Training the Pointing Labrador

#174 G Update and the Reason for Context in Dog Training

In this episode, we talk about G's progress and then go into a discussion about how dogs (like we do) need some context for what they are learning.  If they have a mindset of responding, learning and knowing that when you work with them, there is a good reason, they will like being trained.  Much of what we ask our dogs to do in alien to what they normally do, or very far from a natural thing.  Starting to hunt is confusing if a dog has never learned some of the behaviors and expectations before their first time on the playing field.  Preparation is the answer to all of this, and it isn't a hard thing to do.

Side note, the audiobook Training the Pointing Labrador is about to show up, available on amazon and there is a link on my website, where the book is being sold without my Amazonian competitor markups.  www.Batesworks.net  Drop by for a visit.

#173 G Update and Kindness in Dog Training

A slightly shorter episode; brief G update and a discussion about whether the consideration of kindness is appropriate in the training world.

#172 G Update and Listener Questions about Young Hunting Dogs

In this episode (after discussing G and her improving blinds and shortened pointing) I address 3 questions about young hunting dogs. 1. Multiple handlers and how to make that work; 2.Taking the not-yet-training hunting dog hunting and 3. Taking the fundamentally trained youngster hunting the first season.

#171 G Update and a Discussion about the Use of Pressure in Training

In this episode, we hear what's up with G, and then discuss what training pressure is to you, your dog, and how to use it with understanding and a little compassion.

#170 G Update and Listener Questions

In this episode, after discussing G's latest progress, I address 3 listener questions; getting a pup to come when called with the cord, raising a youngster so that as a dog it stays with you and doesn't run off wherever it would like, and finally - is a well trained really a tired dog??  Join me and find out...

#169 G Update, Listener Questions and a Personal Moment

Today I describe what G is up to (hint, things go well).  Three listener questions about hunting the moderately interested dog, the excessively interested dog and the youngster.  Finally I take a personal moment to explain the latest in my life...

#168 G Update, Listener Questions and the APLA Triple Crown

In this episode, after bringing you up to date on G's latest progress, two questions about young puppy obedience and finally a discussion of the Triple Crown a week ago and the great dogs that ran in it...

#167 G Update and the Importance of Noticing Things

Today, after describing G's latest developments and status, a discussion about developing the skill of noticing what your dog is trying to tell you.  It is the best way to shortcut problems and keep things very clear between you and your student.

#166 G Update and an Approach to Trouble Shooting your Training Approach

In this episode, after a short G discussion, I break down a slightly different way to evaluate your work with your dog, and how to come up with some ideas to make it more consistent and effective.

#165 G Update, Book Update and Learning to run Blinds Well

In this episode, after bringing all up to date on G's latest, introducing the new website off of which Training the Pointing Labrador book can be published (Batesworks.net), we discuss how to get your dog to be a skilled and confident runner of any kind of blind, in simple or difficult situations.  It just takes a good understanding of how the dog interprets this activity, and your practice in the art of the "Conversation of the Blind Retrieve"