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A juicy episode with loads of different bits and pieces! What does exercising a gundog look like if we stop 'walking the dog'? 

Is it okay to play tug with a gundog or does it encourage hard mouth? 

How can we stop a dog visiting the dummy thrower on the way back from a mark?

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In this episode, I answer some listener questions about crate training, walks versus training and how to train the turn whistle. (We covered the turn whistle a few episodes ago, but here's some more info :) ) 

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In this episode, I answer a listener's question about positive interrupters - and whether using them can actually reinforce the unwanted behaviour preceding them. When is a chain being formed?

And I share some thoughts about food motivation, after battling low food motivation with our GSP for a year.

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In this episode, I address some listener questions about marked retrieves, shot, the sequence of events during a mark (how to communicate to the dog that you don't want a retrieve) and also dealing with male dogs who want to pee on everyone else's pee... 

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How to introduce your dog to shot, so that the shot comes to cue 'sit' (and not 'run in and Get The Thing!'). And - what exactly can you get involved with, if you're a vegetarian and you own a gundog?

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In this episode, I pull out some threads from earlier interviews with Jane Ardern (Episode 39) and Leanne Smith (Episode 9) to flesh out some thinking about developing control in the presence of game... 

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In this episode, I answer the questions of a few newbies and also give some equipment recommendations for folks who are getting ready to start training. 

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I talk here about my new 5 week course, Steady! - control at the point, flush and fall - available from forcefreegundog.com

I also answer a listener's question about 'happiness' in dogs trained using force-free methods and issues around walking young dogs on leash for extended periods of time.

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I answer a listener's question about swapping and then I waffle, hopefully in a way which makes sense, about 3-handed casting... 

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The Pet Tutor is a remote treat dispenser. In this episode, I chat with Penney Baker - who participates in field work and hunt tests with her Labradors. Penney recently ran into a problem with blinds, with one of her young Labs, and she used the Pet Tutor to help solve it.

If you'd like to learn more about the Pet Tutor or see some of the videos Penney has made, using it, do join the Pet Tutor Users Facebook group.