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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.

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44:23

Episode 127 - using launchers and control at the flush

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2025/03/09

In this episode I waffle in response to a listener's question about using bird launchers and control at the flush of game.

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32:25

Episode 126 - ticks, unfixable things and plans for...

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2025/02/28

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.

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28:28

Episode 125 - a dog which is under control in...

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2025/02/19

A quah episode (question and answer) about a dog who is under good control in training scenarios - but out of control, in trials.

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41:41

Episode 124 - Lining

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2025/02/11

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

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43:00

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

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2025/01/28

Why we need to ensure a split doesn't develop (hopefully this intrigues you enough to listen to more!)

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

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2024/12/30

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...

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48:01

Episode 121 - canine brucellosis, recalls, steadiness...

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2024/12/17

This is a slightly jam-packed episode which leaps around various different subjects!

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34:45

Episode 120 - my dog has developed a phobia around...

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2024/12/03

In this episode, I respond to an email from a listener about a dog which became worried about specific (unknown) elements of competition.

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Episode 119 - the implications of selecting for dogs...

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2024/11/19

In this episode, I talk about feeding raw on a budget. And about the ethics and implications of selecting for dogs which experience verbal aversives as strong aversives. (Thereby circumventing the banning of certain 'tools'.)

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45:51

Episode 118 - (field) trials - and tribulations

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2024/11/12

In this episode, I waffle about trials as a form of assessment.

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23:52

Episode 117 - what is going on with the cost of vet...

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2024/11/01

Roche just cut her foreleg on (we think) barbed wire. The quote for sedation and stitching was astronomical. I ramble about what is going on, systemically, and about various societal factors from poverty to capitalism in a failed attempt to make sense of any of this...

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34:41

Episode 116 - help, my dog won't pick game!

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2024/10/24

In this episode, I talk about how to help dogs make the transition to picking up game.

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34:57

Episode 115 - is your dog ready for a shoot?

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2024/09/25

How do you find a shoot? Is your dog ready to work on a shoot? What is required from them? What different kinds of shoots are there? What are the roles on a shoot? This is all things shoots 101.

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55:29

Episode 114 - the recent 'chasing' research paper...

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2024/09/19

In this episode, I look at a recent research paper called 'Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs' by Johnson & Wynne https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182632

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39:13

Episode 113 - the current dog training controversies...

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2024/09/05

In this episode, I talk about why the best way forwards is for us all to advance together - instead of fostering division and us/them splitting.

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Episode 112 - mouthing or chomping the dummy

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2024/08/26

I talk about how to stop mouthing or rolling of the dummy (it's the clicker retrieve again, this time the part of it called 'proofing the hold against food').

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44:49

Episode 111 - don't let shot get attached to...

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2024/08/08

In this episode I answer a few listener questions and then waffle about why we need to keep shot unattached to a retrieve for as long as possible. Shot means 'sit'. Like the sit whistle means 'sit'.

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54:52

Episode 110 - working with the AWOL dog

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2024/07/31

In this episode, I focus on how to weave yourself and the environment together - rather than thinking about yourself as being in 'opposition' to the environment. All those juicy reinforcers out there are not a threat to your ongoing control of your dog. They are simply more reinforcers you can use to train your dog, with the caveat that they are in the environment instead of on your person.

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37:57

Episode 109 - our experience with immunotherapy and...

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2024/07/18

I talk here about my experience with immunotherapy for Ren's extreme allergies. Whilst there seem to be so many people around with itchy dogs, it seems that not many have explored immunotherapy and there isn't much information about it out there....

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Episode 108 - interview with Collette May (another one!)

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2024/07/04

I last spoke with Collette back in 2019, pre-Covid. Her life has changed in so many ways over the last 5 years, I wanted to catch up with her again and hear about her new ventures. If you want to connect with Collette, check out her websites midwalesholidays.com and completelygundogs.co.uk - and, if you're looking for a pup, her affix is Windlemoor.

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