M has slowly been catching on to the two sided heeling and does well if I don't mess up Today I messed her up. I didn't think about the direction of the first mark when I sat her on the line (we were running singles) and the first bird was thrown left to right. So once the bird was down I stepped from her right side to her left. I think this motion pulled her off the mark because she then backsided the gun and didn't want to cross over the road. I could see that she was winding the bird but she was reluctant to cross the road. After a hunt behind the gun she final crossed the road and picked up. Second bird she was run off my left and had no problem. The last and longest bird was a right to left, retired. This time I got her lined up off my right side and she put her face right on the bird. She obviously was distracted by my changing positions on the first bird. Can't blame the dog when the handler makes the mistake.
I was really pleased with her blinds today. Both were set up under the arc of the marks. On the short one she had to cross the roadway twice and for the long one she had to go through the key hole and passed the long retired.