An interesting little side effect of doing all this new stuff and mixing things up, is the boys are forced to pay closer attention. The next time out after doing the one for ones we did double doubles I think Q really thought there was a blind out there, when he was looking for the memory bird… next time I did singles he really thought … Continue reading Interesting side effect
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
This was my first time doing the nine point drill with my two senior level dogs. It was recommended to me by pros as their favorite drill ever. IF your dog needs a tune up or you want the most bang for your buck this is the drill for you, some pros say they do it once a week. You just need nine bumpers, a … Continue reading Excellent dogs do 9 point drill
Took the boys for some mark/ line drills today. Check out their videos on our YouTube channel! The goal is to get them to WANT to go to the old fall but GUIDE them to go to the blind anyway. I train by the tail these days so please watch their tails. They are wagging all the way through this challenging drill. That is what … Continue reading Good dogs do Mark line drills
