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I am probably only about 20 yards right now, my program does a nice job transitioning from walking fetch to force to pile so it isn't necessary to start at 3 feet out the 1st day. I was really tired...

yea 3 or 4 does seem a little low now that I think about it, granted it was only my 1st day actually nicking on the front sit send to pile. I used the 1st two days to make sure we knew what was...

How many sends to the pile per session is adequate on force to pile? Fowl dawgs says 30-40 with 7 or 8 being with pressure. Seems like a lot to me but just wondering.

I'm working on sending from...

just curious, but what makes this place the dog training meca? farmland and water? sounds fun though

where abouts?

I have fowl dawgs and the book 10-minute retriever, have been followign fowl dawgs but have used the book as reference on each different step. It's basically at this point in basics where the book...

last nights session went a lot better with no struggles between dog and handler. I switched from holding her with my hand underneath her collar, I put a leash on her and stood right beside of her,...

yes against everything i read on the SD collars, I still bought one. I'll learn one day maybe

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yes fowl dawgs 1

I just completed day 3 of collar fetch yesterday and I am getting a pretty big struggle from the dog that I did not get in the regular ear pinch phase. She has figured out how to turn off the...

some encouraging comments guys, hopefully by next year I will have the means to take her hunting on every trip. This year the style of hunting just wasn't practical for a new pup in her 1st season.

well my 1 year old still has no clue what we are doing out there watching decoys, only got her out twice this year and no birds either time. It sure is hard to show them what it is all about and...

and to sum up what everybody is saying, NO EXCUSES!

guess I have to find me a parking lot

how do you find the time to train in these short days of winter? dog time for me right now is right after putting the little one to bed, and by that time it is dark and only a flood light off the...

joel porter at crown creek kennels in cherryville, nc
http://www.crowncreekkennels.com/

Yes another take, gg you're probably the poster I remember saying don't do it

Not familiar with the spencer method where do you find this

ok ok I got ya

oh I get you now, yes the bird was in her mouth. I will probably start the progression over and see where we get. frozen, thawed and live again.

Do most of you ff on birds at some point?

she does well with bumpers, used a mallard dokken last night for the 1st time and she didn't have any issues picking it up

well 7pn, at the time we did the live pigeons she was on a long check cord so she had to come back.

yea I wish I could start over at 7 weeks, oh well

might be hard to get some duck live flyers but can probably get some pigeons to do the same with,

any 1st timers wanted a "do over" with their 1st dog? well i do

dog is almost 1 and hope to have her in the blind this year, but still is inconsistent picking up ducks in the yard and field. The few frozen ducks I have are getting pretty bad from tossing around...