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Using A Hand-held Bumper Launcher

Hey, if there's one piece of training equipment that you have to have in your training bag, this is it, a launcher and a launcher dummy. Now one of the most obvious reasons for having this in your training bag is it's going to give you (launcher) the ability to get your dog's retrieve way further than what you're going to be able to hand throw.

Teaching Your Hunting Dog the "Hup" or "Sit"

Today we're going to start our twelve week out English Springer Spaniel, Briar, on tidbit training the hup command. This will be her first lesson.

Getting Your Dog In Your Hunting Blind

You know if you've done any amount of duck or goose hunting from the field, you probably already realize the importance of concealment and keeping your dog safe. Today we're going to show you a technique to keep your dog concealed in the blind with you and out of harm's way.

Introducing A Puppy To A Crate

Here we are crate training. A few minutes ago you saw a pup that was real unhappy about being in a crate. We saw a temper tantrum. We saw whining and crying. And now we see a puppy that's laying down and sleeping...quivering a little bit, with a little anxiety probably but nicely asleep.

Introduction to Electronic Training Collars

You know without a doubt one of the most taboo subjects in dog training is the usage of electronic collar. And for good reason. When these collars were first designed they were only capable of emitting one level of stimulation. So what a trainer would do is they would go and take the highest level of stimulation and bring that out into the field for them.

Dog Training Collars - Finding the Correct Level of Stimulation

You know, the more time I spend in the field, the more I see guys using electronic collars. And that's great because electronic collars can be one of the best tools a trainer has at their disposal. Today we're going to show you how to find the correct intensity level for your dog.

Desensitizing Your Puppy

What is puppy desensitizing? Well, we'd like to really take the sensitivity away from this puppy as far as his reactions to being touched, poked, prodded, pulled, ears looked at, ticks pulled off of him. Really what we'd like to do is teach him to accept being touched and handled all over. And that's what desensitizing is all about.

Using a Dog Blind

And the next one we've got is Shawn Stahl, a really good buddy of mine, excellent hunter, excellent trainer. He's got a tip for you that involves keeping your dog, not only concealed while in the goose field, but also under control and how he still has a good vantage point for making his marks and still being effective. So check it out. I'm sure you're going to enjoy this. You ready? Heal up. Good boy.

Introducing A Puppy To Retrieving

When it comes to retrieving with your young puppy, less is often more. Well, what do I mean by that?

Introducing A Puppy To Cover

We're going to start teaching our pup about cover. This pup is only nine weeks old. So a great way to introduce him to some field situations would be to some low cover, some puddle, water situations. And since I'm his leader and his buddy and he trusts me, he's going to tend to follow me through these situations.