Jo Laurens

Hold the Line

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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.

Author

Jo Laurens

Episodes

Episode 98 - in 15mins 'my dog hunts too far' or 'my dog doesn't hunt far enough' 29.12.2023 13:51

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Check out podcast episodes: 57, 58, 78

Episode 97 - in 15mins 'my dog gets over-excited' 28.12.2023 17:50

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 For more help on this subject, see podcast episodes: 8, 33, 78 And online courses: Marking Focus and Attention

Episode 96 - in 15mins 'my dog won't deliver to hand' 27.12.2023 20:40

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 For more help on this subject, see podcast episodes: 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 23, 26 For an online course, see the Clicker Retrieve course

Episode 95 - in 15mins 'my dog chases game' 26.12.2023 17:39

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 For more help on this subject, see podcast episodes: 5, 23, 49, 51, 57, 58, 62, 76, 87, 89 And check out my online courses: Remote Stop Steady In brief: Build an alternative reinforcer Teach the dog to recall off game before stopping/sitting Teach the dog to stop/sit to flush Teach the dog that access to the game is contingent on their response to you (if they r...

Episode 94 - in 15 minutes: 'my dog doesn't give me focus or attention outdoors' 25.12.2023 19:22

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 For more help on this subject, see podcast episodes: 61, 85, 86 and 88 For food motivation help, see episodes 54 and 72

Episode 93 - NEW Marking course 17.11.2023 28:54

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode I talk about Marking, as my new Marking course is now available! I also talk about some differences with blind retrieves when it comes to working vs competing with a dog.

Episode 92 - the future of gundog stuff, hard mouth, switching from aversives and daily routines 04.10.2023 48:37

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode I talk about: the future of gundog training and breeding in today's world hard mouth - what causes it, what to do about it, whether you can assess for it switching from the use of aversives daily routines

Episode 91 - many diverse listener questions! 29.08.2023 49:26

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Answering many super-interesting listener questions :)

Episode 90 - behind the scenes of training and water deliveries 01.08.2023 37:24

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I cover a few bits and pieces related not to training itself (how to train a specific behaviour) but how to conceive of various training-related issues in a broader way. Does that sound vague? Well, you'll just have to give it a go. PS I also cover water deliveries.

Episode 89 - 'cigar'-ing bumpers, Recall to Flush and training multiple dogs 03.07.2023 37:33

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode I waffle. About random questions I've been sent. Have a listen!

Episode 88 - free-running, marking and lining 04.06.2023 30:10

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk about whether we should allow dogs free access to the environment or not and also chat about marking problems and lining skills.

Episode 87 - Recall to Flush 17.05.2023 16:13

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk freely (extremely freely), about training a recall to flush before a sit to flush behaviour.

Episode 86 - getting focus from your dog, outdoors 15.04.2023 33:40

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about how to get your dog to offer you focus and attention in distracting environments.

Episode 85 - the T-Drill, accessing birds, distracted dogs 29.03.2023 29:57

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I chat about the T-Drill and a few tricky corners to consider when training this drill. I also answer listener questions about accessing birds and what to do if your dog is distracted at a working test.

Episode 84 - birds as reinforcers, puppy food motivation and joint problems 20.03.2023 36:14

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Listener questions about how to encourage a dog to hunt wider/more confidently; how to increase food motivation in a puppy; and how much retrieving is too much (physically).

Episode 83 - cold game and questions about aversives 07.02.2023 28:08

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Probs with cold game retrieves and a couple of questions about aversives

Episode 82 - the unedited one, mostly clicker retrieve and recall questions 15.01.2023 24:51

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this highly unusual episode(!), I waffle (because usually I don't, right?) about the clicker retrieve and recalls and long-lines.

Episode 81 - the one with holiday gift ideas and product recommendations 30.11.2022 1:07:39

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I recommend my favourite wellies, boots, coats, training vests, dummies, leashes, treat pouches and more. I also answer listener questions about pointing, marker cues and the 'Go Sniff' exercise in my book.

Episode 80 - the one about how you put the HPR sequence together 02.11.2022 37:57

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I waffle freely ( extremely freely) about training the HPR sequence - with an attempt to give something of an overview, instead of getting lost in how to train any one behaviour in detail.

Episode 79 - over-population and the impact on quality of life for dogs 16.10.2022 50:04

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode takes a look at the issue of over-population and the increasing amount of restrictions that dogs face as a result. I offer some solutions. I'm not very hopeful anything will be implemented in time to avoid the blanket 'all dogs must be on leash everywhere' outcome.

Episode 78 - behavioural trilogy (part 3) - the super-driven, hunting crazy dog 04.10.2022 1:06:22

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about 18 month old Roche - our weimaraner. Who is bonkers-crazy, when it comes to hunting. I give you seven tips, for training high drive gundogs.

Episode 77 - boundaries and using food when competing or working a dog 16.09.2022 33:07

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 People listening to this episode might and want to check out: Episode 61 - Adolescence and what to do about it Episode 56 - what does 'not walking the dog' look like? Episode 54 - some thoughts about food motivation Episode 38 - developing food motivation

Episode 76 - chasing and how to prevent it 05.09.2022 53:29

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about chasing - and how to turn something your dog wants to chase, into a cue to stop.

Episode 75 - the bizarre laws where I live, hardmouth, raising a puppy and engaging an unenthusiastic dog 19.08.2022 43:15

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about the bizarre vagaries of laws local to where I live when it comes to shooting. I answer listener questions about hardmouth, raising a puppy and how to enthuse the unenthusiastic dog.

Episode 74 - retrievers vs HPRs (choosing a breed) 07.08.2022 31:38

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Here are a few things to consider when choosing which type of gundog to own.