by Lena Gunnarsson | Dec 4, 2019 | Theory |
One of the most important building blocks in our training philosophy is that we are looking for the good stuff that the dog does so that we can reward that. There’s something a little magical about that, because it rubs off on everything. Suddenly you notice...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 29, 2019 | General |
It took almost six months before the day came when Flippa did not listen to the recall whistle, but simply ran in the other direction – towards the cat poop. I was surprised – I had become so spoiled by almost everything coming so easily with this dog. Never before...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 25, 2019 | Classes, Delivery to hand, Play, Recall, Steadiness, Stop whistle, Taking and holding |
It was such great fun having you all take part in the indoor training from the seven blog posts about “Things to train when the weather is bad”, that we wanted to give you some kind of bonus. 🙂 Elsa and I have decided to give a 25% discount on all our...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 24, 2019 | Steadiness, Stop whistle |
We have come to the last challenge! It has been great to follow your training! If you have a spaniel or a retriever, you probably can’t devote too much time at working on the dog showing steadiness in the sit, and for quite some time. The retriever mostly sits...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 23, 2019 | Play, Rewards |
Since Quling joined my family, having the dog really, really pay attention to what I’m saying and not guessing on what he thinks I’m going to say, has become one of the most important things in my training. He likes making his own decisions, he ”can do it himself” and...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 22, 2019 | Heelwork |
While we’re on the subjects of targets (yesterday’s topic was platforms), let’s take a look at training with a block or a small stool. The purpose of this exercise is for the dog to like to hang out by my left side, but first and foremost to easily be able to COME TO...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 21, 2019 | General |
Something that’s trending in the spaniel world is platform or place board training. Naturally, it had to come from the British spaniel men in order for it to become interesting for the regular spaniel trainer in Sweden 😉 … For those of us who’ve been training with...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 20, 2019 | General |
Today is day 3 of ”7 things to work on when the weather is bad” and the topic is Leave it. People have different names for this, but what we mean is for the dog to choose to not go for something and perhaps even actively turn away from it. In a trial situation that...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 19, 2019 | Focus |
Day 2 of ”7 things to work on when the weather is bad” is all about focus. I find teaching the dog to focus to be very useful. I have a cue that means look ahead and pay attention to what’s happening out in the field. My verbal cue is ”focus” – look ahead...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 18, 2019 | Delivery to hand |
Welcome to 7 days of ideas for things to train when the weather is bad. Join us and have fun training! Today’s topic is deliveries. I have two different kinds of deliveries. If we’re going for full disclosure, I actually have three since we have one for competition...