We had an ice storm where I could not take the dogs hunting or training because it was a skating rink then a wind storm where we could not go out and get hit by tree branches, we’ve been doing this game for years and they never tire of it! Now some have told me it doesn’t work, the secret is the toy I use … Continue reading Winter games

Next new drill we tried is one for ones. Mark, blind, mark, blind. I thought it would be easy for my boys since we’ve been doing mark / line drills, but NOT. This is a great one to teach them to do what you want them to do and go where you want them to go. A common theme of all of these drills, is … Continue reading One for Ones

We tried a new marking drill- double doubles. It is just as it sounds, you set up a double and run it twice reversing the direction of the memory birds and go birds. You get a lot of concepts in one- swing right, swing left (either can happen in the field and they are each hard for different reasons), different angles in a different order, … Continue reading Double doubles

Q finished up his Junior Hunter title last month. I am so proud of him! Now we have the experience of working through a major issue, his water entries. I believe I had overworked him preparing for seasoned tests and kind of killed the fun for his water work. But the good part is he learned a lot of technical stuff…. that tends to show … Continue reading Q White JH

Q turned 3 and earned a seasoned pass from Hunting Retriever Club last weekend! He did some goofy puppy things like showing off the bird to the judges and not sitting at the line but once I would get him sitting he was nice and steady and never broke once and did come back and deliver the birds to hand.. a hesitation going straight into … Continue reading Water water