Clicker Training a Bird Dog Retrieve Part 1 Shaping and Chaining The Basic Retrieve - Video

Basics of Clicker Training your Bird Dog

Watch Step by Step Instructions over and over on how to shape, then back chain together all the behaviors needed to have a solid retrieve to hand for bird dogs and gun dogs. All positive. 

Tips for training given as you work through the process. Practice each step until your dog can do it correctly 8 out of 10 times in a row. When you add the next criteria, your dog should be successful 50% of the time. If she's not, you need to simplify something for her so she can be.

You can use tugging to increase desire for the bumper between sessions if you use a different toy, not the bumper. 

This method works for natural retrieving breeds as well as non-natural retrievers such as Jessie. It allows you to retrain any part of the retrieve chain that your dog is not proficient with.

Dog Training - Vibrate Condition to Here - Video

In this video we show how we use DT Systems 1820 H20 collar to vibrate condition a young puppy to "here". This is very easy on the dogs and can be started with puppies at quite a young age!

    

Dog Training - Vibrate condition to "whoa" - Video

In this training video Chad works with Hank a young German Shorthair. He shows how to use DT's 1820 vibrate feature to vibrate condition a young puppy to the "whoa" behavior. He uses positive reinforcement pigeons to help accomplish this.

    

Dog Training - Vibrate condition to a place board - Video

In this video we use the DT 1820's vibrate feature to vibrate condition this young puppy Hank to a place board. This process like all our training starts using all positive reinforcement and clickers.

    

Grand Rapids MN Ruffed Grouse Hunting 2010 - Video

Photo Video Montage of two weekends grouse hunting in Grand Rapids, MN

The first weekend it was just me and the dogs.  The second weekend hunting buddies Tony and Mark came with.

Gun Dog Training whoa Part 4 - Video

Gun dog training "whoa" command with our german shorthaired pointer. This is the conclusion of our four session whoa series