedience: Heel, Sit & Here (verbal & whistle) Down, Kennel
Great Start Puppy: $20/Day
Started Gun Dog
Started Gun Dog
The Started Gun Dog is a good companion & a good hunter. A Started Gun Dog is obedient to commands, steady to wing & shot, marks fallen birds, retrieves promptly & delivers to hand.
Started Gun Dog Training Itinerary:
- Intro to Retrieving: Land & Water Marks
- Obedience: Heel, Sit & Here (verbal & whistle), Down, Kennel, Honor
- Intro to Live Birds & Gunfire
- Force Fetch & Collar Conditioning
- Hunt Scenario Based Training (field blind, boat blind, pit blind, A-frame, upland)
- Junior/Started Level Hunt Test Concepts
Started Gun Dog Training: $25/Day
Advanced Gun Dog
Advanced Gun Dog
If you’re a professional guide, or a diehard waterfowl hunter - this is the training program for you.
The skill level & work load will increase as the Advanced Gun Dog will learn to mark & retrieve multiple birds as well as complete blind retrieves on land & water.
Advanced Gun Dog Training Itinerary:
- Pile Work, Lining, Casting, Single T, Water T, Swimby, Decheating
- Multiple Marks
- Blind Retrieves
- Hunt Scenario Based Training (field blind, boat blind, pit blind, A-frame, upland)
- Master / Finished Level Hunt Test Concepts
Advanced Gun Dog Training: $30/Day
Team MVGD
We couldn’t be more happy with our dogs & the progress they’ve made in training!














