Calmness training
“Fika” training
On this blog we have so far been quite good at describing the training we do technically (or at least we try to be good
June 18, 2019
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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.
#ThrowBackThursday
Working with Game #ThrowBackThursday
Today’s #ThrowBackThursday blog post is about working with game and getting your dog used to game. Enjoy!
June 13, 2019
Field trials
Advice on how to set up practice trials
Every now and then a group of us put together a practice trial and it is so incredibly successful every time! In obedience, practice trials
June 11, 2019
#ThrowBackThursday
Illustration of a Fun Water Exercise #ThrowBackThursday
One of the great things with summer is swimming – and all the fun training you can do with your dog in water. #ThrowBackThursday
June 6, 2019
Theory
Creative distraction training
Simply put, we can say that we make our training more difficult in three ways: By increasing distance or duration and by adding distractions. However,
June 5, 2019
Field trials
On the podium at a working test!
On Good Friday, Lena and I went to another working test (WT). This time we didn’t need to travel so far – only to Susegården
June 1, 2019
#ThrowBackThursday
By popular demand: recall training #ThrowBackThursday
One of the most important things to teach your dog is the recall. The better the recall the more freedom the dog can get. Here’s
May 30, 2019
Field trials
The trial where anything can happen: Open class for spaniels
You’ll probably know it by know – I found more great stuff in the archives 🙂 This story is from 2017 when I was a
May 28, 2019
Rewards
The art of rewarding with a rabbit enclosure
Do you sometimes feel that your rewards fall way short compared to that fun distraction that your dog would much rather interact with? I think
May 26, 2019
#ThrowBackThursday
Come to me to play! #ThrowBackThursday
One of our favorite games is “Come to me to play”. Together with the handtarget we use this game to teach the dog to come
May 23, 2019
Spaniel work
Tassla, all tough and interested in birds!
I keep going through the archives and today I’ll share a story of Tassla’s first flush with you. It was in 2013, when she was
May 21, 2019
Rewards
Dare to not reward!
There are so many traps you can fall into when it comes to dog training. When it comes to clicker training, we sometimes jokingly refer
May 19, 2019
#ThrowBackThursday
Resource guarding #ThrowBackThursday
Resource guarding is very common, especially for puppies. We have to teach them that they can trust us and give up their treasures to us.
May 16, 2019
Spaniel work
Water test for spaniel – first trial
I looked through the archives once again and found a blog post from 2013 on Tassla’s first water test in – enjoy! 🙂 Today I
May 14, 2019
Focus
Mountaineering in progress
Have you ever gone mountain climbing? I have tried it a couple of times, both on indoor walls and up a (small) mountain (well, maybe
May 12, 2019
#ThrowBackThursday
When the hold isn’t good enough #ThrowBackThursday
Most spaniels and retrievers love to carry objects and do it almost endlessly. However, quite a few of them actually doesn’t hold the object very
May 9, 2019
Spaniel work
Swedish Spaniel Championship 2017
Going through the archive I found a text I wrote about the Swedish Spaniel Championship 2017 and thought I would share it with you beause
May 7, 2019
Spaniel work
20 hunts later
Last fall I decided to try to work a little less and hunt a little more. It made me poor but happy, haha. In just
May 5, 2019
Interviews
Interview with Hannah Brannigan on Drinking from the Toilet
We’ve been quite busy lately – a while ago we talked to Hannah Brannigan on the great podcast Drinking from the Toilet again. This time
May 4, 2019
Interviews
Interview on new podcast: Hold the Line
We’ve just been interviewed by Jo Laurens on the newly released podcast Hold the Line – the podcast on force free gundog training! Check it
May 3, 2019