Seminars/Workshops

Information for Organizers / Information for Participants

Future Workshops

Bring Andy to your club.

Andy has been doing seminars for over 2 decades. He can do a simple lecture format or what has been mostly done lately, a workshop format where about 7-10 dogs spend 2 days with Andy working through a series of drills and tests designed to create an environment to lecture and discuss dog training. Listen to Andy respond to dogs and handlers. Observers can also participate and ask questions. Basics, Transition, and Advanced programs are offered.   

Seminars are available as Basics, Transition or Advanced and are usually scheduled on weekends. Andy does about 2 a year. Usually these need to be planned at least a year ahead of time. He will fly in Friday morning to meet with seminar coordinator. Andy has a  per day charge plus expenses. Contact Andy at andy@andyattar.com for prices, references, and availability.

Wisconsin - summer
920 293-5076

Georgia - winter
229 762-4902

 

Training Seminars/workshops with Andy Attar

For the past 18 years, Andy has done weekend seminars ranging from 10 to 100 people. A typical workshop consists of 2 days of informal discussions, with 7-10 dogs and their handlers as well as a number of observers. Andy demonstrates drills, and works individually with handlers and their dogs.

Recently, a typical workshop featured:

Day 1

Test 1 - land triple

Test 2 - water blind

Test 3- land blinds and flyer pheasant

Day 2

Test 1 - yardwork (no-no and bb blinds)

Test 2 - water triple with duck flyer shot off point

Test 3 - waterblind

Topics discussed:

1. The Beginning

2. Premise Regarding “Building the House”

3. Beginning of Basics

4. Top Reasons dogs Struggle with Basics

5. Transition Training or Post Basics Training

6. Comments on Upper Level Drills

7. BB Blinds

8. Tune- Up Drill

9. Casting

10. Marking After Basics

11. Setting up Marks

12. Principles of Short Bird Marking

13. Principles of Long Bird Marking

14. Principles of Technical or Tight Marks

15. Principles of Land and Water Blind Training

16. Training Flow chart

 

Andy conducted an advanced handler’s seminar for the Retriever Club of Alaska at Turnagain Pass outside of Anchorage in 2005. Andy was incredibly insightful in quickly identifying both handler and dog short comings. For those who were willing to listen and change this information was invaluable.