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2 days ago by murphydogs

Friday was just about as non-productive as Thursday was productive. I took the dogs and several bumpers to the pond for some more training – the problem was that bumpers turn Dakota into a maniac. Elvis required some refresher training in wading before he had built up the confidence to swim. Dakota ...

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6 days ago by murphydogs

Yesterday was a perfect day for swimming – cool breeze, warm water, hot sun, and at 10:30 am we had the gravel pond all to ourselves. I took the day off to watch Elvis while my wife went to work, but he’s fully recovered from his out with diarrhea, so I took the dogs to play in the water. We began b ...

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7 days ago by murphydogs

Coffee cans for tracking training 6-30-9 There were a couple of circumstances that led me to begin training the dogs in tracking, here in our back yard. Last Sunday, we took to dogs to the pond in order to let them play in the water and get Elvis a little more comfortable in it. Being that it was a ...

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14 days ago by admin

Dog training requires simple persistence to be a successful and delightful experience for you and your dog. Here are 8 dog training tips to guide you along the way. 1. Dog Training Tips - Get your dog’s attention Before you can start training your dog you first need to get its attention. You can do ...

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15 days ago by murphydogs

After a month of rain, this is the wettest June in a decade and the weeds in our pasture are literally waist-high. It’s great for working on marking and blind retrieves, and I’ve found that not only Sophie and Dakota, but little Elvis can mark quite well. Last night I worked each of the dogs separat ...

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23 days ago by murphydogs

I don’t want to introduce Elvis to guns until he’s gained a bit more confidence in himself, but I doubt that he will be gun shy. Last Friday, we put the dogs out in the back yard while we worked in the yard, and some kids were lighting off firecrackers nearby. The noise didn’t bother Elvis one bit, ...

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27 days ago by murphydogs

The following is a “pass along” article from Just Labs. When Is It the Dog’s Fault? by Jason Smith I’m going to give you a piece of information that I hope, more than anything else, makes you feel better about being a “dog trainer.” And I use the quote marks on purpose, for as all of us Labrador ret ...

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30 days ago by murphydogs

Sophie, Elvis and Dakota 6-7-9 On Sunday, I decided to see if Elvis was ready to graduate from his wing-on-a-string training and train with Sophie and Dakota. He’s still not quite ready. He did find the bumper and wing okay, but then he’d grab it and take off so I’d either have to chase him down or ...

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43 days ago by murphydogs

Last Saturday was free from thunderstorms and I was feeling well enough to do a little wing-on-a-string training with Elvis. He catches on pretty fast. I attached a couple of duck wings to a small bumper with cable ties, and tied the bumper to a ball of twine. I want to make sure that Elvis learns t ...

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52 days ago by BirdWing

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