7 things to work on when the weather is bad! Day 4: Platforms
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...7 things to work on when the weather is bad! Day 3: Leave it
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...Training when the weather’s bad
The winter in Sweden tends to be quite long and very, very dark. Add some rain and wind to that (and it’s almost always windy here!) and being outdoors really isn’t pleasant at all. In order for my dogs and myself not to perish from boredom, we do mini training...When you’re just stuck standing there…
I really don’t think I ever had a particularly easy time when it comes to dog training. I’m not a super talented trainer who sees everything and reacts correctly and quickly in all – or even most – situations. I have been struggling hard to...A nose, a knee, an ear and a stomach
I’m sitting at the kitchen table and dare not move – the puppy is sleeping heavily in my lap. Sometimes a little pitiful chuckle comes from her but mostly she is still. Just hours ago, she was lying on the operating table to get a stubborn little wound on her nose...How to use a slip lead #ThrowBackThursday
Slip leads are very convenient – collar and leash combined and they take up almost no space when you put it in your pocket. However, sometimes people misunderstand how they should use a slip lead. The blog post below on how to use a slip lead is one of our most...We need your help!
When we translated our book into English, we didn’t think it would be so difficult to spread it and our training methods as it has turned out to be. It’s simply not easy to get noticed in countries where we don’t live and work. We’re on our...Can your dog really do what you ask it to do?
We are very verbal creatures, unlike dogs who find body language much easier to understand. This means that we as handlers sometimes overestimate what our dogs actually know, that is, what behaviors the dog can perform when we ask it to do so. We usually think that...Having a shy and careful hunting dog
Quling, the beautiful, friendly cuddly dog <3. Quling is a dog that has proven to be what you traditionally call “a soft dog”. By that I mean a dog that for example becomes uneasy in certain environments, when meeting new people, who is gun shy, who is...Featured Products
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