My Duck Dog Training A to ?

Yesterday afternoon I had an opportunity to invite two trainers with their dogs out to train with me.
One dog Barney is a 2 1/2 yo male chocolate lab. Barney has been exposed to field work before and has lots of prey drive. The other dog Rio is a Female Black Lab that is [...]

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 Once again on Friday I was able to hook up with Kyle to train.
Artemis was first in the yard and I continued her force to pile drill.  This was our first attempt at ‘stop to pile’.  From a remote position I gave her a ‘back’ cast and she took in nicely.  Enroute, I blew a [...]

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Today Joanne ran Tucker on a BD drill. This was her first time doing yard work/drills of any kind with Tucker. Tucker did well and Joanne did great. It will be awhile until her confidence builds but for a first effort it was more than I could have hoped for.
I gave the [...]

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Last night, as usual I ran out of time to get in a full training session with both dogs. So, until I secure more farmers fields for Tucker to run marks in, I felt that running Artemis in the yard was the best option.
I set out a line of 6 bumpers from 3 yard [...]

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 The past three days Artemis has had one training session each day in her Force Fetch.
Saturday’s session was short and SWEET.  Unlike the Friday session, she had no refusal issues at all.  She was diving at the bumpers.  Sunday was much like Saturday, I applied little pressure for her fetches.  She did have a loose [...]

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 Artemis has continued her Force Fetch program one session on Friday, nothing on Saturday and once on Sunday.  Today I did one session and we, over the course of the past few sessions, have progressed to the ground.  She wants to pick the bumper up by the end (this is normal) so I use my [...]

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 Tonight after school Jenni and I ran both dogs
Tucker was first.  Jenni ran him on a No-no drill using a small barrier jump.  Then she ran him on the same drill through some bulrushes.  Tucker did well and appeared to learn that the same principal using the barrier is applied to the weed cover.  Jenni [...]

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I picked up Jenni at the school bus stop yesterday.  On the ride home we discussed what we should work on with each dog.
Artemis was easy to decide - walking singles, short to long, improving her recall with the bumper in her mouth.  Jenni handled her and quickly remembered why she disliked handling when we [...]

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Last night Jenni & I nipped out to train both dogs.Artemis was first.  We ran 8 walking single marks.  The first started within range of the long line and I progressively moved over and away from the line.  The longest of the marks was about 75 yards.  I was careful to land each mark in [...]

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We’ve continued to do basic OB with Artemis every morning on our walk.  Tucker has not had much pressure the last few days, in hopes that his general attitude improve.  On Friday evening I took both dogs for a ‘wilderness walk’ down a local logging road.  Tucker knew where we were as soon as we [...]

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