HerUpland Pointing Dog - Novice

Sundance, WY June 15 - 18, 2023

Join us in Sundance, WY to help prepare for your upcoming hunting season and/or pointing dog test. The Novice Pointing Dog is for 28 women, four scholarships available for youth girls (applications due May 1, 2023). This camp utilizes testing requirements from NAVHDA NA, JGHV VJP, VHDF HAE and AKC JH as training guides to implement throughout camp. However, this camp is not directly affiliated with any of those organizations. This camp will focus on field search, pointing, obedience, cooperation, recall, retrieving on land and in water, and tracking fur and feather. You and your dog will no doubt benefit from this camp based on the curriculum and experienced instructors volunteering their time for this event. 

Ultimately, this camp aims to help better prepare yourself and your dog for the upcoming hunting season and potential testing venue. As part of learning all aspects of training and testing preparation, you will learn and be requested to assist throughout the weekend with bird catching and planting, field gunning, setting wingers, and cleaning and preparing birds for dinner, amongst other tasks.

Register for Novice if your dog: 

• is 4 months or older

• hasn’t experienced a full hunting season

• is not swimming confidently 

• struggles with basic obedience

Registration:

• 28 @ $550

• 4 Youth/Chaperone Scholarships- due May 1, 2023

Registration Includes:

• Meals

• Birds

• 12ga and 20ga Boss Ammunition

• Shirt

• Instruction

• Demonstrations

• On-site camping w/ use of porta-potty

Skill Seminars:

• Launchers 101

• Dog training/gps collars

• Gamebird processing

• Bird planting (catching, bagging, planting)

• Canine Field First Aid, Injury prevent, stretching, quill pulling & tailgate check

Instruction:

• Intro to birds

• Intro to gun

• Intro to launchers

• Intro to water/confidence with swimming

• Intro to e-collars

• Pointing

• Recall

• Basic obedience 

• Tracking

• Building a natural retrieve

• Place and whoa

HerUpland Lead: Courtney Bastian

Trainers:

• Ruth Weiss

• Kata Miller

• Christy Langston

• Aleah Marcoe

• Linda Jugler

• Susan Ravenhill

The Squad:

• Need Volunteers

Itinerary

Thursday:

• 12-1pm check-in

• 1:00pm Welcome - owner intro

• 2pm Obedience/Intro to birds, shot, launchers

• 4-5 pm Bird planting, tethering, launchers, wingers

• 5:30pm Dinner

• Fireside Chat: Trainer Q&A Session

Friday:

• 7am Burritos and Bird Dogs

• 8-12pm: Skills

• 12-1pm: Lunch

• 1-5pm: Skills

• 6pm: Dinner & Guest

Saturday:

• 7am: Breakfast

• 8-12pm: Skills

• 12-1pm: Lunch

• 1-5pm: Skills

• 6pm: Gamebird Feast w/Conservation partner

Sunday:

• 7-8am: Breakfast

• 8am: Running in a brace, horse intro (if possible)

• 12-1pm: Lunch and Closing

Please thoroughly read our FAQ section before completing this registration.

Information packets, pre-camp virtual sessions, and additional information will be sent after registration.

Cancellation Policy – Unless otherwise noted in event registration form, our general policy is:

• 90 days before the event, full refund minus 10% transaction fee
• 60 days before the event, 50% refund
• No refund less than 60 days before the event