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All good solutions as well.

I am sure you will get plenty of ideas, but one suggestion would be to turn and run from him the moment you see him slow down - or when he turns and sees you if he never gets sped up to start with. ...

I use OK and I have noticed the same thing - it's very easy to inadvertently say "OK" without meaning to release the dog.

True, but it's the only way for sure to teach your dog that just because he knows he is at a test doesn't mean he can get away with that behavior. What other correction can you make in that...

I would be careful with the white/orange bumper thing. As long as he is not shopping I wouldn't see that as a problem.

I would also be careful trying to force him to go faster to the pile. ...

I've used it. It's great if they actually have what you need when you need it. And that comment is purely factual, not editorial.

X1000 on this. I was having the same issue last week on pattern blinds while I was using bumpers, and a couple ducks on the blind cleared that right up.

I should be training with Mark on...

My dog would pick up a white bumper over an orange one any day of the week and twice on Sunday. However, due to being properly Force-Fetched, he will pick up the orange ones when the white ones are...

I think a lot of us are saying the same things but in different ways.

Just like graduating law school and passing the bar did NOT mean I was actually ready to practice law, I could not have...

Amen and amen. Especially if your dog is completely bird crazy. I am not sure I will ever be finished steadying him.

Good point. However, at least in Brown's case, one of his biggest talents was being 6' 2" and 230 pounds, or as big as a lot of linemen in his day. He certainly would not enjoy nearly the same...

Right. I don't know about your dog(s), but my dog can hear plastic wrap rattle and his treat container open from at least 100 yards. How far do I walk with the collar??? :D

I understand what you guys are saying and why, but I have a point of clarification here for my edification. Would you not go ahead and turn the collar on but just leave the transmitter somewhere...

On the second night I had my pup home, I heard the squalling from the crate beside my bed somewhere in the neighborhood of 2:30AM. I got up and promptly stubbed my toe on the crate. I'm already...

I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. I am a rookie (hence the name) and I have already seen several folks who, IMHO, need to have their transmitters taken from them at best or hit upside the...

I agree. It seems like training without the collar would be much less efficient. We are all trying to habituate certain responses, and it seems like the combination of teach - force - reinforce is...

I am NOT trying to argue with you about how many times you feed your dog. It is after all YOUR DOG.

As a once-a-day feeder carried over from his first pro, it sure makes it a lot easier on you...

Be careful what you wish for. I had some of the same thoughts about my yellow pup. Biggest in the litter, male, sluggish.

And then he saw his first shot flyer at about 4.5 months. It wasn't...

A good friend of mine refers to this as physics.

Per some fellow named Lardy, when starting work on pattern blinds, attrition is the much preferred method of keeping them on line except for violations of what he calls the go-stop-come standard. ...

Lanse is the same with a couple rank amateurs as well. I learned an unbelievable amount in the time I spent with him. A great all-around experience that I would recommend to anyone who has the...

You normally can't use a release to absolve yourself of your own negligence, as another poster said. Also, the more detailed the release the more skeptical the signer should be. And this is coming...

To each his own, and that's one reason why there are several different options out there.

I understand that Evan is available to answer questions, but in some respects he is still handicapped by...

Probably not much right now. When you have taught "sit," you can sit him, hold the food bowl, and continue to withdraw it until he can sit until it is on the ground. Then you can start to teach...

Seriously?!?!? There are Labs out there that don't get excited about eating???? Like most of you, I make mine wait to be released to eat. You would do well not to be between him and that bowl when...