Kemble's Field
Going for a Bumble Camp
Going for a Bumble Camp
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Do you want to walk your dog off lead in the countryside?
Our three-day Going for a Bumble camp will help you teach your working and pet dog the difference between going out hunting and going out for social pleasure, i.e. a walk.
There is a great deal of debate, conflict and confusion around the subject of whether to let your dog run free, off lead in the countryside, irrespective of whether it is a family pet or a working dog breed.
In this in-person workshop, you will learn the ultimate steps to communicate with your dog the difference between ‘going for a walk’ and ‘going hunting’ in the same stimulating environment.
Our Going for a Bumble Camps, are suitable for…
- All breeds of dogs
- Dogs with any level of training
- Pet dog owners
- Those looking to work their dog or who have worked their dogs on the shoot and are struggling to keep them close now that the season has finished
- Anyone with a dog which makes a beeline to the horizon as soon as they are off lead, which enjoys chasing wildlife, and which often becomes too engrossed in hunting to respond to cues like recall
- Anyone who has previously watched the Gundog Trainers Academy 90-min online “Going for a Bumble” webinar and wants to further this learning
Our Going for a Bumble Camps will cover topics including…
- Understanding the difference between hunting and bumbling
- How to create the bumble zone
- How to use rewards to maintain connection and partnership in challenging situations
- Teaching a check-in behaviour and how to progress this
- Teaching the catch-up game
- The art of “having a Kit-Kat” and learning to relax in a stimulating environment
- Creating an invisible piece of string between you and your dog using circuits
- Teaching your dog to change direction with you using the this-way game
- How to decide how far away your dog should be from you at any given point
- How to play hunting games to help keep your dog with you
- Progressing these games and bumbling in the real world
Those booking the camp will also be given free access to the Gundog Trainers Academy 90-minute online “Going for a Bumble” webinar (worth £30), which is presented by Helen, along with Jules Morgan. Your download will be sent automatically on purchase. If you do not receive or have any issues, please email hello@clickergundog.co.uk
FAQs
What shall I bring for my dog?
Please bring with you a large quantity of high value treats. Something that your dog would not normally have as a meal, e.g cheese, sausage, cooked heart, liver, dried fish, garlic sausage, or chicken. Please chop a portion quite big that will easily be found in the grass.
You will also need a clicker, flat collar and 6ft long training lead, a limited slip lead, whistle, tug type toy or ball on a rope, standard dummy, treat bag (please no plastic bags in your pockets). If you have been using a target then please bring this.
A coat for your dog at rest time might be useful and a towel to dry them just in case we get to water work or it is raining. In the summer there is limited shade so you will need to bring something to cover the car although the dogs will not be expected to spend long periods in there.
What will I need for me?
You will need comfortable clothes and shoes. Please keep the weather in mind and bring layers if you think you might get cold, or if it is raining.
Refreshments will be provided throughout the day, but you will need to bring your own lunch if it’s an all-day event. You will be able to use our kitchen facilities, including a microwave, toaster and fridge.
I can no longer attend, what shall I do?
Please email hello@kemblesfield.co.uk as soon as you are aware you will be unable to make it. If you are cancelling on the day, please contact your instructor Helen (as well as emailing) on 07947 043330.
Please familiarise yourself with our cancellation policies before booking they can be found here: Terms of service
How do I get there?
Directions to Kemble's Field, Charlton, Worcestershire, WR10 3LQ.
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The postcode does not take you right to the door so please read the directions before setting off.
Follow Ryden Lane from the village of Charlton, drive past Whitehouse Farm on the left, through the national speed limit sign on the right-hand side, and then take the first track on the left. You will see a sign for Kemble's Field. Drive down this track to the end and the entrance to the field is on the right-hand side. If you missed the track and reached the purple house you have gone too far, turn round and retrace your steps until you reach a track on the right-hand side, turn right here.
If you arrive early, the gate might still be locked. Please wait in the lane for your instructor to arrive.
Otherwise, please drive through the gates (and if they are closed, please close them again behind you) and park in the car park outside the building on the right.
Toilet facilities are in the building and will be open on arrival.
What do I do when I arrive?
