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Training the Pointing Labrador

Julianne Knutson

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#350 What is it Like to be Run on a Blind?

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2025/03/17

In this episode, 2 people take the role of the dog in blind running. On a search for a large chocolate bar, they learn the job of the dog is a lot harder than they ever knew. Blaming 'That darned dog' is so much easier than understanding this from their perspective. An excellent exercise to undertake.

42:00

#349 Beginning Puppy Upland Work, Pointing or Flushing

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2025/03/11

In today's episode we talk about the importance of starting a future upland hunter on the best foot possible. Often, we approach this work like they already know they are upland dogs, and we try to rush in the training. Upland work is a logical, linear process, which when done in a manner that suits that pup, results in the beautiful upland hunters who do not need one note of instruction.

20:07

#348 RMPLC 2025 Handler's Seminar Information

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2025/03/03

This shorter episode is a discussion of the Handler's Seminar the RMPLC (and I) are hosting April 6, at the club lease just north of Brighton CO. This will be for all levels of handlers at retriever events, Junior, Started CP to Finished and Master. Handling a dog well is exactly equivalent to a good athlete having an okay coach or a coach really suited to them and very knowledgeable in their coaching skills. We need to be a great coach for our canine athletes. Preparedness for success begins

32:52

#387 Avoiding Mistakes in Running Your Competitive...

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2025/02/24

In today's "The season is upon is" episode, we talk about how to bulletproof yourself and your dog before you step up to the line and ways to avoid the "She never does that in training" phenomenon. You can't get rid of nervousness, but you can work around it. There are ways to help you, that will wind up really helping your dog.

42:25

#346 Trouble-shooting - 2 More Problems

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2025/02/17

In today's episode (using computer for sound, not podcast microphone), we discuss two more issues dog folks can occasionally encounter. The first is pointing retrievers creeping on a point, a problem often treated with pressure and correction, a dangerous thing to do to a dog with its live bird. The second is the difficult issue of mouth problems on retrievers. Mishandling in retrieving takes the form of barely carrying things but by a feather or a rope, mouthing, dropping, crunching and just not

30:28

#345 Troubleshooting - 2 Dog Problems Addressed Recently

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2025/02/10

In today's episode, I break down two "dog problems" I helped with. One a dog with solid basics of handling choosing to not get into the water on either marks or blinds; the other a puppy who refused to retrieve any puppy bumper but its' own. Addressing behavioral problems is never about what they should be doing, but what you've done that allowed the problem to generate. Interesting study...

30:28

#344 Becoming a Better Trainer Part 2

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2025/01/27

We address the more advanced training in this discussion. The more advanced training can be accomplished by staying in the most fundamental aspects of the training. Dogs learn more and have substantially more confidence not by practicing all the hard things, but by consistently practicing the components of the 'hard things'. It is a powerful tool for those with the patience to use it.

35:32

#343 Becoming a Little Better Trainer, Part 1

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2025/01/20

In this episode, we discuss how training your dog is a process, and your expertise is something that should continually progress - it is not a destination you reach with no further learning required. Our dogs continuously reflect us right back to us, if we are wise enough to perceive that phenomenon. With curiosity and strong enough self-evaluation tools, we can become accomplished to a level equivalent to our personal investment in the process.

28:33

#342 How do you Perceive your Student

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2025/01/10

In today's episode, we break down one of the biggest causes of training problems: looking right through your student. We often take our timelines and recipes and then stick the dog to them. This can work, but what do you when it doesn't, and how do you go about preventing problems by created by fitting your square peg into a round hole? Read on....

34:52

#341 The Often-Overlooked Importance of Bird...

