Training the Pointing Labrador

In this short podcast, we discuss the set of steps through which you can condition your upland dog to  not chase birds, and not go after birds because a gun went off or a bird too flight... Getting ready for Spring Tests

4 Questions, How do you drop your training tools; what is the role of the secondary trainer, does using the 'place'  method negatively impact training and why not let a puppy be a puppy.... Enjoy!

In this Podcast, we discuss creating the responsive kind of thinking you'll need for everything you wish to do with your dog.

In this episode, we talk about accomplishing a great deal of training, including very advanced things, by specifically teaching individual elements one by one.  Most of us have to train by ourselves much of the time, and this will help you come up with a good plan to use that to your advantage.

A discussion on teaching a dog to hunt within gun range without lots of noise or enforcement. Whether a pointing or flushing dog, keeping them safe and close enough to harvest birds is pretty important.

Here we talk about things to think about when starting our young guys on the upland work.

Before raising your pup, if you consider what you’d need and like to have ahead of time, you can head off many training problems. We talk about the simple ways you can effectively do just that. Enjoy!

Talking about pointing today- when to start and how to look at this development process