Make your training count
Make your training count

Make your training count

Training videos, guidance and tips from John and Nina Halsted - described as 'the best retriever training partnership in the world'

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Practice whenever you decide

Use John and Nina's videos to practice your training as and when you have the time

Try new things

Try some of John and Nina's training techniques with your dog to see what works for you and your dog

Get wonderful opportunities

If you maintain a constant subscription, you will be in a position to be offered the opportunity to attend one of John and Nina's training classes

Watch it live
Watch it live

In the future, John and Nina may offer a live streaming session on Halsted Gundog Academy

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What's available?

A few items that will be available on Halsted Gundog Academy throughout the next few months

Training Grid
Heelwork
Directions
Jumping
Picking Up
Training Grid

Get a good view of John and Nina's training grid and how they have laid it out to gain the most training opportunities

Heelwork

See how John and Nina use training methods to get dogs consistently walking to heel

Directions

Understand John and Nina's method of training left and right direction commands

Jumping

Follow the steps John and Nina take to teach dogs how to jump effectively

Picking Up

Watch how John and Nina move from dummies to game, getting dogs ready for the picking up season

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John and Nina are there for you

John and Nina will, where possible, provide a video specific to any particular item you require, if it is not already covered within one of the available videos.


Our Academy - the dictionary describes academia as meaning the accumulation, development and transmission of knowledge across generations as well as its practitioners and transmitters. Academia is also used to describe types of institutions of higher learning.


Halsted Gundog Academy has definitely been designed to do this!

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Here's some feedback from some of John and Nina's successful retriever trainers

You Don't Become a Champion with a Trick
The Real Thing & Not Rehearsed
Take Advantage of a Stage by Stage Process
Track Record Speaks for Itself
You Don't Become a Champion with a Trick

Very valuable to be able to look into the kitchen of a trainer who performs exceptionally at the very highest level year after year. You don't become a champion with a trick....

The perfect guide and inspiration, highlighting all facets to take your own dog(s) and training to the next level. It offers you decades of experience and insights and therefore a head start in time. Surely a trainer who not only gives training, but above all takes top prizes himself, is the pinnacle. I have trained with John several times and seen him up close doing what he is so incredibly good at. What you see is what you get, behind the scenes is no different from the videos shown. When I heard him sitting at his kitchen table talking about his ‘craft’, his statements reminded me of Johan Cruijff, another legend.

Roy Ehbel, Rebel Blend Labradors, Netherlands

The Real Thing & Not Rehearsed

John and Nina's videos show the real thing. It is not rehearsed to perfection for the video, it is not fake, it shows what happens when they teach, correct or solve a problem with dogs. It does not show magic dogs, it does not show quick fix solutions but it shows what it is all about training a gundog.

It is a breath of fresh air to watch an honest picture of gundog training and what it is all about. 

I want to learn from people who have actually proven they know what they are talking about. John and  Nina's track record is second to none and shows how they do it in an honest way that I can relate to.

I highly recommend Halsted Training Academy and I know I will recommend it to all our customers

Birgitta Staflund-Wiberg, Meadowlark Gundogs, Sweden

Take Advantage of a Stage by Stage Process

It is good to take advantage of a stage by stage process gleaned from a lifetime of dedication to the Labrador Retriever, whether it be picking up, a peg dog or a Championship winning retriever

Kevin Butler, Turpingreen Gundogs

Track Record Speaks for Itself

John and Nina's track record and training speaks for itself with all they have achieved over the years, and Halsted Gundog Academy's videos will show you in detail how it was possible.

David Lisett, Buccleuch Gundogs

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Practice on any screen

You can logon to Halsted Gundog Academy using different devices; laptop, tablet, iPad and mobile telephone, just not at the same time.

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Flexible pricing for flexible people

You can subscribe monthly, 6-monthly or annually, whatever suits your lifestyle

Monthly

£ 20 /month

You will be provided with 4 new videos uploaded per month, whilst the previous videos are reviewed and 4 videos removed each month. You are guaranteed to have access to every single video for a minimum period of 1 month. If you subscribe monthly on a consistent basis, you maybe invited on one of John and Nina Halsted's training opportunities that they will run throughout the year (subject to demand). Note, if you cancel your monthly subscription to Halsted Gundog Academy and then re-subscribe in the future, you will reset the clock in respect of you qualifying for an invitation to any of John and Nina's training opportunities

6 Monthly

£ 110 /6 months

You will get 4 new videos uploaded per month whilst the previous videos are reviewed and 4 videos removed each month. You are guaranteed to have access to every single video for a minimum period of 1 month. You will get second preference for an invitation to one of John and Nina Halsted's training opportunities throughout the year (subject to demand)

Annually

£ 200 /Year

You will get 4 new videos uploaded per month whilst the previous videos are reviewed and 4 videos removed each month. You are guaranteed to have access to every single video for a minimum period of 1 month. You will have first preference for an invitation to one of John and Nina Halsted's training opportunities throughout the year. You will also qualify for free advertisements of your basic health tested puppies and Field Trial Champion or Open Field Trial Winning Stud Dogs

Training Together

Halsted Gundog Academy is a subscription channel where you have access to videos of John and Nina Halsted training different components of a retrieve, with a variety of dogs


John and Nina have over 40 years of knowledge of training gundogs for the shooting field and also competing in field trials


You will have access to various videos and each month 4 new videos will be uploaded and all videos refreshed


If there is a topic you would like John and Nina to cover, then please let us know via our Contact Us option at the bottom of the screen then John and Nina will do their best to include this within a future video release

 

If Halsted Gundog Academy is not for you, you can cancel anytime you wish

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Some of John and Nina's Championship dogs from the 2023/24 season

International Gundog League's Retriever Championship qualifiers.


Dog's from left to right:

FTCh Emmanygan Summer - Elsa

Buccleuch Favour - Favour

FTCh Brocklebank Skipper - Pip

Cheesecake Artillery of Chatsworth - Soames - Diploma of Merit

FTCh Emmanygan Spring of Chatsworth - Greece

FTCh Buccleuch Bridgeknowes of Chatsworth - Rhum

Championship Runners

Frequently Asking Questions

What is HalstedGundogAcademy?

Halsted Gundog Academy is a subscription based streaming service that allows you to watch John and Nina Halsted carry out retriever training with their dogs and also watch them explain particular aspects of retriever training during their lessons

What is included in my subscription?

The benefits are slightly different depending on whether you subscribe monthly, 6 monthly or annually. See the subscription plans above for information

How many training videos will l be able to see?

There will be a bank of training videos when you initially subscribe, some of which will remain for the duration of your subscription


Over a period of 1 month, 4 new videos will be uploaded and the previous videos will be reviewed but there will remain a bank of training videos for you to continually watch

How will I know when new videos are uploaded?

As a member, you will receive a weekly email notifying you of any new videos that are available, unless you have unsubscribed from Halsted Gundog Academy emails

Can I cancel any time?

You can cancel any time you wish if Halsted Gundog Academy is not for you.


Note, if you cancel your monthly subscription to Halsted Gundog Academy and then re-subscribe in the future, you will reset the clock in respect of you qualifying for an invitation to any of John and Nina's training opportunities