Hold the Line Podcast
1) Episode 135 - The New Book is Nearly Ready!
🙃 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....
2) Episode 134 - the come-in whistle, ticks and canine pregnancy
🙃 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.
3) Episode 133 - Trying to time a breeding (aka the right stuff, in the right place, at the right time)
🙃 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.
4) Episode 132 - working tests (the good, the bad, the ugly)
🙃 Text me (Jo) at Hold the Line 🙃 What are the pros and cons of working tests?
5) Episode 131 - marking vs steadiness and moving recalls off the long-line
This episode is an outdoor ramble (verbally and physically!)....
6) Episode 130 - tips for advancing water work
Here are some useful tips for moving onto marks and then blinds across water.
7) Episode 129 - uncontrolled behaviour in the yard & training multiple dogs
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 ...Show More
8) Episode 128 - enjoying the journey and structuring your training on blinds
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 jour...Show More
9) Episode 127 - using launchers and control at the flush
In this episode I waffle in response to a listener's question about using bird launchers and control at the flush of game.
10) Episode 126 - ticks, unfixable things and plans for the future
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.