The DogBone Pawdcast

Dog training styles, everyone has their own. On this episode, we talk about Jeremy’s training style, how he has formed his style over the years, and how you find yours. We also dive into hold conditioning, winning dogs, and a bunch else. As always, thanks for tuning in and keep the questions and feedback coming. Also, a […]

Dog training conjures up a whole lot of questions, and lately we have seen a trend of topics that seem to come up over and over. In this episode of the podcast we go over these questions that keep coming back. From hold conditioning, to overall dog training mentality, this is one that you won’t […]

Puppies are the focus of today, and a number of questions about different aspects of puppy training comes up from a few questions via Instagram. There is a reason we don’t worry about time, how old our dogs are, where other people’s dogs are at in their training, or comparing our dogs to any one […]

Perfecting the delivery is something that we work on from the very start with our retrievers. We talk a lot about hold conditioning, but that does not come into play until the dog is mature. What we haven’t done a good enough job of doing is stressing and showing you the things we do from […]

Coax and correct; a phrase Jeremy recently picked up. We often find that these mentalities and overall strategies we talk about with dog training applies to much more in our lives than just dog training. On this episode, Jeremy describes a recent experience he has had by joining blacksmithing class, how it connected to training […]

Hold conditioning questions have been coming in hot and heavy lately. On episode #58 of the pawdcast we are tackling these questions, and addressing some common mistakes we see with people struggling to get through hold conditioning. One of these mistakes is that people are continuing to retrieve with their dog while being in the […]

Pack dynamics within our households is a very common thing that we find people struggle with. On episode #57 of the podcast, we are going to dive into where your dogs place in the pack should be, and how you and everyone in your household becomes the leader. We recently received a question come in […]

Organizing dog training is an essential part of how we approach our training. We need to compartmentalize, and separate different parts of our training. This organization of our thoughts, ideas, and things that come up as we go through our training will help us to become a better handler. We recently received a question that […]

Crate training, kenneling up, and solving problems is the topic of discussion in episode #55 of the DogBone Pawdcast. These questions came in via Facebook, and lead into some great information on how we do these things, why, and what to be careful of when we do run into problems in our training. When a […]

DogBone Handler’s Workshops are fast approaching, so we decided to make this podcast on everything you will need to know about the 2020 workshops.  We get so many questions about them; is my dog too old, too young, far enough along, allowed to come if it’s not a hunting dog…what are these DogBone handlers workshops all […]

Bella be good update! We are very excited to continue with this puppy training series with Bella, and thought it was necessary that we share with you some of our struggles, successes, and where we are at with this little gun dog’s training. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the series on […]

Avoid bad habits before they form is the key to raising a retriever. We have said time and time again that trying to train out bad habits is way harder to do than preventing them from ever forming. Our dogs are constantly forming habits, both good and bad. In this episode Jeremy answers a retrieving […]

Training shed dogs has many aspects to it, and there is a particular sequence we follow when training our shed dogs. We recently received a question about a guy whose dog would pick sheds flawlessly in training, but not in a real hunting scenario. He thought maybe the dog was searching for his scent instead […]

Chew toys and our dogs: good or bad? We recently received a Facebook question asking if it was a good idea to give a shed dog a shed to chew on, and hope that it sees it as a toy when they come across a shed in the wild. This is not a good idea, […]

Bold puppies and dogs are something we see quite often. Dogs are wired to look for a leader, and if they don’t find one they become one. This is where you have to take control and establish yourself as the leader of the pack. Learn how to do just that, and curve the boldness in […]