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BOOKS
• 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

Smartwork for Retrievers volume one; Basics & Transition
Smartwork II; Secrets of the Pros
SmartFetch
•Finishing the Transition
•Late Transitions in Marking
•Bird Placement
•Advanced Diversions
•Land Blinds
•Water Blinds
•Handler Tips & Attrition
•Tips for Testing
•Troubleshooting

•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?”

DVDs
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

•Square Sit
•Kennel
•De-bolt
•Principles
•Formalizing “Here” w/e-collar
•Pressure Conditioning
•Restraint
•Follow-up
•Heel & Sit
•Square Sit
•Kennel

Obedience
(Formalizing fundamental commands)
•Objectives
•Flow chart
•Obedience
•Schedules & Marking
•Hold
•Acceptance vs. Avoidance
•Fetch objectives
•The Puzzle
•Tables
•Walking Hold
•Turning off pressure
•Fetch
•Clamming
•Forcing progression
•Transition Review
•Conducting sessions/Hold
•Roller to bumper
•Transition to ear pinch
•Going down
•E-collar conditioning to Fetch
•Stick Fetch
•Fetch-no-fetch
•Force to pile
•Mini-pile to 9-bumper
•Vital details
•Pattern blinds
•Bonus material
•Forcing on birds

SmartFetch DVD
(The best, most detailed course in force fetch)
•Prerequisites
•3-handed casting
•Follow-up 3HC
•Transition to Mini-T
•Follow-up/Mini-T
•Drill essentials
•Words of caution
•Running Single T
•En Route Force
•Identify & force on casts
•“Here” as a cast
•The power of Double T
•Running Double T
•Trouble shooting T’s
•Bugging
•No-go
•Popping
•Closing comments

Basic Handling
•Prerequisites
•Mentorship
•Warm up & Start session
•“A snag!”
•Rope-a-dope
•Follow up & Review
•Swim-by
•Identify piles
•Treading water
•More than one way
•Put it together
•Non-acceptance
•How do I know when I’m done?
•Ready to move on!

Water Force & Swim-by
Transition; Phase 1
•Steadiness
•Passive honor
•Walking baseball
•Pattern blinds
•Running Patterns
•5-leg Patterns
•Wagon Wheel Drills
•4-way Push/Pull Drill
•8-bumper Drill
•16-bumper Drill
•8-handed Casting
•BB Blinds
•Change to Orange
•Zig-zag Drill
•Four-phase Drill

Transition; Phase 2
•Tune-up Drills
•Swim-by in Tune-up’s
•Tune-up Drill #1
•Tune-up Drill #2
•Blind Attitude
•Cheating Singles
•Walk around blinds
•KRD
•Primary marking
•Land Diagonal Drills
•Gradient Blind Drill
•Cast-into-water Drill
•No-hands Back Drill

Transition; Phase 3
•Advanced Tune-up Drills *
•No-Hands “Back” Drill *
•Cast-off-points Drills *
•Check-down Drills
•Chair Drills *
•Split Drills
•Chinese Drills
•Advanced Mark & Blind use in Cold Set-up’s
• Journal Keeping *
• Choosing Factors
• Blinds; a beginning/middle/end
• Handling/casting tips

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Easy guide to Smartwork system contents @ bottom of page
EASY GUIDE to Smartwork

1. Puppies ~ 7 weeks to 1 year; Smartwork Puppy Program to age 6 months
2. "Basic pup" ~ 6 months of age pup begins formal Basics:
Includes formal Obedience, force fetch/SmartFetch, Basic Handling, Water Force & Swim-by...usually takes 6 - 8 months
3. Transition: Early transition usually begins during Basics with material from Transition Phase 1
4. Mid transition overlaps as a continuation of early transition, and includes material from Transition Phase 2
5. Late transition overlaps as a continuation of mid transition, and includes material from Transition Phase 3
6. Questions about where other training materials fit into your pup's progression can easily be answered by asking Evan directly via email to rushcreekpress@aol.com, or by messaging directly from this site
BOOK & DVD Contents