Day 5: Beware of mistraining!
With mistraining I mean training that counteract what I actually want to teach the dog. Something that happens when I forget to maintain my criteria
On the blog we write about the book, clicker training and our thoughts about gun dog retrieving and field trial training.
With mistraining I mean training that counteract what I actually want to teach the dog. Something that happens when I forget to maintain my criteria
Since the heelwork consists of many parts and should work in many environments, we believe more than one way is needed to train it. We
I start to train heelwork as soon as I get the puppy home and continue practicing practically every day of the dog’s life. What I
Something Lena and I usually distinguish ourselves with is that we want to practice what is most important right now to achieve the result we
Heelwork is something that a lot of people struggle with. It requires a lot of training and focus to become good. Therefore, I’m going to
One of the best days in life is the day when a new puppy enter the house. So much joy, love and hope! And there
You wished and we answered – since a couple of weeks Retrieving for All Occasions is available for Kindle! Buy your copy at Amazon –
In the autumn of 2016, I could only participate in two measly trials, and in one of those there were no birds to be found,
Do you want to give your dog more freedom off leash? Or do you want to do gun dog work? Then a fool-proof panic stop
We have some principles that guide our training, some foundations which are involved in all our training in one way or another. For instance, working
Sometimes I get the question what I think is the most important to train with my puppy. Like, where should one start? I usually answer:
Will your dog pick the dummy over the hamburger? No? Most other dogs wouldn’t either – but with the right training you can
Once a month this spring, Elsa, Seeker, Elsa’s baby Viola and I, got into Elsa’s car and drove to Skåne to attend a class. My
A straight line from A to B might seem obvious to us, but it’s not at all as obvious to the dog. Particularly in hilly
After the hard decision to find a new home for Seeker I still knew that I wanted a dog to train. I also knew that
Every now and then, I come across the misconception that classical conditioning is the same as ”traditional” training, traditional training being defined as training using
A couple of months ago we had to make another difficult decision – after recently having to say good bye to Ludde – namely finding
A couple of weeks ago I, Seeker, Seeker, Lena & Tassla were helping out on a protective hunt for pigeons. It was both useful work
About a year ago, I decided to basically have one single focus when training with Quling: to get a better cooperation. The time before this
Anna Lindholm, Spaniel handler and breeder, won the Swedish Spaniel Championship 2017 together with her dog Wildphoebe Nighthawk “Penny”. She also received a prize for