By Alan Dunn|2018-03-02T16:16:27-06:00April 12th, 2012|Force Training, Training Articles, Training Tips, Training Your Puppy|
Below are comments from Steve Snell at Gun-Dog Supply about training books for e-collar users. I like to do business with them because they are so good to work with when there are problems with your e-collar. Tri-Tronics Retriever Training presents a thorough explanation of the proper use of Tri-Tronics electronic collars in training retrievers.
By Alan Dunn|2011-07-01T10:39:52-06:00July 1st, 2011|Force Training, Training Your Puppy|
I just finished up force training Ace, an 8 month old puppy out of Rebel and Dizzie and owned by Mark Lamonoco of Idaho Falls. Ace has been a joy to train. He has caught on quickly and so full of energy that he can be trained for extended periods of time without losing any
By Alan Dunn|2011-07-01T10:33:09-06:00July 1st, 2011|Training Your Puppy|
We started Ridge on double marks last week and I can see I have made a few mistakes or handler errors. We have been throwing the doubles using a device called a "Bumper Boy" which is a mechanical thrower. It has a megaphone which makes a duck quack getting their attention and throws a mark
By Alan Dunn|2011-02-16T16:08:55-06:00February 16th, 2011|blog, Force Training, Training Your Puppy|
Force Breaking to Retrieve Note: Make sure to distinguish between negative reinforcement and punishment. Punishment extinguishes a behavior while negative reinforcement causes a behavior to start or continue as does positive reinforcement. The e collar, when used after a behavior is a form of punishment, but when used before the behavior and then stopped when
By Alan Dunn|2010-10-28T12:04:11-06:00October 28th, 2010|Training Your Older Dog, Training Your Puppy|
Took Ridge out to a local pond today. We have been training about 5 days a week with Ridge. Throwing dummies in the pond with a remote throw. Ridge is hitting the water very hard and doing water retrieves of about 60 yards. He swims smoothly, not like a puppy at all. He loves to
By Alan Dunn|2010-09-17T10:10:10-06:00September 17th, 2010|Training Your Puppy|
Yesterday Connie and I went out to work with Ridge on retrieving in the front yard. This is fairly new to to him to have a remote throw but that is very important. With another person throwing the dummy you may lengthen out your retrieves and it lets the pup know that birds don't come
By Alan Dunn|2010-08-04T08:22:56-06:00August 4th, 2010|Training Your Puppy|
I have been working with Ridge for a few days now and although he is still only 9 weeks old he is going out about 20 yards on our font lawn and bringing the dummy back. I continue to tease him with it, just as you have seen in the video, and then when he
By Alan Dunn|2010-07-30T19:45:26-06:00July 30th, 2010|blog, Training Your Puppy|
Well, we began training Ridge as soon as we got him home. Early training of a 9 week old puppy is not what you might expect. Our training consists first off making him feel that he is part of the pack and family. We give him plenty of positive attention and help him to feel
By Alan Dunn|2010-07-14T22:02:19-06:00July 14th, 2010|Training Your Puppy|
A couple of months ago I decided to purchase a new puppy. First off I had to decide what my criteria for the pup would be. This included: 1. breed 2. color 3. quality of breeding 4. age of dog 5. Certifiications I have always liked Labrador retrievers even though I have had Goldens and
