Holding an area – hunting diligently or cross your fingers and hope the dog happens to find something?
Holding an area may be the aspect that’s easiest to overlook when training, but it’s what can truly make or break a retrieve. In a
On the blog we write about the book, clicker training and our thoughts about gun dog retrieving and field trial training.
Holding an area may be the aspect that’s easiest to overlook when training, but it’s what can truly make or break a retrieve. In a
The sharp-eyed have noticed that we’ve had many posts about retrievals. It’s to meet the demand, you could say. 😉 As we’ve mentioned before, many
For those of you who may not know, Elsa and I run a publishing house in Sweden, Klickerförlaget, that publishes dog training books with reward-based
A while ago we wrote about our motto “Train, Prevent, Interrupt” and it’s actually closely related to today’s topic. We jokingly say “don’t stand there
Here comes a favorite repeat that is about the THINKING behind our training and is one of the foundations of clicker training. Sometimes it can
Since Yarrow was young, he has been accompanying me to training sessions and waiting in the car while Keen has been out on trials, training,
It has been a little over three months since the working cocker spaniel Vide moved in with us, and he is now just over eight
The other day I had an adorable little family in class with their equally adorable 12-week-old puppy, a gun dog. The parents had owned dogs
“Oh, how I love basic training!” I (Lena) want a puppy every year 😛 so I can experience all the fun stuff for the first
When I want inspiration for my training, I try to take part in courses that are led by different instructors, watch field trials and hunts.
So those were the four consequences. As we quoted Thorndike initially, all behaviors are maintained by pleasant or unpleasant consequences. If the consequence leads to
As always, it’s exciting and a little nerve-wracking. What kind of little individual is he? Will he feel at home with us? How will the
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After a gloomy autumn dogwise, we needed some good news and hope for the future! And that’s exactly what happened when little Vide entered Lena
Having a dog means so much joy, especially in everyday life with all the hilarious situations that can arise, their peculiarities, and how their different
Last autumn, I made one of the toughest decisions as a dog owner that was, at the same time, in some ways, an easy decision
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