I thought we would use the clicker more #ThrowBackThursday
Something we talk a lot about is that the clicker isn’t the most important thing in the clicker training philosophy #ThrowBackThursday “I Thought We Would Use the Clicker More” Retrieving for All Occasions - Foundations for Excellence in Gun Dog TrainingShare...What are you training for?
I often hear people saying “well, that’s a mark, you shouldn’t cast your dog”. We had a discussion about it as late as this weekend when I attended a course, and it was also discussed on the working test that Lena and I were at on Good Friday....When sports collide
Sometimes I get the question if I am not worried that my different dog sports are going to collide with each other. Am I not running the risk of confusing my dog; won’t it mix up what to do? Tassla and I did done a lot of competitive obedience younger. For a...Self-control – how much does it cost?
A few years ago, Jenny Nyberg, a neuroscientist at the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at the University of Gothenburg, wrote a very interesting article about what self-control costs. It was published by DogEductus, a Swedish dog training company focusing on...Creative distraction training
Simply put, we can say that we make our training more difficult in three ways: By increasing distance or duration and by adding distractions. However, never at the same time. Working with distractions is a way to proof what we’ve trained the dog to do. If we get...The you can’t play tug with a gun dog myth #ThrowBackThursday
Not tugging with your gun dog is one of the hardest myths to kill. In the blog post below you can see how we do it – and how we teach the dog to play tug with toys and carry game with a nice, firm grip without chewing. #ThrowBackThursday The you can’t play...Operant learning vs clicker training vs ”traditional” training
Every now and then, I come across the misconception that classical conditioning is the same as ”traditional” training, traditional training being defined as training using more or less aversives. And sometimes clicker training is referred to as operant learning –...Keep an open mind!
Imagine 640 people who loves dogs and dog training at the same place for three days – and nights. Add a bundle of curious engaged and competent speakers who will talk about behavioural analysis and very practical dog training. Then add endless conversations about dogs...The you can’t play tug with a gun dog myth
The most common misunderstanding we discuss with our students the first time we meet them is the idea that you can’t play tug with a gun dog – it will make them chew on the dummy or crush the game. We’d like to bury that myth once and for all 🙂 We...Featured Products
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