by Lena Gunnarsson | Aug 15, 2018 | Delivery to hand, Getting used to shots, Marked retrieves, Rewards, Stop whistle |
About a year ago, I decided to basically have one single focus when training with Quling: to get a better cooperation. The time before this decision had been a long and frustrating period where I did not understand my dog and I could not get through to him. He seemed...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Mar 28, 2018 | Stop whistle |
To stop at a distance – why is that sometimes so difficult? We often have students who think it is a huge challenge to get the dog to work at a distance from them. They usually also think that it is difficult to get the dog to stop when she hears the stop whistle...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Mar 7, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Field trials, Holding an Area, Hunting and quartering, Marked retrieves, Retriever work, Spaniel work, Stop whistle |
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 field trial as well as see films and photos of these parts. We’ve added more films where you can both SEE what hunting, blind...
by Åsa Davidsson | Dec 27, 2017 | Stop whistle |
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 to interrupt a dog that’s deeply engrossed in hunting – weather it’s a hunt that I asked for or if we’re out on a walk and the dog...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Aug 23, 2017 | Puppy training, Steadiness, Steadiness to wing, Stop whistle |
The other day I discovered that my dog Tassla has very high expectations to retrieve when I throw something. It is, of course, great to have a dog that loves to retrieve, but sometimes it can be a little too much. It is important to find the golden mean; the dog...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jul 18, 2017 | Spaniel work, Steadiness to wing, Stop whistle |
I love all parts in training a spaniel but I must say that it’s training steadiness to wing and shot that I love the most. 🙂 I don´t have lot’s of rabbits or birds and unfortunately I can’t just go out in the nearest woods and find plenty of...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Aug 28, 2016 | Stop whistle |
Here’s another entry on my favorite blog topic – the stop whistle! This time I’m posting a video that shows how I begin proofing the stop whistle. Tassla was five months old at the time and if you want to know how I began working on the stop whistle, you can read...
by Lena Gunnarsson | May 20, 2016 | Puppy training, Steadiness, Stop whistle |
When my dog Tassla was about five months old she was like a sponge; she learned everything incredibly fast and it was very easy for her to understand what I wanted her to do. Already at that time Tassla had a solid ground to stand on as I had done a lot of basic...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Apr 29, 2016 | Steadiness, Stop whistle |
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 we did before the break. I always find it very interesting to find out what happens when we take a break in the training. In my experience many...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jan 7, 2016 | Steadiness, Stop whistle |
In a previous post on steadiness, Sit, sit, sit, I talk about the importance of the dog being able to sit and remain sitting in various situations (no matter if it’s a spaniel or retriever – and if you don’t want your retriever to sit on the stop...
