Some of the most informative and educational conversations I've had has come on the backend of a long training day with buddies. This was one of those discussions with my friends Randall Lykens and Tim Andrews. After running dogs all day we sat down for a hangout episode that covered A LOT of ground.Watch on YouTube

Is there such thing as too much unstructured play time?

Drive management

Keep it wild & launch the bird!

Proprioception & odor thresholds

The scent wall drill

Rate of reinforcement

Isolate the behavior and control the outcome

The importance of markers

Should correction markers ever be variable?

A reward can be anything the dog cares about

PLAY with your dog!

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