Re: Rusty's fresh start That sounds fabulous, Carole. Best of luck with the gundog training. Hope you will like your new trainer. :D
Re: Training I have four dogs so it is very useful for them to know their names, i.e. to call just one out of the back of the car or send one dog...
Re: Training Hi there and welcome! :D I wouldn't get too hung up about a formal sit by your left hand side. Your puppy is a baby and no doubt he...
Re: What daily training do you do? No, they love it, David. I don't think they would be quite so impressed if it was a cold hose pipe ::)
Re: What daily training do you do? I also have a dog blaster! 8) Does away with all those wet towels. :P and dries the dogs in no time.
Re: What daily training do you do? I know, not cheap. But with four mucky spaniels and two horses it makes for a much easier life in winter. 8)
Re: What daily training do you do? The warm dog shower is actually a horse shower :D. It runs on a gas bottle and can be installed anywhere...
Re: What daily training do you do? Stacia, I am very lucky I have a 6 acres field right next to my back lawn for training. This is where i do...
Re: What do you wish you had known I wish I had known about clicker training. ;) Twenty odd years ago when I got my first two springers I had...
Re: What daily training do you do? Just to give you an example. This morning I worked on steadiness. I had all four dogs sitting up next to each...
Re: What daily training do you do? I train in a similar way to Pippa and put the dogs away after a training session for a rest and to give them a...
Re: Not SURE Pippa - sorry Look Helen, you are doing the best you can, not just training Charlie but also trying to learn yourself about...
Re: Rescue dogs waiting for homes/foster Pippa, is that the Jemima I am thinking of? Who stirred up things a bit in the world of pedigree dogs? ;)
Re: Not SURE Pippa - sorry When a dog is not a natural retriever and the desire to retrieve has not been nurtured from puppyhood in can be quite...
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? If you are happy to let some crummy spanners run then I'm in!!! ;) :D
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? Barbara, that is exactly how I teach steadiness. To bring the stop whistle back into the thread,...
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? Helen, Murffi the cocker bamboozled me with his 'butter-wouldn't-melt' look. :P I had always...
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? All I can say is that training my rescue cocker ( and he is still a work in progress :o) has...
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? Kate, best of luck with training your little Poppy. :D Terrorists are the only type of dogs that...
Re: I am curious - How to teach STOP to Whistle? See, I'm different, I love training. I love the challenge of how every dog is different and will...
