Moving on past Force to Pile

We will still run some force to pile work with Sadie, but we have moved on to three hand casting.  She is picking up on it really well.  Her ob work is getting really solid with whistle sits, and come in whistles.

We will work on three hand casting for several more days before we start T-work.

She is coming along really well.

We have been making progress and here is a video of a force to pile session we had today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DntJzW8JavM

We are having fun now!  The begins of running blinds!

Collar Fetch

Transitioned over to collar fetch today.  She understood the pressure and was all about getting the bumper in her moth to turn the pressure off.  We are moving right along.  Want be long now until we are at walking fetch.

Turning the corner.............

I think we may have turned the corner yesterday with Sadie.  She was much more aggressive at trying to get to the bumper.  The next few days should be fun and we progress to the ground with FF.

He spirits are still good and is always wagging her tail!

Marks today.............

Got out and ran some short marks today.  Sadie learned how to mark off of the winger.  We will start extending the marking distance in low cover once a week while still going through FF just to keep her spirits up.

Turning it up a notch..................

turned it up a notch today and she still did great.  She knows what I want and she is getting faster.  We are looking for her to quickly grab the bumper in her month when commanded to "fetch".  She goes for it but its pretty slow.  It will get better as I start holding her to tighter standards.

Then as a treat this afternoon, we threw a few marks with pigeons!  That really got her fired up.  We will do this from time to time to keep her attitude fired up!

Slow Going.......................

but we know that going into it.  Force Fetch never has a time line.  Some dogs are quicker than others.  The fact that it takes longer ensures that the dog understands what is wanted.  Force Fetch being the basis of everything else we will do from here on out, it doesnt matter how long it takes.  We have still only been at this less than a week so no worries.  She is still bugging but when she is ready she slowly reaching for the bumper.