Hold the Line

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.

Episode 139 - Q&A bits and pieces

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode is a little bit of everything. It is a buffet of an episode. Not sure if it's all you can eat, but it is a heck of a lot.

11-29
49:10

Episode 138 - PUPPIES 8-12 weeks

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Here I waffle randomly about what I'm doing with puppies in this age range. It doesn't really involve much gundog-specific stuff, because it's about helping pups to feel safe in the world.

11-15
01:01:45

Episode 137 - the value of picking up and some thoughts about docking

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk here about the advantages of picking up, especially for HPR breeds (spaniels would also benefit for similar reasons) - and also offer some thoughts about docking after our experiences with our recent litter of Weim pups.

10-30
45:17

Episode 136 - THE NEW BOOK IS OUT!

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Yes, finally, it's here. The long-awaited sequel to *The Fundamentals*, the new book is called *Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression" and it's available in Amazons everywhere. Whoop whoop!

09-11
10:51

Episode 135 - The New Book is Nearly Ready!

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Amazingly, my new book (Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression) is nearly ready. WHOOP!! It should be out in a few weeks....

07-27
36:23

Episode 134 - the come-in whistle, ticks and canine pregnancy

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This is a ramble of an episode (both subject-wise and literally) covering ticks, the come-in whistle on retrieves and early canine pregnancy.

07-10
21:10

Episode 133 - Trying to time a breeding (aka the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time)

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I recount our incredibly stressful race against the clock to get the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time. Phew.

06-25
35:36

Episode 132 - working tests (the good, the bad, the ugly)

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 What are the pros and cons of working tests?

06-18
16:31

Episode 131 - marking vs steadiness and moving recalls off the long-line

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode is an outdoor ramble (verbally and physically!)....

06-01
28:31

Episode 130 - tips for advancing water work

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Here are some useful tips for moving onto marks and then blinds across water.

05-03
27:22

Episode 129 - uncontrolled behaviour in the yard & training multiple dogs

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This is a slight bonanza of a wandering episode, where I waffle about prepping for our upcoming litter, woes around tick products, why it's a useful training opportunity to have a dog which is highly aroused... in your yard and how to train many dogs at once. It's a bit all over the place and it's got something for everyone. Sort of.

04-06
37:51

Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring your training on blinds

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk about prioritising your enjoyment of the actual activity of working your dog in the field, separate to any achievements, goals or objectives. It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. I also talk about the importance of splitting your training and structuring your work with blinds. Be a lumper and not a splitter. Finally, we've moved our breeding from Roche (Weim) forwards and everything is a leetle beet manic, chez nous....&n...

03-26
30:37

Episode 127 - using launchers and control at the flush

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode I waffle in response to a listener's question about using bird launchers and control at the flush of game.

03-09
44:23

Episode 126 - ticks, unfixable things and plans for the future

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode is an assortment of amazingly interesting things. It's like a box of Quality Street, only with a lot of The Purple Ones.

02-28
32:25

Episode 125 - a dog which is under control in training, but not in trials?

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 A quah episode (question and answer) about a dog who is under good control in training scenarios - but out of control, in trials.

02-19
28:28

Episode 124 - Lining

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about the skill and concept which is 'lining'. I introduce my new course (creatively called 'Lining') - which you can get a discount on using code Lining30

02-11
41:41

Episode 123 - force-free gundog training isn't about training 'gundog skills'

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Why we need to ensure a split doesn't develop (hopefully this intrigues you enough to listen to more!)

01-28
43:00

Episode 122 - What to train puppies to do - and when

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode is not necessarily going to provide the structure some of you really want - because I don't think that's helpful, for puppies. But it will give you some broad pointers...

12-30
43:05

Episode 121 - canine brucellosis, recalls, steadiness to flush and more

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This is a slightly jam-packed episode which leaps around various different subjects!

12-17
48:00

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

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I respond to an email from a listener about a dog which became worried about specific (unknown) elements of competition.

12-03
34:45

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