I've had Sadie about two weeks and we have really started to work this week. When I got her she was fresh and had no formal training. Her owner had done as I had instructed and only thrown marks for her on land and in water. Sadie is 7mths old and ready to go to work. The first week I had her we collar conditioned her to "here" She picked this up very well and handled the pressure as well as any dog I have ever seen. We only worked on this for two days and I am very happy with the results. She got a few days off because of work and we started back at it on Sunday. Sunday was the first day that we worked on hold. I started with my hand in her mouth, which she accepted pretty easily and then we went on to the paint roller and after a few tries she understood what I was asking for. Monday we started on Force Fetch. We had 4 short sessions and by the last session she was reaching for the bumper. I was very pleased and look forward to see just how far we can take Sadie.
She has shut down her retrieving for the time being. She is still eager, but runs to the bumper and then remembers that this is the object that she associates with pain on her ear. Not unusual at this point.
( He attitude is very good and if I see that the attitude is good, I will throw a fun bumper or two while going through the process of FF, some trainers refrain from any retrieves at all during this process.)
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