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So today, simpler setting (cut grass) same visual stimulus (hubby waving a bumper.) Added "hey-hey" (no throw.) Squeek, squeek. Back to the holding blind. More obedience. Go to "line". Wave...

OK... I'm seeing it somewhat. There is no reason for her to believe every bird is hers. So when we go out with the training group, we can do obedience back by the truck and then go back into the...

We've continued really stringent obedience... and tried to include things that are associated with field work (especially formal HT's). Put up the holding blinds. ...

I think I'm starting to get it. Very frustrating when there is just so much "curriculum" for a working retriever to get through. Yes we began with obedience. But with THIS dog (a typical "high...

I think we'll go back to heeling and sitting, maybe heeling around a holding blind in the backyard. Tighten that up a lot, get it precise.

Then same around the food dish (my closest approximation...

EXACTLY!! What I'm getting from comments (yours is totally validating what others are saying...) it's conditioning. Getting out of the crate without getting wound up. Moving to the ground from the...

You can have maybe a little squeek, no one would dock you for it. But... if it starts with a squeek, by the time the next series comes along, it could be a loud whine. Then, in Senior... you'd...

I wasn't sure where to post this, but figured I'd get a variety of thoughts on this forum:

Brief review: Rocket Dog is a high-rolling field dog. Has had a conventional FT/HT basic ed using...