"HOLD" training

[barry581]

We started working on "HOLD" training a couple weeks ago. I"m taking it pretty slow, as I don't want to have the problems I created with Brooks by not getting a sold "HOLD" before we moved to force fetch. I started with my hand in a glove, then a small piece of PVC pipe wrapped in tape, then a small dumbbell, and we are now using a paint roller. I've got her with a pretty solid hold on these items so we've go on to a moving hold where I have her come to heel position holding the item.

Rose holding the dumbell.




This was taken the second day we did the moving hold.





So far Rose has shown a ton of drive and I think she will have a bright future as a hunt test athlete.