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I appreciate the comments, definitely food for thought. Regarding the HERE command - she can be at a dead run away from me in the field and I can say HERE and she will put on the brakes so hard she...

I have an 11 month old female black lab with great hunting lines. I have put some training into her (Hillman) but if I have to be honest not as much as I could/should have. She did have the basics...

Thanks for all the great advice. You guys have made me feel so much better!

The one thing that has been brought up a few times is leaving the lead on all the time while training. I am currently...

I have to ask. I just posted another thread explaining some issues (and feelings) I'm having and it kinda ties in with this. I have had a couple of old school trainers warn me that I need to be the...

Hey folks!

I have a 3 month old BLF and we are working through the Hillman DVD. We are up to about day 8 in progress, but it's taken more time than that (we have about 20 days under our belt). She...

Thanks for all the great advice!

I'll try to answer some questions:

1. What do we use to clean up? We are using Natures Miracle. We dab up as much of the pee as we can, then re-soak the area...

Hey folks, I know this is a retriever forum, but I have no where else to ask.

I have an 10 1/2wk old BLF that we got at 7 weeks. We have read everything we can about how to potty train...

Wow, thanks so much Bill! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer this for me.

One thing you mentioned that I would love some clarification on if you have the time: The use of treats.
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Hi folks! New guy here again.

I'm reading everything I can on crate training and I'm finding there are two distinct and opposite schools of thought.

1. Ease the puppy into it over a period of a...

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I really appreciate it. Makes me feel more confident that I'm not missing some one time window of opportunity.

We just picked up our new pup on Thursday at 49 days old. Her name is Rogue and she is doing great so far. As luck would have it I received my Hillmann DVD on the same day (Thanks Mary for getting it...