Episode 84 - birds as reinforcers, puppy food motivation and joint problems

Here are some useful tips for moving onto marks and then blinds across water.

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 opportunity to have a dog which is highly aroused... in your yard and how to train many dogs at once. It's a bit all over the place and it's got something for everyone. Sort of.

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!