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I really miss Jerry's humor and grace under even under the most difficult of personal circumstances. I think his presence on the board kept the nastiness common to other boards to a minimum because...

I would be glad your dog is making an effort to be good. Tuneup drills without collar corrections might make him more comfortable with fine angle entries.

Tuneup drills

I think with triples you get away from marking as primary importance and focus on trained concepts like selection. I think derbies already have too much focus on straight lines and technical...

It depends. "the gun" serves as a marker for you and the dog as a reference to where the straight path to the bird is. Going to the wrong side alone is not so bad but fading with factors is. If the...

Congrats John and Porky!

Based on discussions recently with Mr. Attar and Pat Burns at their seminar, I think the conflict met in advanced field work is gradually reproduced in training via yardwork and transition. The...

I think that some early mouth issues can come from a weak standard in formal obedience. If you go back and get your formal obedience standard higher you might see the mouthing issue clean up some.

I've judged a few blinds in FTs and from what I could see you could not run a smoother blind than running straight to it and digging it out of cover at the end. Looked like strong wind,steep terrain,...

I would think if you are needing to use the buzzer to get the dog into the water on a cold water blind he is not yet ready for the blind you have set up. I would not use beginning cold blinds to...

Without knowing you or your dog the advice I would give is this:

If you are needing to stop and redirect the dog before it hits the water you need to scoot up and make it less cheaty. With...

British training and no force training are not the same thing. In Britain aversives are used in training,just not collars or FF.

The proudest I've ever been of a ribbon was that first Q JAM with my first FT dog. Rorem has a nice talk about setting goals sequentially and reaching them.

Finish a trial.....then try for...

Great accomplishment. To play consistently at the Q level with those methods tells me its a good dog and a very good trainer. I would expect that trainer to be very proud and satisfied and thats what...

I wouldn't give it a second thought. Dog has not been taught to fight factors. Pattern blinds are about going, not going laser straight(at least thats been my approach)

I would teach 2 more legs....

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BB blind, appears straightforward and used more as a setup for the longer

I think it's easy to underestimate the bb blind. With it set up aimed at the corner of...

One difference with long blinds (and marks for that matter) is that factors like wind and terrain take much more effect. Many dogs can hold a line or cast for 100 yds in a crosswind or sidehill but...

I've got a beast like you describe. I don't take him off line. I might have the long gun throw and pick up bird several times before sending. I think one thing that helps is to change his...

First of all I am no expert but I'll give it a try. I don't see any one quick fix or solution to headswinging. Like most bad habits its best avoided but can be brought up in a controlled tempting...

Obviously if he's headswinging in training and requiring corrections for it then he should not be running trials. Most trial setups encourage headswinging with a short flyer often tight to a long...

If dog has been schooled in multiples and has been taught to stay focused on fall until moved to next gun by handler.....then can use SIT-stick correction if dog swings off bird while in air. If...

If he pops on the second blind but not the first, I wonder about shooting a mark picking it up and then running the second blind. I have found marks added into blinds picks up attitude. Not talking...

Way to go Bobby!

I would not consider a single episode of bird eating a deal breaker. I would stop running tests until you are sure its dealt with. If his delivery is otherwise good and he doesn't crunch birds I...

I try to be most careful on marking set ups.Make marks easy to find if they reach the fall area. One big hunt in cover can be all it takes to get in big trouble. Also no retrieves where dog can go...