Hold the Line

Dec 17 2024 121 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 121 - canine brucellosis, recalls, steadiness to flush and more

Dec 17 2024 48 mins

This is a slightly jam-packed episode which leaps around various different subjects!

Episode 120 - my dog has developed a phobia around competing and around birds

Dec 03 2024 34 mins

In this episode, I respond to an email from a listener about a dog which became worried about specific (unknown) elements of competition.

Episode 119 - the implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives

Nov 19 2024 37 mins

In this episode, I talk about feeding raw on a budget. And about the ethics and implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives. (Thereby circumventing the banning of certain 'tools'.)

Episode 118 - (field) trials - and tribulations

Nov 12 2024 45 mins

In this episode, I waffle about trials as a form of assessment.

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').