Is it okay to train a puppy? – #ThrowBackThursday
Something we get a lot of questions about is when to start training your puppy – we say right away! Digging through the archives we
Summarizing a great year. New puppy in the pack (Rowan), puppy course and other courses online, first prize in open class cold game test with Keen, teaching in Canada and interesting discussions. Looking forward to an exciting 2024 and visiting Canada again – teaching two weekend courses this time. …
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Last day in Canada, today we worked on the stop whistle and casting and dogs and handlers were progressing really well 😍 Now I’m at the airport on my way back home, but I hope I’ll be able to come back and stay for longer because I’ve had a great time. …
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On the blog we write about the book, clicker training and our thoughts about gun dog retrieving and field trial training.
Something we get a lot of questions about is when to start training your puppy – we say right away! Digging through the archives we
Now Keen has lived with me a couple of months and he has adapted very well to his new pack. There are both advantages and
My pack changed a lot in 2018 and I have written about all the dog related changes: that Ludde passed away , that Seeker unfortunately
When it is impossible to get another dog, but you still want to plan a little for the future, you have to be creative. I
Last year we had no summer camp because it didn’t fit so well with our lives then. Instead, I had longed for and focused on
Reading through all entries in the contest was a real joy! Here are a few of your thoughts: Biggest challenge is to keep it fun
The heelwork challenge that we’ve had the last couple of weeks has been so much fun! We’ve really enjoyed following all of you in your
Last day of the heelwork challenge! I hope that you feel that your heelwork has improved – at least mine has. I would like to
Initially, I talked about different parts of the heelwork – details, endurance and distractions. I often train them separately, but they must of course also
Something that often happens when walking to heel is that the dog gets a bit too excited and moves around like a bouncing ball –
I like measurable things, bars and charts. If it’s possible to measure something, I would love to do so – preferably in Excel. When I
Many dogs quickly build an expectation of who’s really in charge – it’s that interesting person with the gun or the dummies .All of a
I like to teach my dogs “default” behaviors, things that they should do even though I don’t say anything but the situation itself tells them
Something we talk a lot about on our courses is reward expectation and reward placement. Used properly, they are great training tools, but they can
Many dogs are happy to walk properly for a while, but then they get tired. The heelwork is something that needs to last for quite
Some dogs get very excited as soon as something happens – they walk nicely when you turn away from the distractions but get excited again
Besides being able to walk for a long time at my side when I walk straight ahead, the dog needs to be able to follow
“My dog can walk to heel for a long time as long as there are no distractions nearby” is something I hear often. And that’s
“Dull heelwork” means that the dog just tags along by my side. The dog will not be able to heel by anticipation a whole hunting
When the dog can find it’s position by my side when I walk it is also good if it can come to my side when