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2024/12/29

In today's episode, we talk about the reasons early and appropriate bird introduction is important, sometimes critically so. We often believe that "pointers will point" and "flushers will flush", but it can be problematic if they've been taught to be very concerned with you when they are performing their ancestral work of hunting birds. Emphasis on what is most important on the developing brain of a young pup can shorten the entire training process. Many of the problems in the young upland hunter

33:17

#340 It's all about the Process

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2024/12/12

A recent discussion with a world class athlete reminded me of the importance of our attitude toward daily training, regardless of what you are training to accomplish. It is a good thing to have lofty goals and ambitious attitude, but the secret to the success of the best trainers in the world isn't the desired "trophy". It is the appreciation and love of the daily process that actually gets you there. Put all your effort and heart into that, and the rest usually takes care of itself....

43:13

#339 How do you Balance Upland Work with Retrieving...

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2024/11/29

In today's episode, based on a question I received, we breakdown why it is very possible to train upland and technical retriever work at the same time in a consistent routine retriever training process. Done correctly, upland hunting does not "ruin the retriever work", and retriever work should only enhance control in the upland field. The key is to approach this balance in light of what the dog tells you in training, not how it is 'supposed to go'.

37:28

#338 Running Blind Retrieves Well

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2024/11/18

In today's off-season episode, we talk about the elements necessary to run blind retrieves successfully. Dogs aren't robots that should 'go straight' and 'take every cast'. They are living creatures basically having an ongoing conversation with you on their way to get the retrieve they didn't see. A program that builds their trust in what you are telling them and assures they are very clear on what you are saying is enjoyable for you both. It also leads to running even very difficult blinds

40:46

#337 The Importance of "Dog Well Being"

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2024/11/11

In today's episode, we break down the elements that go into having and training a dog in its optimal state: healthy, willing, understood and living the life it was bred to live. A dog that can't always fit into the round hole we want it to, but if we learn about the nature of our dogs, we can just adjust the hole to fit them.

40:01

#336 APLA Board of Directors Interview - Blake Haddock

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2024/11/04

Blake Haddock, pro trainer from Greenville NC is running for the first time for the Board of Directors. Having had a good deal of success and experience in the pointing Lab world, he talks about who he is and why he is running.

40:45

#335 APLA Board of Directors VP Interview - Lily Lo

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2024/11/03

Another in the series of interviews for APLA Board of Directors Candidates. This time it is a candidate for the VP position. Dr. Lo had held a few positions on the board, and been involved in most of the changes the organization has undergone. It is an interesting thing to hear about. Please listen in.....

38:37

#334 APLA Board of Directors Candidate Interview -...

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2024/11/03

As promised, any candidate wishing to have their ideas and positions extended to the PL public, here is my first of several interviews. Julie Moore is current APLA VP and is running for a board position, leaving her VP position. Today she explains how she got involved with these dogs, what her successes have been, things she's done for the organization and further plans she has to keep the national organization growing, expanding and improving. It was a thoroughly delightful conversation. Please

36:05

#333 Coming out of Transition in the Off Season

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2024/10/26

In this episode, written expressly for Spicy Bill, Link, Sally, Roscoe and a few others, we talk about how to train through the winter off season to come back out next spring and be ready for running with the Big Dogs. How to convert the T and Swim-by into mastery of running blinds with marks or without. There are ways to do this without much pressure or confusion. Instead, a methodical approach that works with the way your dog processes and thinks is a pleasant process for you both. Be nice to

35:11

#332 Puppy Series #4

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2024/10/18

In this episode of the ongoing puppy series, we talk about passivity in dog ownership. Very often, people attribute unacceptable or irritating behavior to the dog 'just being a puppy.' When youngsters are allowed to do certain things with no intervention, they are learning that those things are perfectly acceptable. Then later, it often takes more harsh training to undo what was initially taught. So much of later training can be made easier by teaching the pup to problem solve for itself, and how

34:42

#331 You're Only as Good a Trainer and Handler as You...

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2024/10/07

In today's trainer/handler-oriented episode, I share a little personal philosophy about where you are in your dog experience, and why it's likely just where you want it to be. There is no big secret about how to be successful. But the willingness to do what that takes is most often the main issue. It isn't easy to excel at anything. And those who do generally aren't the most talented or most fortunate. It comes down to putting in the time, work and personal humility.

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