Hold the Line

Nov 01 2024 117 ep. 39 mins 125

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THE podcast for force-free gundog training! Hold the Line is committed to helping you to train your dog to an advanced level, using motivational methods and without the use of fear. Or pain. Or anything else nasty.

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Episode 117 - what is going on with the cost of vet care and insurance?

Nov 01 2024 23 mins

Roche just cut her foreleg on (we think) barbed wire. The quote for sedation and stitching was astronomical. I ramble about what is going on, systemically, and about various societal factors from poverty to capitalism in a failed attempt to make sense of any of this...

Episode 116 - help, my dog won't pick game!

Oct 24 2024 34 mins

In this episode, I talk about how to help dogs make the transition to picking up game.

Episode 115 - is your dog ready for a shoot?

Sep 25 2024 33 mins

How do you find a shoot? Is your dog ready to work on a shoot? What is required from them? What different kinds of shoots are there? What are the roles on a shoot? This is all things shoots 101.

Episode 114 - the recent 'chasing' research paper (e-collar vs food reinforcers)

Sep 19 2024 54 mins

In this episode, I look at a recent research paper called 'Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs' by Johnson & Wynne https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182632

Episode 113 - the current dog training controversies and listener questions

Sep 05 2024 38 mins

In this episode, I talk about why the best way forwards is for us all to advance together - instead of fostering division and us/them splitting.

Episode 112 - mouthing or chomping the dummy

Aug 26 2024 31 mins

I talk about how to stop mouthing or rolling of the dummy (it's the clicker retrieve again, this time the part of it called 'proofing the hold against food').

Episode 111 - don't let shot get attached to retrieves!! (and listener questions...)

Aug 08 2024 43 mins

In this episode I answer a few listener questions and then waffle about why we need to keep shot unattached to a retrieve for as long as possible. Shot means 'sit'. Like the sit whistle means 'sit'.

Episode 110 - working with the AWOL dog

Jul 31 2024 53 mins

In this episode, I focus on how to weave yourself and the environment together - rather than thinking about yourself as being in 'opposition' to the environment. All those juicy reinforcers out there are not a threat to your ongoing control of your dog. They are simply more reinforcers you can use to train your dog, with the caveat that they are in the environment instead of on you

Episode 109 - our experience with immunotherapy and canine allergies

Jul 18 2024 36 mins

I talk here about my experience with immunotherapy for Ren's extreme allergies. Whilst there seem to be so many people around with itchy dogs, it seems that not many have explored immunotherapy and there isn't much information about it out there....

Episode 108 - interview with Collette May (another one!)

Jul 04 2024 65 mins

I last spoke with Collette back in 2019, pre-Covid. Her life has changed in so many ways over the last 5 years, I wanted to catch up with her again and hear about her new ventures. If you want to connect with Collette, check out her websites midwalesholidays.com and completelygundogs.co.uk - and, if you're looking for a pup, her affix is Windlemoor.