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Episode 147 - ethics and head collars
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Sometimes life is complicated. If dogs are losing out on opportunities for exercise and enrichment because people can't manage them, then their quota of 'good stuff'…
Episode 146 - get those puppies swimming!
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Loads of tips towards helping you to get pups swimming!
Episode 145 - pointers, setters and HPRs are different (sometimes distance work is easier than up-close control)
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃In this episode, I talk about a certain subgroup of gundogs which are very motivated by environmental exploration/reinforcers. They require a different training…
Episode 144 - marking vs steadiness, revisited
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃The best marking is most likely if we send the dog immediately the retrieve falls. However, this also erodes steadiness. What to do?
Episode 143 - how releasing the dog at the right time, improves focus
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃I just wanted to drill down (pun intended) on this particular issue, because it's such a great one for improving focus and attention when you're battling…
Episode 142 - fix your (dog's) focus!
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃I talk here about a few ways to help dogs which are struggling to offer us focus and attention. Do check out my Focus and Attention course, for more info.
Episode - 141 - things that I wish people knew
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This is a random collection of thoughts directed towards helping people become better trainers by addressing things other than the usual 'how to train stuff'. From…
Episode 140 - how to train the point, flush and (steadiness to) fall
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This sequence can be really confusing for people at first, leading to people often trying to train this in the actual order it actually happens.
Episode 139 - Q&A bits and pieces
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This episode is a little bit of everything. It is a buffet of an episode. Not sure if it's all you can eat, but it is a heck of a lot.
Episode 138 - PUPPIES 8-12 weeks
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Here I waffle randomly about what I'm doing with puppies in this age range. It doesn't really involve much gundog-specific stuff, because it's about helping pups to…
Episode 137 - the value of picking up and some thoughts about docking
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃I talk here about the advantages of picking up, especially for HPR breeds (spaniels would also benefit for similar reasons) - and also offer some thoughts about…
Episode 136 - THE NEW BOOK IS OUT!
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Yes, finally, it's here. The long-awaited sequel to *The Fundamentals*, the new book is called *Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression" and it's…
Episode 135 - The New Book is Nearly Ready!
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Amazingly, my new book (Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression) is nearly ready. WHOOP!! It should be out in a few weeks....
Episode 134 - the come-in whistle, ticks and canine pregnancy
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This is a ramble of an episode (both subject-wise and literally) covering ticks, the come-in whistle on retrieves and early canine pregnancy.
Episode 133 - Trying to time a breeding (aka the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time)
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃In this episode, I recount our incredibly stressful race against the clock to get the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time. Phew.
Episode 132 - working tests (the good, the bad, the ugly)
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃What are the pros and cons of working tests?
Episode 131 - marking vs steadiness and moving recalls off the long-line
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This episode is an outdoor ramble (verbally and physically!)....
Episode 130 - tips for advancing water work
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃Here are some useful tips for moving onto marks and then blinds across water.
Episode 129 - uncontrolled behaviour in the yard & training multiple dogs
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃This is a slight bonanza of a wandering episode, where I waffle about prepping for our upcoming litter, woes around tick products, why it's a useful training…
Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring your training on blinds
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃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…
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Hold the Line has published 147 episodes since April 2019, covering topics in Courses, Education.
Hold the Line is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 37m.
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