by Elsa Blomster | Aug 28, 2018 | Theory |
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 –...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Apr 1, 2017 | Classes, Theory |
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...
by Elsa Blomster | Feb 19, 2017 | Delivery to hand, Play, Taking and holding, Theory |
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...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Apr 15, 2016 | Theory |
“The clicker philosophy – without the clicker” Sometimes the students who come to our retrieving classes say to us that they certainly enjoyed the class a lot, but they “thought we would use the clicker more”. In our classes, you can of course use the clicker as...
by Elsa Blomster | Oct 6, 2015 | Field trials, Spaniel work, Theory |
We get quite a few qeustions about field trials; how the different types of trials work, how to get certificates and so on. Therefore we’d like to share a chapter from the book with you. Here’s the description of the spaniel trials. The purpose of a...
by Elsa Blomster | Sep 29, 2015 | Field trials, Retriever work, Theory |
We get quite a few questions about field trials; how the different types of trials work, how to get certificates and so on. Therefore we’d like to share a chapter from the book with you. We’ll start with the retriever trials. The rules and regulations for...
by Elsa Blomster | Sep 22, 2015 | Theory |
Within both the gun dog society and clicker training there are a lot of special terms that can be difficutl to understand. Therefore we’ve gathered the most common ones here, as well as a few that we find useful to know. Let us know if you’re missing...
