My Duck Dog Training A to ?

 Training at The Farm yesterday was great!  Most of the experienced trainers that I have trained with at The Farm at one time or another were in attendance.  Because of the large number of dogs to be run we did not get too many set ups done as a group but it is sessions like [...]

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 This morning Tucker and I went on our first hunt together.  Neither of us had been on a live hunt for wild game.  We went Ruffed Grouse hunting locally here in Parry Sound.  Tucker flushed 3 birds that I was unable to get a shot at.  The fourth he put up and it only flew [...]

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 Today I managed to slip away and run Artemis on the swim-by pond again.  We have not been training for the past two days - life and shorter day light hours are getting in the way.
13 bumpers at the back pile - NO bumpers at the side piles.
Today went GREAT, better than I could have [...]

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 Following our training with the Houghtons we went to the pond where I continued Artemis’s swim-by.
10 bumpers at the back pile, 3 bumpers at the left over pile.
First four sends were free sends to the back pile.
Issues that we had:
About send number 7 Artemis locked on to the left over pile and decided that is [...]

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 Slipped out this morning with Artemis.  Swim-by…good thing she really likes drills…
10 bumpers at the back pile - 3 bumpers at the LEFT (opposite to what we have been working on) pile.
First 3 sends were free to the back pile.  First one she swam to the middle of the pond then swung towards the left [...]

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 Tonight out with Artemis to the Swim-by pond again.  I know I need to run her on marks but I seem to only have abut 45 minutes for training lately and Swim-by is the priority - My training is WAY out of balance again…I need to address this!
Anyway, 10 bumpers at the back pile, 3 [...]

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 Out tonight with Artemis for another swim-by session
10 bumpers at the back pile and 3 bumpers at the right over pile.
I don’t like the format I’ve been using to record these sessions in this blog so tonight I am changing it…
The majority of the sends - 11 - were straight sends to the back pile.
The [...]

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 Slipped out tonight with Artemis for a swim-by session.
10 bumpers at the back pile
3 bumpers at the right over pile
Left side send to back pile
Remote verbal right hand back
Right side send to back pile - whistle sit in centre of pond - thrown bumper to the right hand over pile - right hand over cast [...]

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 The air temps are beginning to drop so I hope that I’m as far through swim-by as I think I am.
I went out with Artemis today- planted 10 bumpers at the back pile.
Left side send - free
Remote position, left verbal back - free
Right side send - free
Right side send, whistle sit in middle of pond [...]

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 This morning before work I slipped out with Artemis to continue her Swim-by drill.
Planted 10 bumpers at the back pile and began the drill by sending her from my right side.  Great lock on and excited send - great start…
Next two sends were also no pressure they were remote verbal back right then back left [...]

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