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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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Episode 147 - ethics and head collars

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2026/04/14

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Sometimes life is complicated. If dogs are losing out on opportunities for exercise and enrichment because people can't manage them, then their quota of 'good stuff' in life gets a lot lower. A dog which never leaves the house is going to experience the fewest unpleasant things in life - and also would be incredibly deprived, under-exercised and under-stimulated. R+ training needs to accommodate these complexities, and stop over-simplifying things. Because

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31:24

Episode 146 - get those puppies swimming!

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2026/04/08

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Loads of tips towards helping you to get pups swimming!

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45:14

Episode 145 - pointers, setters and HPRs are...

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2026/03/24

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I talk about a certain subgroup of gundogs which are very motivated by environmental exploration/reinforcers. They require a different training approach. These dogs might find it much easier to work at a distance (with behaviours like the remote stop and the recall) and much harder to offer sustained focus up-close (as with heelwork).

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26:12

Episode 144 - marking vs steadiness, revisited

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2026/03/11

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 The best marking is most likely if we send the dog immediately the retrieve falls. However, this also erodes steadiness. What to do?

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19:46

Episode 143 - how releasing the dog at the right...

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2026/02/24

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I just wanted to drill down (pun intended) on this particular issue, because it's such a great one for improving focus and attention when you're battling environmental distractions.

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45:47

Episode 142 - fix your (dog's) focus!

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2026/02/10

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk here about a few ways to help dogs which are struggling to offer us focus and attention. Do check out my Focus and Attention course, for more info.

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72:21

Episode - 141 - things that I wish people knew

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2026/01/27

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This is a random collection of thoughts directed towards helping people become better trainers by addressing things other than the usual 'how to train stuff'. From personality traits of effective trainers to gaps in knowledge and misassumptions.

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41:18

Episode 140 - how to train the point, flush and...

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2025/12/17

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This sequence can be really confusing for people at first, leading to people often trying to train this in the actual order it actually happens.

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49:10

Episode 139 - Q&A bits and pieces

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2025/11/29

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This episode is a little bit of everything. It is a buffet of an episode. Not sure if it's all you can eat, but it is a heck of a lot.

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61:45

Episode 138 - PUPPIES 8-12 weeks

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2025/11/15

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Here I waffle randomly about what I'm doing with puppies in this age range. It doesn't really involve much gundog-specific stuff, because it's about helping pups to feel safe in the world.

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45:17

Episode 137 - the value of picking up and some...

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2025/10/30

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 I talk here about the advantages of picking up, especially for HPR breeds (spaniels would also benefit for similar reasons) - and also offer some thoughts about docking after our experiences with our recent litter of Weim pups.

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10:51

Episode 136 - THE NEW BOOK IS OUT!

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2025/09/11

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Yes, finally, it's here. The long-awaited sequel to *The Fundamentals*, the new book is called *Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression" and it's available in Amazons everywhere. Whoop whoop!

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36:23

Episode 135 - The New Book is Nearly Ready!

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2025/07/27

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 Amazingly, my new book (Force-Free Gundog Training: Precision and Progression) is nearly ready. WHOOP!! It should be out in a few weeks....

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21:10

Episode 134 - the come-in whistle, ticks and canine...

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2025/07/10

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 This is a ramble of an episode (both subject-wise and literally) covering ticks, the come-in whistle on retrieves and early canine pregnancy.

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35:36

Episode 133 - Trying to time a breeding (aka the...

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2025/06/25

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 In this episode, I recount our incredibly stressful race against the clock to get the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time. Phew.

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Episode 132 - working tests (the good, the bad, the...

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2025/06/18

🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 What are the pros and cons of working tests?

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28:31

Episode 131 - marking vs steadiness and moving...

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2025/06/01

This episode is an outdoor ramble (verbally and physically!)....

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27:22

Episode 130 - tips for advancing water work

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2025/05/03

Here are some useful tips for moving onto marks and then blinds across water.

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37:51

Episode 129 - uncontrolled behaviour in the yard &...

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2025/04/06

This is a slight bonanza of a wandering episode, where I waffle about prepping for our upcoming litter, woes around tick products, why it's a useful training opportunity to have a dog which is highly aroused... in your yard and how to train many dogs at once. It's a bit all over the place and it's got something for everyone. Sort of.

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30:37

Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring...

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2025/03/26

I talk about prioritising your enjoyment of the actual activity of working your dog in the field, separate to any achievements, goals or objectives. It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. I also talk about the importance of splitting your training and structuring your work with blinds. Be a lumper and not a splitter. Finally, we've moved our breeding from Roche (Weim) forwards and everything is a leetle beet manic, chez nous....

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