Here is an easy training tip for you and your dog(s) this off season;
Hands down the hardest part of dog training is being consistent. Taking just a couple minutes each day, year around, to reinforce or teach a new command will make all the difference in the world. In regards to pointing dogs and WHOA reinforcement I do a lot of things out in the field, but here are a few quick drills that I do around the house that are of equal value in reinforcing the command.
In the evening when I put their food down I always WHOA them in front of their bowl before I release them to eat. Some days I might only WHOA them for a few seconds, and other days I might WHOA them for 5 minutes. Also, when I leave the house in the morning to take the dogs for their run I always let them out the front door then WHOA them immediately. I then walk out to my truck, unlock the doors, deal with anything that I might need to deal with, (like putting the garbage can out by the street), then open the back truck door, release the dogs, and load them up. Both of these exercises take no extra time out of my day. It only takes the commitment to consistently be training. Now this is just one command. You can make up little exercises around the house or yard for all sorts of commands. I guarantee you that just a couple minutes a day will make all the difference in the world.

One thing that I see all the time is a dog handler will teach a command, the dog will learn it, then the command will go to the back burner and will never be reinforced. Pretty soon you have a dog that no longer immediately obeys that command. Every day you should reinforce commands that you know your dog already knows. It is good for them. It keeps their minds sharp, keeps them listening to you, and reinforces the fact that you are the one in charge.

This article is not about how to teach your dog to WHOA, rather about easy ways around the house to reinforce commands in the offseason. With that said, let me just throw this out there. You do not need fancy WHOA posts and barrels to teach your dogs to WHOA. Those things are great if you are into them, or if you are teaching a volume of dogs at one time, but they are far from necessary. If I know one thing about dog training authors in general it is this. Almost every book out there will make dog training look and sound way more complicated than it actually is. I recommend reading, watching, and learning from many different sources, then use the techniques that work best for you and your dogs. Again, the hardest part is just being consistent.

Best,

Jay