Online Gundog Training For Busy Owners
Train your gundog puppy to be well-behaved and delightful company without fear-based methods
For all gundog breeds up to age 6 months
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Struggling to train your gundog puppy? You're not alone...
Most of my clients struggle with similar issues. Gundogs are unlike other breeds and need training that channels their natural instincts.
If you can say yes to any of these, then you’re in the right place:
- You’d love to enjoy calm moments with your puppy, but instead, you feel exhausted
- Your puppy is adorable, but when they get overexcited, they bite, jump, and zoom around the house like a tornado - it’s overwhelming
- You dream of stress-free walks, but right now, it feels like a battle - your puppy bites the lead, pulls in every direction, or just plonks down and refuses to move
- You feel embarrassed when your puppy jumps up at people, barks at other dogs, or gets so excited they forget all their manners
- Your puppy steals and chews everything - shoes, furniture - and no matter what you do, they find something new to destroy
- You’re constantly wondering “Am I doing this right?” - one moment, they’re a dream, the next, they’re a little whirlwind of chaos
Acer Gundog Training
Gundog Puppy Course
Puppy age under 6 months
Covering the first 6-weeks with your new puppy, this course walks you through how to teach all the essential life skills
With just 20 minutes of training each day, give your puppy the best start in life
Settle
Lead Walking
Recall
Socialisation
Retrieving
Hunting
Puppy Problems Solved
Impulse Control & Focus
Separation Anxiety
Resource Guarding
This was what Hettie said about the course
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Train your gundog puppy to be well-behaved and delightful company without fear-based methods
Join for £149
(or 2 payments of £75)
I Made Every Training Mistake So You Don't Have To
This was what inspired me to become a dog trainer!
I realised that the frustration I was going through was the same frustration so many other gundog owners faced.
I couldn’t find a trainer who truly understood gundogs and used ethical methods – one who wouldn’t have me shouting at or punishing my dogs because I’d unknowingly set them up to fail.
Now, that was 10 years ago. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to help thousands of people transform their lives with their gundogs.
But the problem became sustainability. I knew I had to do more. I expanded Acer, opened new venues, and brought in more trainers. Yet, I could only help the people who could physically get to my classes in Cambridge.
With the power of social media, I was getting messages from gundog owners from all over the world. Not just from the UK, but from the US, Canada, Australia, and beyond.
That’s exactly why I created the Acer Gundog Training Online Academy.
The exact same training courses we offer here in Cambridge, but available online and with the ability to cover them at your own pace.
The courses I’ve built are the training I wish I’d had before I became a dog trainer.
Inside, I’ll personally guide you through every stage of your dog’s development, so you’ll always know what to do, why it works, and how to adapt as your dog progresses.
With Gundog Puppy Course You Get:
- A proven step-by-step process to train your dog at your own pace using my force-free training framework
- Daily online coaching and support directly from Mark for 3 months
- Lifetime access to the course
- Confidence in training your dog the right way within just a few weeks inside the programme
1,000+ gundog owners have used my programmes
Here's what they're saying
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30 DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Signing up for an online course is a big deal.
It’s potentially life-altering for you and your dog.
But you also don’t want to just throw money down the drain for a program that “might not work” or you “might never get to”.
I get it. Trust me I do. That’s why I want you to make a truly informed decision. You can only do that once you are on the inside, actually using the programme
So, try it risk free for 30 days.
Consume all the content if you want. Take advantage of everything. Ask as many questions in the support group as you want.
If you don’t feel like it’s the perfect programme to help you reach your goals then I will personally give you a full refund. No questions asked and no hard feelings.
And if you want, I’ll also audit your situation and provide you with my recommended path forward so you can still make progress to your goals, whether that’s another trainer, a book, or just general advice.
I want you and your dog to succeed !
Training a gundog can be difficult without the right support.
Each dog is different and so there is no 'one-size-fits-all' solution
Hear from some of my students and their unique stories
Alison’s Story
UK 🇬🇧
Alison’s Golden Retriever, Monty, was getting over-excited in the village hall training classes he used to attend. Alison said it was difficult to retain information from the class, meaning he wasn’t making progress.
This is what Alison said after joining the programme: “The information in the course is clear. I retain it and I can go back to it, which obviously with a training class, you can’t do that. So you build on every day, you build up a little bit and you think, okay, I’m getting there, you can see progress, which is a really nice way to measure how you’re doing”
Bex’s Story
UK 🇬🇧
Bex had never trained a gundog before and knew her Springer Spaniel, Izzy, needed that little bit more. She was struggling with Izzy pulling on the lead and recall (chasing birds).
