It's very important that we practice being as relaxed as possible, even in paining situations,

because if we want the dog to switch off, show self-control and relax,

and we ourselves are running around, taking shortbreads, we're not really sending out cold signals to the dog.

So we have to focus on ourselves as well.

That is a good point. All dog sports are team sports to some degree.

Hey guys. Welcome to drinking from the toilet, the podcast for real training nerds.

If you are looking to combine the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy

in real life, you've come to the right place.

I'm Hannah Branigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book, Awesome Obedience,

which you can pick up right

now from clickertraining.com.

This week, we are talking to returning guests, Elsa Blomster and Lena Gunnerson, about

what we need to know to raise and train a new puppy destined for retrieving, hunting, and field

trials.

This is an area of dogdom that I probably know the least about, but I love

thinking about foundation training in general, regardless of the application, because, well,

it's all foundations and it's all training. In fact, to paraphrase Ken Ramirez, advanced training

is foundation training done really well. In fact, one of the things that I've discovered that

all of my most

nerdy trainer friends have in common, and I'm talking high level geekery here, capital

letters and all, is that we are fascinated with all of the layers that go into the learning history

that we're building with our dogs from day one, because it has the biggest impact on what we see today.

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