Episode 150 - working with over-aroused, pumped, unfocused gundogs!
Aug 15, 202636mEp. 150
Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line Tips and approaches for managing over-arousal in gundogs, whether it results in noise, unsteadiness, or lack of focus.
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Hosted by Jo Laurens · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 149 episodes
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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.
Jo Laurens hosts Hold the Line, a leisure show with 149 episodes published.
Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line Tips and approaches for managing over-arousal in gundogs, whether it results in noise, unsteadiness, or lack of focus.
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🙃 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?
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🙃 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.
🙃 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.
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🙃 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 docking after our exper
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🙃 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....
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🙃 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.
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