Let's Make Retriever Training Fun
You want your dog to earn field titles AND enjoy the process! with positive training. Our step by step video courses do that! You'll go from puppyhood to titles with +R & FUN!
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Where are you in your journey?
Brand new to the sport? Trying to level up? We're here for you!
Learning the Sport ?
Feel confident that you know how it works and what to expect.
Learn how positive training fits in with each aspect.
Our ready to watch Hunt Test workshops are different from the rest.
Real workshops recorded with real students asking questions.
Getting Started ?
Have the most efficient way to train all the skills you need - in the right order.
Be supported with step by step video lessons and great people!
• Get amazing steadiness with +R
• Channel the value of rewards through YOU
• Have great Delivery to Hand.
Leveling up to Advanced Skills ?
Blind Retrieves with casting & whistle sitting will feel more like a fun game, Instead of a struggle.
Water Honesty is easier and more fun than you ever imagined!
Triple marks and blind combos taught in parts to become strong performances.
My mission... create a kind, clear & effective learning path for your dog!
I'm here to help you fulfill your dog's born to purpose! And deepen your bond, by winning at this sport! All with +R science and gamified teaching. ~ Jennifer Henion & Reggie
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Level Up & Dig In
Check out our mini deep dives on challenging training topics! Our approach is very different from the mainstream! Reward based training flips problems of instinctual drives into games of choice!
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm Jennifer Henion
The reason I got into this sport, was to fulfill my dog's born purpose. To retrieve in the field! And to experience the deeper bond of working as a team who learn & win TOGETHER!
What I found, was a lot of advice to use force methods for training. Ear pinch, e-collar, and verbal "shame on you's".
That wasn't fun for me or my dogs. But people said I would never get far with positive training.
Luckily, I knew that was untrue. So I pursued the education I needed to prove it.
It took learning the game, lots of failures and lots of evolving as a person.
Getting certification from KPA in the science and practice of +R. And years of learning from Susan Garrett on how to gamify sports training for dogs, got me there!
The result is our many video courses and workshops here in Field Puppy Nation! Where our goal is to build great interactions with our dogs and other people, with kindness, clarity and mutual respect.
Reggie, the Golden Retriever in the photo has proven this works! He started Field Puppy courses at 8 weeks old! He now has a Master pass, an FT Qual Jam and very successfully ran as test dog in all 6 series of the Master National. Unfortunately, we've had many delays due to his joint issues. And he was retired at 6 yrs old.
Oh what an amazing connection we have!
"Thank you FPN! This is for you, Jennifer Henion. Muphy Wotton's first Master Pass!"
- Tom Wotton
[Murphy & Tom got their AKC Master Hunter Title !!]
"Thanks Jennifer Henion for the Jr. Hunt Test checklist & flowchart! Riley and I used that as our training guide. We earned a pass today! "
- Nancy Kotani
"Our skills from this program have helped us both become an amazing team! "
- Alexandria Renee
Retriever School +R
Online Courses
Get real success in retriever field sports - the way you want to do it!
At Field Puppy.
Complete Foundations Course
Learn all of the core skills - in the right order. While layering up self control with drive. A 8-week course.
The Harry 5 Intermediate Courses
Learn the positive approaches to:
1. Marking
2. Blind Retrieves
3. Handling
4. Water Honesty
5. Growing FUNdamentals
Fetch & Delivery
The clicker trained retrieve. Fetch, Hold & Delivery to Hand! Proofed for birds, water and exciting environments.
Webinars & Mini Courses
One hour Webinars on topics like blind retrieves or marking.
Mini-Courses on skills like Honoring or water honesty
Field Puppy Nation News
Get updates on free deep dives. And monthly mini-course topics!
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