After you have parked your vehicle, please come into the barn initially without your dog.
If it is a warm day, please cover your car first and open any doors / windows to ensure your dog is both secure but has ventilation. Dogs will not be expected to stay / wait in cars if it is hot and dangerous for them to do so.
If you have had a long journey, you are welcome to toilet your dog before coming into the barn. Please keep them on a lead as other training sessions might be in progress and keep to the edges of the field.
You MUST pick up all of your dog’s poo please, which must be bagged and put into the bins provided. Please supply your own poo bags and do not put any unbagged poo directly in the bin.
About Helen Phillips
Helen Phillips, the owner of Kemble’s Field, is a qualified teacher and an Animal Training Instructor (ATI) with the Animal Training & Behaviour Council (ABTC).
She taught a Canine Training and Behaviour Course at Warwickshire College at 2 levels for 6 years and was a business partner with Learning About Dogs in Gloucestershire for 10 years. She has a Distinction in the Certificate of Canine Training and Behaviour from Warwickshire College and holds the City and Guilds Certificate Level 5 in Further Education Teaching Stage 3 qualification.
She has achieved the Learning About Dogs Clicker Trainers Competency Assessment Programme (CAP) at levels 1, 2 and 3 with Distinction and is still an active assessor for the scheme.
During the 1990’s Helen instructed for the Evesham and District Dog Training Club and was pivotal in gaining the Club’s Kennel Club registration. She achieved the Kennel Club Good Citizens Dog Scheme (KCGDS) levels Bronze, Silver and Gold with her Hungarian Vizsla ‘Kemble’, who the field and business is currently named after. She also taught general life skills classes for several years at the club and taught all levels of the KCGCDS awards. During this time, she also took part in multiple demonstrations and appeared in the local paper advocating for the training of dogs using science-based and ethical strategies.
Alongside this Helen trained with Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs for many years and taught a variety of the Clicker Training workshops at Wagmore Barn in Gloucestershire, where she was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of meeting and working alongside Karen Prior, Ken Ramirez and Jesus Rosalez Ruiz and the rest of the Clicker Expo teams. She was also honoured to present alongside Ken Ramirez and Susan Friedman.
Helen has been breeding Hungarian Vizslas since 1998 and spent a lifetime with dogs from crosses to Spaniels and HPRs, as a result, she has extensive understanding of living and working with hunting dogs. She now has the pleasure of enjoying a good day’s rough shooting with her dogs and the focus is on working on the small shoot she owns at Kemble’s Field. She currently shares with her husband Chris, two Hungarian Vizslas, Jack and Dibble and three Springer Spaniels, Wren, Teal and Lark. All dogs are engaged in working roles apart from Lark who is still enjoying the freedom of being a puppy. Helen has also achieved the Kennel Club Working Gundog Certificate on Dummies and on Game, with two breeds of dog HPR & Spaniel, she has competed in working tests and has participated in grouse counting. Currently all her dogs appear in the training video’s that are available through the membership of The Gundog Trainers Academy (GTA).
Helen's focus is on promoting the use of force free, positive reinforcement training techniques and strategies within all aspects of dog training and field sports in general. She has a strong ethical stance in respect of this and endeavors to promote this within the shooting field and is an advocate for encouraging pet owners with any breed of dog to explore their natural abilities and expression of natural behaviour for wellbeing.
Alongside Jules Morgan, she is also a Director of and designed The Gundog Trainers Academy Ltd (GTA), to meet the increasing demand for ethical gundog training with a robust qualification and assessment procedure. The GTA’s mission is to support, nurture and encourage high standards of ethical, science based, non-coercive and effective methods of training for gundogs. The GTA has just completed the rigorous assessment process and gained accreditation to the Animal Behaviour & Training Council (ABTC) and is now a Member Organisation as well as Ambassador Partner of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG).
She is a member of the Special Council for the Pet Professional Guild (PPG). Helen is an Instructor and Assessor at all levels for The Gundog Club an organisation that declared its force free policy in 2018 and she runs courses each year for all levels. Helen is also the author of the very popular ''Clicker Gundog'' book which draws on building a strong connection between dog and handler working as a team in the environment.
