Goose work
Fun with hunt Chip today. Saw lots of birds start moving once the wind picked up. #gundogtraining #britishlabs #mapleleafkennels
Bird into with puppy.
Bird intro
Items needed-
Check Cord
Dead bird
Puppy
Lucy
“Is 2yrs old too old to start training?”
Simple answer is No, it just might look different during the process lol
Lucy is a 2yr old black lab and really coming along.
Chip
Addison running Chip today. Beautiful weather and great afternoon session. I’ve been demoted to “bumper boy” and I’m ok with that lol
Basic maintenance (Heel)
Quick drill that we can do that’s easy for us and simple for kids to jump in and help out with.
“Off season”
What can we do when the weather outside isn’t “ideal” to be out in for an extended time?
NY hunt morning 1
We rolled in right when the birds started flying. Fog helped keep them down a bit late. Chip getting his workout in on this muddy mess.
Pad Care
Let’s talk pad care people. Your dogs pad health is so important and directly related to your dogs ability to perform at a high level and their overall demeanor. I make a point to check my dog and clients dog’s pads during and after training or hunts. It’s easy for things to become lodged or packed in them so we check them from time to time and clean them out. I apply Alpha Dog Nutritions Pad cream often to help keep the pads protected and prevent cracking and drying out.
Waiting out these late season geese.
I am huge on positive reinforcement, and with that making sure that the timing of corrections and praise is on point.
Praise is a major factor in showing young pups what is good and what’s isn’t. We can use the timing of praise/rewards to encourage the desired actions of our dogs.
In this video, I go over an often overlooked timing of praise that when “on time” can produce results fairly quickly in young dogs, as well as older dogs.
This is one of the main reasons why I tell people doing my private one on one sessions “it’s easy to train the dog, training you how to train the dog takes more work “ and that’s not a bad thing there’s just more details involved on our end.
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“Ice” doing some recall and place/sit work.
In this video I also go over a little trick that I’ve been using for years on how to cut the learning curve of puppies tendency to jump when they’re excited or when you’re praising them.
Have a great Sunday !
Post training Feeding.
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Blue on day 2 of “mini T” drill
In this video you can see how small the set up is and watch how Blue is starting to build confidence and self correct by the second day already, this isn’t something that they’re born able to do or naturally able to do, so we slow things down and make extra sure to be calm with our hand signals and voice. This drill is a drill of high reps between start and finish. We do it till they can’t get it wrong.