by Elsa Blomster | Nov 7, 2018 | Classes, Stop whistle |
Do you want to give your dog more freedom off leash? Or do you want to do gun dog work? Then a fool-proof panic stop is vital for your dog to know. During this live webinar Elsa and Lena, authors of the book “Retrieving for All Occasions”, will show you...
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...
