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The plan always changes. The goal doesn’t. (Stolen quote I just heard.)

It would be nice if you could do these in a part 1, sit. (For example.) Part 2 heel, etc etc etc… Should these be done in any particular order?

Completely agree. E-collar for training things that will save a dog’s life like chasing sheep. Don’t agree with e-collars with everyday training or dog sports.

None of you won, so none of you get an ice cream. Teaching, life isn't fair 🙂

So so helpful to see. I'm planning on taking mine to London for the first time after the hot weather passes. Would be SO helpful to see how to teach a pup to be comfortable on a train or the tube... Thank you!

Great video. 'some people are just terribly boring people', classic. 🙂

Thanks. 🙏

Hi I’m getting a cocker for the first time in 2 months and I’m not sure what to feed her. Should it be a raw diet? What kibble do you recommend? I’m in the US if that matters. I just want the best for her and I really can’t tell what food is good for her!

As usual, hugely helpful. Thank you

Thanks for the video - FYI the audio was only coming out of 1 earbud for when you were talking...the music was fine though

I am a country lass so this is my idea of hell, but I do take my pup to such places for the experience.

Awesooooommme Thankyou for showing a suberbia vid with your training

Great video Charlie and Waffle. We are lucky enough to have our own field to train and walk our pup but town and city training is just as important for a well socialised dog 🐕

Great idea to showcase the training in such a heavily populated area with more risk.

I think that was a very relevant and instructive video. It really shows how getting the basics right early is so important. Well done Waffle 🐾

You're outside my house !!! ( I wish) 🤣

This reminds me of my working labs first year. Busy walks interspersed with strangers approaching her to say hello 🥴

I love waffle. I feel I have done the wrong things with my puppy he's a sprocker and is 4 months. I looked at trainers on RUclips and only found you a couple of weeks ago. I'm starting from scratch doing your methods from yesterday!

How beautiful Waffle is! Very similar to my 11 month old cocker Dexter. Street training is certainly a must. We live in Cambridge and just like London, traffic everywhere. Slowly but surely we are getting there. Good luck Waffle

I love how in a big, busy city the one thing that excited Waffle was a pigeon. He looks pretty unbothered despite not being used to the environment. Lovely lady complimenting Waffle 😊

I love how much you love dogs!

A former tipper, I now tell my dogs that I'm pleased with them when they do something well and the opposite when they do something wrong. This chap is quite correct.

That's not fitted correctly at all.

Thanks I enjoy watching your training tips ..

That's true for many breeds

Absolutely I totally agree a baby is a bay let them grow s.owly a d soundly and make it fun and just one thing g I'd add for owners just relax and enjoy every second xxxx

I like where he showed us the differences in appearance 😂 all good information though. I always assumed it would remain in their nature to retrieve and be attracted to game birds.

*but you stopped at a point in history, contradictory, they were bred for the ducks and pheasants 😂*

Waffle 😍😍😍

Beautiful video. The landscape and watching these guys work that fantastic dog was extremely enjoyable. Thank you.

One of the dogs in our neighbourhood is a blond Labrador. She comes from our national breeding program for guide dogs. Due to her specific qualities like stoicism, strength, and extremely stable character she was instead used to be a mum. Her nearly all her pups became guide dogs for the blind. She’s fantastic but retrieving, jumping a fence or a high drive to work are not her first nature. She’s wired to learn to make independent decisions and take up her space.

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Cockers are awesome

How do you transition from a lab who is waiting patiently for a retrieve to a dog who will quarter a field and flush birds

2:30 our chocolate has been doing this since 4 months old, and she’s not even trained, but insane hunting instinct

I've got a labrador puppy, hes 15 weeks on Saturday, he's great at most things, retrieving, I can get him to wait to retrieve now, hell wait to eat until I give him the command, he'll sit when I say but I just cant get him to walk to heel. I watched your video on it but just cant get him to walk to heel. Maybe I am doing to much with him, I know he is doing exceptionally well for his age. I think because he took to everything else so quickly. With training I do 3 x15 minutes a session a day, sometimes more

Slip leads are illegal in most European countries including Germany where I live.

Great video. Brilliant comparison 'one is a seek permission and the other is a seek forgiveness' - 🙂

I think your dogs are the happiest dogs on RUclips ! I seen a ridiculous amount of training videos from various people trying to learn how to help our lab and yours just look so happy to be with their trainers ! So cool !

How do you keep your male dogs concentrating on training etc while there is a female nearby on heat ? Do you have to keep the boys far away ?

This was definitely helful to watch. The reasoning behing this methodology looks to be incredibly sound. Love to watch it!

Just Fabulous

Great advice, I keep watching, re-watching and re-watching. Thank you.

Hi Charlie - I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos intermittently whilst getting to know my first dog - a lively wcs! Sadly I haven’t always followed some of the advice (like don’t walk your dog!!) so now at almost 9 months of age I need to do a bit of retraining of obedience that’s slipped a bit/never really existed let’s be honest😬and work at keeping her closer. I’ll be interested to see how you get on with the retriever from Switzerland! Can I ask - at 8-12 months of age how long would you be creating a dog like Waffle during the day? Thanks Claire

Interesting video, just a question though; does this advice (not doing anything really with your puppy the first months) difference between breeds? Or would you treat a , let's say, flatcoated retriever the same as a labrador retriever? I ask this because I literally just saw a Flatcoated breeder working on sit/stay at a distance with a 14 week old puppy and I thought that might be a bit early (after seeing your video).

E-collars are not shock collars. There is no zap or electric shock. They are multi-faceted tools in a world of one-dimensional thinking. E-collars are a highly effective tool when used classically or operantly. E-collars are muscle contractors, similar to a tens muscle stimulator. The electricity passes from contact to contact, not through the body. E-collars are tactile commanders and the best way to communicate with your dog at a distance. You can use them as a gas pedal, or you can use them as a brake. You condition an e-collar the same way you condition a lead. A lead gives you directional guidance, and you layer the sensation of the e-collar with the pressure of the lead. Yes, you can teach a dog to sit, down, stand, heel, come to you and go away from you with an e-collar. If you are fluent in classical and operant conditioning, you will understand the steps of pairing signals. All the top competition-level dogs in the world of IGP, PSA, NVBK, KNPV, CACIT, etc., are all trained with clickers and e-collars. You can train any animal with a clicker, such as a rat, dolphin, lion, or dog.

I sat down on the floor, he climbed up on my knee, had a fuss and a play? Then snuggled in and fell fast asleep on my lap. Whatever else, he was most certainly comfortable enough with me to do that.

This is so helpful thanks, great video, lovely dog

Great video, lovely dog. How does calling the dog back from the being in a sit, at 12:02, fit in with other videos where you say always goes back to the dog when in the sit? Is it a different context, the dog is working, and the dog knows this?

3 days of walking my Belgian Malinois like this it's been absolute bliss results are staggering, the loose lead is genius complete opposite of any advice iv come across, always tight slip and slip collar seemed iv almost gained respect back from my dog, trust works both ways I guess 🙏 sit whistle aswell he's coming on, thank you