I think that US retriever trainers have backed themselves into a corner over this. They have turned their field trials into incredible long...
One of the reasons I wrote the article, aside from the fact that I hope to persuade more people to try positive reinforcement training, was to...
I like Julie's summary. Essentially if something we do stops the dog doing something, then what we did was aversive. A punishment. I think...
I thought this might be an interesting discussion following on from the one we were having in the puppy thread. I am just wondering who uses...
I think you are, and I think Pongo is lucky. The number one thing most labradors want is your company. And your dog has yours all day. He is a...
Just catching up on all this! Well done to you Barbara, so pleased you are doing this with Riley - and thanks for writing up your experience for...
Emily, you can introduce the whistle at any stage, the article explains how to transfer from verbal 'come' cue to a whistle, but you can also...
Two chocolates if both carry yellow (Eebb) might give you a quarter yellow. As Fiona says though, you'd really need a bigger sample to comment on...
I've posted this article now, and I think your photos look wonderful - thank you so much for letting me use them - you can find the article here
Otherwise I'll just put for example "Sam aged 6 and a half months by Kate R from Cornwall."
These are gorgeous photos guys, I'd love to use them, and its great to have some of each colour. If you want to be credited or linked to in the...
How old was Charlie in the August pic Julie?
That's lovely Jane, I might be able to sharpen it a little bit :)
UPDATE: The article is now live - thank you so much for the lovely photos, just let me know if you want to add anything to the captions Im...
I apologise for the forum downtime this morning. Our web host fixed the problem quite quickly but I appreciate how annoying it is.
We have been talking about this at some length on Facebook. I started out pretty convinced that the dilute gene has been added by a mischievous...
The forum crashed early this morning. We thought at first it was a problem with the server as many people were visiting to look at the photo...
How exciting! Congratulations Karen :)
Chepi just demonstrating that chocolates know how to relax as well as how to have fun :)
That's a brilliant photo :) He's a star ! And not crazy at all.....
