Natural Ability Prep.

Nose, search, water affinity, tracking, the 4 core NA components.

About 45 min · Feeds NAVHDA Natural Ability (NA)

Where it sits

Natural Ability Prep is drill 1 of 5 in the versatile started program. The foundation: the commands and the first birds.

This is the first drill of the level.

After it: Cooperative Nature

Building biddability and desire to work with handler.

What it builds toward

This drill feeds the NAVHDA Natural Ability (NA). What that test judges, from the rulebook.

All 5 versatile started drills

Run it with your dog.

Open the KENAI app, log a training session, pick Natural Ability Prep. The record keeps the day; the app reads the days against the test ahead. Free to start.

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The whole program.

Every versatile started drill on one page, and the printable sheet.

Versatile Started