Blind retrieves
Walk up
When we were in England at a summercamp with Dogs for life and Philippa Williams a couple of years ago we did a lot of
March 14, 2018
We call ourselves clicker trainers or reward based trainers, but there are many different variations of training methods and different ways to express it. Positive training, traditional training, balanced training, and resource-based training are other variations you may hear. But what does it mean? And why is it important to keep track of it?
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Blog
On the blog we write about the book, clicker training and our thoughts about gun dog retrieving and field trial training.
Blind retrieves
Gun dog work on film and in photos
We’ve now made some nice changes to the page called Gun Dog Retrieving. You can read a short description of all the different parts of a
March 7, 2018
Delivery to hand
Singing the praise of the switching game
The switching game is one of our favorite games. We use it to train everything from taking and holding to the full retrieve. Sometimes it
February 28, 2018
Blind retrieves
The second day with the Spaniels
When going through my notes I found some interesting ones from a seminar I attended several years ago and thought I would share it with
February 21, 2018
Field trials
Seeker’s Third Cold Game Trial – let’s test drive the analysis!
A great many things worked well at the last trial, but unfortunately I think that all the self-control that the heeling required made it too
February 14, 2018
Puppy training
When One Hits the Breaks But Should Be Going All In
When Quling w as five months old, he discovered the meaning of life. Over night, this very energetic and pretty wild puppy that I still walked
February 7, 2018
Focus
The fun art of keeping yourself together
Let me just give you a great piece of advice for your training: Reversed luring. I don’t know how people train without it, I really
January 31, 2018
Field trials
Tod’s first novice cold game trial
Åsa Davidsson is an instructor with Klickerförlaget. She trains obedience and hunting, and participates in field trials with her two Labradors, Mio and Tod. She
January 24, 2018
Field trials
Seeker’s Second Novice Cold Game Trial – What’s the Price of Self-Control?
I’ve had a hard time processing Seeker’s second cold game trial. I wrote this on Facebook afterwards: ”Fall apart and get back up. That’s how
January 17, 2018
Puppy training
Tod’s first ”mock cold game trial”
A couple of months ago I published a blog post with a nice video of preparatory competitive training from two years ago when Seeker was
January 10, 2018
Field trials
The Journey Or the Destination?
Information, information and information. That is what I gather from trialing and training. Sometimes that information is easily digested – ”no surprises there, we simply
January 3, 2018
Classes
2017 – A year when we discovered the world
2017 will be the year we remember as the year that we traveled the world thanks to our book “Retrieving for All Occasions”. Since it’s
December 31, 2017
Stop whistle
Being able to stop the dog while it’s hunting
Let me show you one of my favorite exercises to teach the dog the foundation skills for the stop whistle. I find it really difficult
December 27, 2017
Blind retrieves
Do as I Say! (casting)
To work with independent dogs Diesel is a very independent dog, and I have to work hard to convince her that it actually pays
December 20, 2017
Classes
Recall – Vital for All Dogs
You asked – we answered. Almost a year ago we started our free online course, “Five Simple Steps to Master the Perfect Retrieve“. Since then
December 17, 2017
Field trials
Seeker’s First Novice Cold Game Trial
A couple of weeks ago, Seeker participated in his first novice cold game trial. It was at the Golden Retriever Club’s championships in Hjo. The
December 13, 2017
Puppy training
Seeker’s first ”mock cold game trial”
I found a nice video of preparatory competitive training from two years ago when Seeker was just 20 weeks old and thought I’d share it
December 6, 2017
Delivery to hand
Water trial with Quling
Quling has made his debut trialling today in a water trial for Spaniels. Passing the water trial is a prerequisite for going on to open
November 29, 2017
Puppy training
Quling – A Year Old and Still a Puppy
”The puppy” turned one year old a while ago! Hunterfull Quling has been a part of my pack since the beginning of June last year
November 22, 2017
The book
The best Christmas gift is a book!
Hard gifts in the Christmas stocking is always appreciated! Why not buy Retrieving for All Occasions for a dog friend this Christmas? (If you want
November 17, 2017