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.
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....
In this episode I waffle in response to a listener's question about using bird launchers and control at the flush of game.
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.
A quah episode (question and answer) about a dog who is under good control in training scenarios - but out of control, in trials.
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
Why we need to ensure a split doesn't develop (hopefully this intrigues you enough to listen to more!)
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...
This is a slightly jam-packed episode which leaps around various different subjects!
In this episode, I respond to an email from a listener about a dog which became worried about specific (unknown) elements of competition.
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'.)
In this episode, I waffle about trials as a form of assessment.