When we were in England a couple of years ago, we did set up a driven shoot with dummies, which means that we rigged a...

Blind retrieves are about being able to handle and direct the dog at a distance, both on land and in water. The dog doesn’t know where the game or dummy is, so it is up to you to send the dog to the correct place. The dog needs to know hand signals and commands for going back (straight out from your left side), go left, go right and continue further back (from having it’s nose toward you turn 180 degrees around and run the other way).
The dog also needs to know the stop whistle (stop when you want it to) and hunt whistle (start to hunt in a small area where it’s standing). A complete blind retrieve, or cast, would then for example be go back, stop, go right, stop, hunt whistle, find dummy, pick it up and deliver it to the handler.
In this category you’ll find all our blog posts on blind retrieves, casting and handling.
When we were in England a couple of years ago, we did set up a driven shoot with dummies, which means that we rigged a...
Working on directional skills and casting is so much fun! Being able to send the dog to run straight out from my side,...
This is a text addressed to myself. But I think you might recognize yourself too 😉 This text is about breathing when...
Besides the actual hunting with a spaniel - which when it flows is an experience that's hard to beat - I really enjoy...
Today's #ThrowBackThursday blog post is about getting the dog to do as I say - and not anticipate what I'm going to...
My students often wonder how much and when to train. I usually share my super tip: training on your walks!...
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...
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...
Every year we have a gun dog summer camp which is just so much fun so we wanted to share a story from our second...
To train water work is both fun and challenging. Most spaniels and retrievers love water and sometimes they get too...
When we were in England at a summercamp with Dogs for life and Philippa Williams a couple of years ago we did a lot...
We’ve now made some nice changes to the page called Gun Dog Retrieving. You can read a short description of all the...
When going through my notes I found some interesting ones from a seminar I attended several years ago and thought I...
To work with independent dogs Diesel is a very independent dog, and I have to work hard to convince her that it...
A couple of years ago my dog Diesel and I, as well as my friend Åsa were in England. We went by car to take part in a...
Quite often, I can’t stop myself from digging into details. It’s great fun, of course. But then I have to put all...
A basic skill for blind retrieves – look straight ahead As you probably have noticed by now we often base our training...
We did several great exercises in England at the Castleman's gun dogs / Dogs for Life's summer camp. Among other...
Sometimes people ask me if I am worried that two different types of training might confuse my dog. They want to know...
Diesels and my last training session gave us some good information about what to we need to work more on. The theme of...
We’re really very happy about all the wonderful illustrations in the book made by our friend Jenny Nyberg. We love...