This is what Bex said after joining the programme: “Heelwork and lead handling have worked really well. Her recall is a lot better which was my biggest worry because she’s obsessed with birds. I genuinely think, as a model for dog training, it’s really refreshing because it’s something I can relate to. It’s meant that I’m now far more confident with my working dog than ever before.”
Kathryn’s Story
UK 🇬🇧
Getting a Cocker Spaniel as a first dog was a ‘baptism of fire’ for Kathryn! Her main training issue was recall – Kathryn felt like she was failing and didn’t know what to do.
This is what Kathryn said after joining the programme: “The biggest issue I had with Meg was recall – or a complete lack of it. When she was about 18 months old, I pretty much gave up on going to big fields because I couldn’t let her off a long line. One day, someone stopped me and tried to give me advice, and I nearly cried. I just thought, I can’t do this anymore. But now, she won’t go far enough away from me for me – because she keeps checking back in with me. That’s such a nice problem to have! It’s a much better place to be.”
Enrol in Gundog Puppy Course today and you could be next!
FAQs
(Frequently asked questions)
Dogs learn best by practising new skills regularly throughout the week in their normal environment where you exercise them. They learn much less from a one-hour training class, where they are often distracted.
This is why we always say that the classes are for the humans to learn the process to train their dogs, not for the dogs to be trained.
You can learn the process just as well by watching video demonstrations. Everything is broken down into tiny steps. Working at your own pace, you simply copy each stage of the process. It’s the implementation that counts, and unlike dog training classes, you don’t have to complete everything in just six weeks.
It can be difficult to remember everything the trainer says in a class, whereas videos can be replayed multiple times.
Ask as many questions as you need if you get stuck. If you upload videos, we can coach you just as well as if you were standing in the same field with us.
No. The programmes are specifically designed for gundog breeds but the majority of our clients have gundogs who are family pets and have no aspirations of taking their dog out shooting.
Gundog Puppy Course
For puppies aged under 6 months of age.
Beginner Gundog Course
For dogs over this age but with little/no prior training experience.
Junior Gundog Course
For dogs that have completed the Beginner Gundog Course or have mastered the skills covered in that course (see next question for a list of what that includes).
Successful completion of each course will mean your puppy has learned the following:
Life skills such as:
- Eye Contact
- Settle
- Managing Frustration
- Sit
- Polite Greetings (Other Dogs)
- Puppy Play & Recall From Play
- Introduction to Lead & Heelwork
- Impulse Control
- Husbandry (Comfortable Being Handled & Eating Pills)
- Avoiding Resource Guarding
- Targeting – Fist Bump
- Recall On Walks
- Introduction to Retrieving
- Introduction to Hunting
All my online courses are self-paced so you can work at your own speed, but best results will come from regular practice and not cutting corners when training each behaviour.
Assuming no prior training, it should take 6 weeks to work through all the material in this course. That said, you get lifetime access to the training course.
From time to time, things won’t go as planned. Such is the reality of training a dog. The good news is, my team and I are here to offer support and guidance along the way for up to 3 months, by which time your dog will no longer be a puppy.
The courses are all self-paced and you will have lifetime access to all the course content.
Immediately after enrolling, you will be invited to join our exclusive online platform. Here, you can access the online course content, request support, and join in the regular discussions that take place among clients around the world. We’re a friendly bunch, and you’ll receive plenty of moral and practical support. Everyone on the platform is taking part in the same courses as you.
Online coaching & support is available with Gundog Puppy Course for 3 months from the date of joining.
My courses are designed to offer a structured format for training your dog in bite-sized chunks. Each behaviour progresses incrementally in difficulty as the course advances. Unlike other online training programmes, mine is not a collection of random exercises but rather a step-by-step approach to training a dog and achieving lasting results.
In line with my professional accreditations, I only use modern, ethical, and force-free training methods based on Positive Reinforcement.
None of the training incorporates traditional gundog methods that involve fear or punishment.
Absolutely not! And I have to warn you that if you don’t actually practise the exercises with your dog, their behaviour won’t change.
You only need to invest around 20 minutes a few times a week to start seeing results, but please note that there are no quick fixes.
That said, if you decide within the first 30 days that the training isn’t for you, simply email me and I’ll happily provide a full refund.
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