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The system in sequence
  • The Smartwork system in order;
    Books:
    Smartwork for Retrievers volume one; Basics and Transition
    SmartFetch
    Smartwork II: Secrets of the Pros


    DVD's:
    Puppy Program
    Smartwork Obedience
    SmartFetch
    Smartwork Basic Handling
    Smartwork Water Force & Swim-by
    Men of Steel (the Stickman Drills)
    Transition: Phase 1
    Transition: Phase 2

    Transition: Phase 3
    Walking Baseball (casting-only drill)
    Definitive Casting
    No Cheating
    Gundog Essentials; Phase 1
     
    Content of Smartwork Books and DVD's
  • Books

    Smartwork for Retrievers volume one; Basics and Transition
                   ·        Fundamental Training Principles

    ·        Correct Principles of Application

    ·        Starter Program for Puppies

    ·        Basics; an overview with Flow Chart for Development

    ·        Obedience (formalizing)

    ·        Force Fetch

    ·        Pile work

    ·        Handling/3-handed casting

    ·        Establishing the Mechanics of Tee work

    ·        “Teaching” triples, and Extending Patterns

    ·        3rd Compound Stage; Double T, Extending pattern distances

    ·        Diversion Mark

    ·        4th Compound Stage; Water T/Swim-by, Multiple Marks

    ·        Cold Blind Transition/Land

    ·        Cold Blind Transition/Water

    ·        Critical Elements of Marking, Diversion Pressure

    ·        Water Marks

    ·        Diversion drills

    ·        Glossary of Terms


    SmartFetch
    • Heel, Sit, Here
    • Force Fetching
    • “Fetch” Compulsion Begins
    • E-collar conditioning
    • Force to pile
    • When things don’t go like the books & videos say they should go!
    • Water Force
    • “What good is all that forcing, anyway?”

    Smartwork II, Secrets of the Pros

    • Finishing the Transition
    • Late Transitions in Marking
    • Bird Placement
    • Advanced Diversions
    • Land Blinds
    • Water Blinds
    • Handler Tips & Attrition
    • Tips for Testing
    • Troubleshooting

    DVD’s

     

    Puppy Program

    • Socialization and Beyond
    • General field protocols
    • Beware of excesses
    • My Puppy Plan
    • How To: Tasks and Skills
    • Operant Conditioning
    • E-collar conditioning
    • Introducing puppies to feathers
    • Introducing puppies to bumpers & Artificial Game Birds
    • Puppy Marking
    • Introduction to Gunfire
    • Introduction to Water  & Water marks for puppies
    • Decoy introduction
    • Summary
      1 hour & 20 minutes

    Smartwork Obedience

    1. Principles
    2. Formalizing “Here” w/e-collar
    3. Pressure Conditioning
    4. Restraint
    5. Follow-up
    6. Heel & Sit
    7. A Square Sit
    8. Kennel
    9. De-bolt

    SmartFetch

    1. Objectives
    2. Flow chart
    3. Obedience
    4. Schedules & Marking
    5. Hold
    6. Acceptance vs. Avoidance
    7. Fetch objectives
    8. The Puzzle
    9. Tables
    10. Walking Hold
    11. Turning off pressure
    12. Fetch
    13. Clamming
    14. Forcing progression
    15. Transition Review
    16. Conducting sessions/Hold
    17. Roller to bumper
    18. Transition to ear pinch
    19. Going down
    20. E-collar conditioning to Fetch
    21. Stick Fetch
    22. Fetch-no-fetch
    23. Force to pile
    24. Mini-pile to 9-bumper
    25. Vital details
    26. Pattern blinds
    27. Bonus material
    28. Forcing on birds
     Basic Handling 
    1. Prerequisites
    2. 3-handed casting
    3. Follow-up 3HC
    4. Transition to Mini-T
    5. Follow-up/Mini-T
    6. Drill essentials
    7. Words of caution
    8. Running Single T
    9. En Route Force
    10. Identify & force on casts
    11. “Here” as a cast
    12. The power of Double T
    13. Running Double T
    14. Trouble shooting T’s
    15. Bugging
    16. No-go
    17. Popping
    18. Closing comments

    Water Force & Swim-by

    1. Prerequisites
    2. Mentorship
    3. Warm up & Start session
    4. “A snag!”
    5. Rope-a-dope
    6. Follow up & Review
    7. Swim-by
    8. Identify piles
    9. Treading water
    10. More than one way
    11. Put it together
    12. Non-acceptance
    13. How do I know when I’m done?
    14. Ready to move on!

    Transition; Phase 1

    1. Steadiness
    2. Passive honor
    3. Walking baseball
    4. Pattern blinds
    5. Running Patterns
    6. 5-leg Patterns
    7. Wagon Wheel Drills
    8. 4-way Push/Pull Drill
    9. 8-bumper Drill
    10. 16-bumper Drill
    11. 8-handed Casting
    12. BB Blinds
    13. Change to Orange
    14. Zig-zag Drill
    15. Four-phase Drill

    (The drills and procedures of Early Transition!)

     

    Transition; Phase 2

    1. Tune-up Drills
    2. Swim-by in Tune-up’s
    3. Tune-up Drill #1
    4. Tune-up Drill #2
    5. Blind Attitude
    6. Cheating Singles
    7. Walk around blinds
    8. KRD
    9. Primary marking
    10. Land Diagonal Drills
    11. Gradient Blind Drill
    12. Cast-into-water Drill
    13. No-hands Back Drill

    (The drills and procedures of Mid Transition!)

      Transition; Phase 3
    1. Advanced Tune-up Drills *
    2. No-Hands “Back” Drill *
    3. Cast-off-points Drills *
    4. Check-down Drills
    5. Chair Drills *
    6. Split Drills
    7. Chinese Drills
    8. Advanced Mark & Blind use in Cold Set-up’s
    9.  Journal Keeping *
    10.  Choosing Factors
    11.  Blinds; a beginning/middle/end
    12.  Handling/casting tips

    (The drills and procedures of Late Transition!)


    Smartwork for Retrievers volume one: Basics and Transition by Evan Graham
    Detailed easy to follow instructions for retriever training, from puppies through Basics and early-to-mid transition. ILLUSTRATED by the author, this unique training text is designed for your use. It is SPIRAL BOUND so you can leave it open to the section or diagram you are working on without breaking down the binding. LAMINATED COVERS help to protect it from the elements. There are NOTE PAGES with each diagram to help you track your dogs progress. Also included is a comprehensive GLOSSARY OF TERMS to help you to get acquainted with the language of dog training.

    REVIEWED AND ENDORSED BY:

    The Retriever Journal. See review in this spring's "SPECIAL PUPPIES ISSUE", page 65.

    "...an informative book with a nifty design,...Smartwork is filled with the kind of information you'd expect from a retired professional dog trainer...laying down a good philosophy that usually gets glossed over in some books, but something that Evan puts first and foremost in his."
    ~Jake Smith
    Managing Editor


    Regarding the new SmartFetch DVD's:

    "Just finished viewing these training DVDs from Evan Graham.
    They are excellent. Even though they are designed to tie in with
    the Smartwork books, I found that they stand-alone very well.

    These should be a must for anyone planning on forcing their own
    dog or even sending a dog off for training.
    A very big Congrats on these to Evan and his crew."

    ~ Gordy Weigel
    pro trainer, Missouri

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