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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.

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Episodes

151 episodes

  1. Episode 151 - some tips for your first experience on a (British) shoot! 23:35
  2. Episode 150 - working with over-aroused, pumped, unfocused gundogs! 36:08
  3. Episode 149 - *new* course called PUPPY GUNDOG 34:09
  4. Episode 148 - how I nearly lost a puppy I bred to rescue 20:59
  5. Episode 147 - ethics and head collars 43:11
  6. Episode 146 - get those puppies swimming! 31:24
  7. Episode 145 - pointers, setters and HPRs are different (sometimes distance work is easier than up-close control) 45:14
  8. Episode 144 - marking vs steadiness, revisited 26:12
  9. Episode 143 - how releasing the dog at the right time, improves focus 19:46
  10. Episode 142 - fix your (dog's) focus! 45:47
  11. Episode - 141 - things that I wish people knew 1:12:21
  12. Episode 140 - how to train the point, flush and (steadiness to) fall 41:18
  13. Episode 139 - Q&A bits and pieces 49:10
  14. Episode 138 - PUPPIES 8-12 weeks 1:01:45
  15. Episode 137 - the value of picking up and some thoughts about docking 45:17
  16. Episode 136 - THE NEW BOOK IS OUT! 10:51
  17. Episode 135 - The New Book is Nearly Ready! 36:23
  18. Episode 134 - the come-in whistle, ticks and canine pregnancy 21:10
  19. Episode 133 - Trying to time a breeding (aka the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time) 35:36
  20. Episode 132 - working tests (the good, the bad, the ugly) 16:31
  21. Episode 131 - marking vs steadiness and moving recalls off the long-line 28:31
  22. Episode 130 - tips for advancing water work 27:22
  23. Episode 129 - uncontrolled behaviour in the yard & training multiple dogs 37:51
  24. Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring your training on blinds 30:37
  25. Episode 127 - using launchers and control at the flush 44:23
  26. Episode 126 - ticks, unfixable things and plans for the future 32:25
  27. Episode 125 - a dog which is under control in training, but not in trials? 28:28
  28. Episode 124 - Lining 41:41
  29. Episode 123 - force-free gundog training isn't about training 'gundog skills' 43:00
  30. Episode 122 - What to train puppies to do - and when 43:05
  31. Episode 121 - canine brucellosis, recalls, steadiness to flush and more 48:00
  32. Episode 120 - my dog has developed a phobia around competing and around birds 34:45
  33. Episode 119 - the implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives 37:20
  34. Episode 118 - (field) trials - and tribulations 45:50
  35. Episode 117 - what is going on with the cost of vet care and insurance? 23:52
  36. Episode 116 - help, my dog won't pick game! 34:41
  37. Episode 115 - is your dog ready for a shoot? 33:52
  38. Episode 114 - the recent 'chasing' research paper (e-collar vs food reinforcers) 54:00
  39. Episode 113 - the current dog training controversies and listener questions 38:07
  40. Episode 112 - mouthing or chomping the dummy 31:07
  41. Episode 111 - don't let shot get attached to retrieves!! (and listener questions...) 43:19
  42. Episode 110 - working with the AWOL dog 53:23
  43. Episode 109 - our experience with immunotherapy and canine allergies 36:51
  44. Episode 108 - interview with Collette May (another one!) 1:05:26
  45. Episode 107 - dropping water deliveries & straight line vs hunt it up blinds 33:19
  46. Episode 106 - working with 'distractions' and reinforcers 44:00
  47. Episode 105 - should we outright condemn aversives? 34:12
  48. Episode 104 - retrieving problems and the importance of basics 34:20
  49. Episode 103 - the UK's approach to blind retrieves for HPRs 44:22
  50. Episode 102 - aversives and listener questions 56:57