Hold the Line

Jo Laurens

THE podcast for force-free gundog training! Hold the Line is committed to helping you to train your dog to an advanced level, using motivational methods and without the use of fear. Or pain. Or anything else nasty.

  • 30 minutes 37 seconds
    Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring your training on blinds

    I talk about prioritising your enjoyment of the actual activity of working your dog in the field, separate to any achievements, goals or objectives. It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. 

    I also talk about the importance of splitting your training and structuring your work with blinds. Be a lumper and not a splitter. 

    Finally, we've moved our breeding from Roche (Weim) forwards and everything is a leetle beet manic, chez nous.... 

    26 March 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 44 minutes 23 seconds
    Episode 127 - using launchers and control at the flush

    In this episode I waffle in response to a listener's question about using bird launchers and control at the flush of game.

    9 March 2025, 11:00 pm
  • 32 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 126 - ticks, unfixable things and plans for the future

    This episode is an assortment of amazingly interesting things. It's like a box of Quality Street, only with a lot of The Purple Ones. 

    28 February 2025, 9:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 28 seconds
    Episode 125 - a dog which is under control in training, but not in trials?

    A quah episode (question and answer)  about a dog who is under good control in training scenarios - but out of control, in trials. 

    19 February 2025, 9:00 pm
  • 41 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 124 - Lining

    In this episode, I talk about the skill and concept which is 'lining'. I introduce my new course (creatively called 'Lining') - which you can get a discount on using code Lining30 

    11 February 2025, 8:00 pm
  • 43 minutes
    Episode 123 - force-free gundog training isn't about training 'gundog skills'

    Why we need to ensure a split doesn't develop (hopefully this intrigues you enough to listen to more!)

    28 January 2025, 11:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 5 seconds
    Episode 122 - What to train puppies to do - and when

    This episode is not necessarily going to provide the structure some of you really want - because I don't think that's helpful, for puppies. But it will give you some broad pointers... 

    30 December 2024, 9:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 1 second
    Episode 121 - canine brucellosis, recalls, steadiness to flush and more

    This is a slightly jam-packed episode which leaps around various different subjects!

    17 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 45 seconds
    Episode 120 - my dog has developed a phobia around competing and around birds

    In this episode, I respond to an email from a listener about a dog which became worried about specific (unknown) elements of competition.

    3 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 20 seconds
    Episode 119 - the implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives

    In this episode, I talk about feeding raw on a budget. And about the ethics and implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives. (Thereby circumventing the banning of certain 'tools'.)

    19 November 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 51 seconds
    Episode 118 - (field) trials - and tribulations

    In this episode, I waffle about trials as a form of assessment.

    12 November 2024, 10:00 pm
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