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Incommunicado 2:How people and dogs can communicate
Stephan G. Kohlmann In the last issue, I discussed a few basic principles of how dogs and people can start to communicate by using the...
Incommunicado 1:When dogs and people don’t communicate
Stephan G. Kohlmann Some smart professor once stated: Communication occurs when the right person says the right things in the right way...
THE RIGHT TRACK: Training Tips for Blood Tracking
Stephan G. Kohlmann Most people think about blood tracking work with their versatile hunting dog when they can’t just simply load up the...
Total Control: HALT!
(adapted from C. Tabel: “Der Jagdgebrauchshund”) Stephan G. Kohlmann Leafing through an old American hunting book, published in 1904, I...
Training the Perfect Retriever: Drags, Marks and Blinds
By Stephan G. Kohlmann Last issue, we discussed how to train your pup in the forced retrieve. By now, the pooch probably has successfully...
The Hows and Whys of the Forced Retrieve
By Stephan G. Kohlmann You just finished the VJP with your pup — congratulations! Time for a break, right? So why not go fishing instead...
Perfect Puppy Prep Coaching your pup through its first test (VJP)
by Stetphan G. Kohlmann Now wait a second! Isn’t the VJP (Verbands-Jugend-Prüfung, i.e. Assoc. Puppy Test) an evaluation of the pups...
Thoughts on Socializing of Hunting Dog Puppies
By Stephan G. Kohlmann With the new breeding season coming up, some of us will again face that exciting time when you go to pick up your...
Trained Retrieve – Dobb’s Hold Method, as taught by Ron Roman
by Kevin Sherrod Several years ago I had the opportunity to attend a couple of classes held by the late Ron Roman. Many of our GNA...
Snake Avoidance Training
By Forrest Moore For those of you that live and/or hunt in poisonous snake territory, the time of year has come when you must begin to...
JGHV Testing - Canada versus Germany - Highlighting Some Major Differences
by Eberhard Felsmann All of the VDD tests, except for the Hegewald, are conducted under the auspices of the Jagdgebrauchshundverband e....
Dobbs Training Seminar Review
by Gary and Sandy Hodson In 1993 we attended a dog-training seminar conducted by Jim and Phyllis Dobbs. It was an excellent seminar that...
Crate Training Your Dog
Crate training your dog may take some time and effort, but can be useful in a variety of situations. If you have a new dog or puppy, you...
Collar Training Part 2
By Ron Roman Welcome back to collar training. In part 2 we are going to start with the here command in building our generalized avoidance...
A Short Course in HALT
by Steve KohlmannVice President, JGV-USA A couple of principles to start with: Always have the dog leashed or on a check cord, and Under...
Thoughts, Tips and Theories On Training and Hunting the Versatile Gun Dog
March 1994Stephan G. Kohlmann “Quality sport has first of all to be morally and ethically sound.The sportsman never condones lawbreaking...
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