Training the Pointing Labrador

#41 Puppies, Listener Questions and Running Tests Successfully

Growing a Good Pointing Lab; Sometimes you have to relax...

In this episode I explain the FB video of Naked in the upland field, and all the pieces that are necessary to eventually put together to build the finished pointing Lab.

#39 Getting Ready to Run the APLA Tests

For my pointing Lab test buddies, a few words on getting ready for a successful test day...

#38 Puppy Podcast 9, pulling things togther

In this episode, we bring you up to date on Naked's progress and talk about working towards the formal training that begins soon.   If your training at this stage is centered on the work coming ahead, it makes the rest of the year go more smoothly for you and your pup!

#37 Listener Questions

In today's podcast, we address the role of the gunner in retriever training, and how to have an upland hunter around your family birds safely...

#36 The Importance of Physical and Verbal Communication in your Training

In this Episode, we discuss how you communicate with your dog strongly affects your training goals and performance.

#35 Puppy Podcast 8, Getting More Serious Work Done

In this episode we begin to refine the puppy work, both upland, obedience and retrieving...

How To Make Your own Training More Successful

Training on your own, without an expert, can be the most pleasurable and successful experience.  Let's talk about how to go about bringing that into you and your dog's world...

#33 Puppy Podcast 7 - Beginning to Get Serious

In the 7th of the Puppy Podcasts, we talk about not allowing puppies to begin developing behaviors which can later become problems.

#32 Running a Trained Dog

In this podcast, we talk about all the components of running a dog trained by someone else.