Getting to know a new dog individual, a new puppy, is one of the most exciting things in life. My dogs are so...
Steadiness
Steadiness is very important for all gun dogs, both in heel work, being calm by the handlers side, and after the stop signals as well as after flushing (spaniel) and pointing (pointers, setters etc). To get the dog steady is a challenge, but with clever training and good rewards everything is possible. Here you’ll find all our blog posts about steadiness and self control training with our clicker trained dogs.
An excellent game finder
Tassla is becoming an increasingly more experienced hunting dog, and therefore I am able to take it more and more easy...
Our Goal: to Hunt Together!
A while ago I ended the course “From Dummies to Warm Game” which I have been attending for the instructor Jens...
And when the weather’s still bad …
It was such great fun having you all take part in the indoor training from the seven blog posts about "Things to train...
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! https://youtu.be/vLL0i0jwzzE If you...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
The party of the year: Summer camp
Every year we have a gun dog summer camp which is just so much fun so we wanted to share a story from our second...
Back to basics
I claim that one can pass a novice cold game trial in Sweden through working on deliveries, steadiness and heeling...
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...
Expectations and Contact
The other day I discovered that my dog Tassla has very high expectations to retrieve when I throw something. It is, of...
What’s the name of this dog? -Sit!
All hunting trials and working tests include greeting the judge and/or the shooter. Often the dogs learn to associate...
To sit when a bird flies up – without the whistle
When my dog Tassla was about five months old she was like a sponge; she learned everything incredibly fast and it was...
We Do as Always – Back to Basics
My dog Tassla and I took a little longer break from the gun dog training and now I try to remind her of all the things...
Reversed Luring – Our Favorite Training Aid
Self-control through reversed luring One of the foundations of the clicker philosophy is to that the dog should learn...
Stop whistle and steadiness – from full speed to full stop
In a previous post on steadiness, Sit, sit, sit, I talk about the importance of the dog being able to sit and remain...
Flushing light?
Tassla has acquired a new interest, in line with her heritage ;), namely birds. In the garden she has discovered that...