7 things to work on when the weather is bad! Day 7: Steadiness with distractions
We have come to the last challenge! It has been great to follow your training! If you have a spaniel or a retriever, you probably can’t devote too much time at working on the dog showing steadiness in the sit, and for quite some time. The retriever mostly sits...What’s the Name of this Dog? – Sit! #ThrowBackThursday
Today’s #ThrowBackThursday blog post is about steadiness and teaching the dog to sit while you’re greeting someone. Enjoy! What’s the name of this dog? -Sit! Retrieving for All Occasions - Foundations for Excellence in Gun Dog TrainingShare...Quling goes to Flush school, part 4
Train, prevent, interrupt. It’s a good motto that I like to bring into my training. I train to teach the dog what I want him to do; I prevent the dog from making mistakes or rehearsing behaviors that are counterproductive to what I want; I make sure to interrupt...Reversed luring – our favorite training aid #ThrowBackThursday
A lot of people say that you can’t have treats near by when the dog is retrieving because then it will just let go of the dummy. And yes, initially most dogs will do that but we want to teach them to hold even when there’s treats around – then...Quling goes to Flush school, part 3
Filled with belief in the future, self-confidence and gung ho, all ready to take the next step, I returned to Tomas at Knektagården for another visit to Flush school. It had been 2-3 weeks since our last visit. It was time to add a flushing to the hunting. Considering...Quling goes to Flush school, part 2
Here’s the second part of when Quling went to Flush school last year. The first part can be found here. Quling has been to school again 🙂 Quite a bit of time passed between the first and second time (a month) so I thought we might have to start over from the...Quling goes to Flush school, part 1
A year ago Quling started Flush school and now I’ll tell you how it went! This means that we have gone from the simplest basics of working on the flush (for example throwing stuff) to him sitting down when a bird flushes. I have Tomas Lindh at Knektagården and...Getting to know Keen
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 disadvantages to taking over an adult dog / young dog compared to getting a puppy, but with Keen the benefits have really been greater than the...Say hello to Miklaus Brie!
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 have been thinking about breeding and my dream is to get myself into the breeding work. I thought a lot about it with Tassla, back and forth, was a...Featured Products
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