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If you want to catch up with the interview with me in the great podcast Sporting Dog Talk, you can find it in episode 87 - here.

In this episode, I talk about canine fitness during the shooting season (not that I am an expert on fitness, I hasten to add!) and give some preliminary thoughts about a concept I call 'triangulation'.

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In this episode, I talk with Jane Ardern of Waggawuffins Canine College in Bury (Manchester, UK). Jane is Full Member of the APDT(UK) and a member of the COAPE Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers. She is an Accredited Animal Behaviourist with ICAN and a Gundog Club Accredited Instructor/Assessor. Jane works and breeds cocker spaniels and takes a special interest in impulse control. We talk quite a bit about getting control after the flush through proofing and generalisation. Jane has just had a book published, called 'Mission Control', and under her SmartPup scheme, she offers monthly boxes to new puppy owners which fit with their puppy's stage of development.

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Here are the sources I mention in this episode:

• Housing and exercise-related risk factors - Krontveit et al, 2012
• Avidog - How much exercise do puppies need?
• Puppy Culture - Puppy Fitness that Fits the Puppy

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Two listener questions... 

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Here is a link to the video from Fanny Gott where a dog learns to work around a female in season.

Or: http://www.fannygott.com/epic-learning-a-big-lesson?fbclid=IwAR1FStZ8xbccKrNItRB7tI7H2RcPTVA7_4WRn2rYfZ4-Z05ojcJUisyOWHk 

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I ponder the options available when we are disappointed by a dog which fails to live up to our expectations in some way.

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Today I answer questions about biting puppies and recall problems in hunting dogs. I also describe another great lining drill, the 3-in-a-row drill.

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In this episode, I describe a 4-spoked and 8-spoked wagonwheel lining drill - which requires very little space to train, so can be done in your yard or garden.  

I also answer a listener's question about settling her dog down in various different settings.

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I ponder the implications of the recent 'lockdown' in the UK:  Can you drive a short distance to exercise your dog in a remote area, or do you have to exercise in a crowded place where everyone else is?  

And how do we socialise puppies so they grow up to be well-adjusted, despite all these restrictions on daily life?

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