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The last dual ch. I saw belonged to the Lilinfelds back in the early 80's. He was a nice dog to say the least, but the image of him being able to compete in todays trials? I don't think so, but I...

Do you want to have an issue with down the shore marks, and flaring the island, in the same setup with a young dog? What are you teaching them when you're handling onto that island?
Guess it...

Who? Never heard of him.
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I'm glad somebody finally said it. They're just babies at 12 weeks. I've got 2 monsters running around here and we never had to 'pop' either of them at that age.
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There's a guy that posts on the forum that has a website, called 'theearlypuppy.htm'
Incredible stuff. I recognized things, reaffirmed things, and learned things in one easy visit.
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My deepest condolence's on your loss Bon, to you and all the members of your family.
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This little dog rules the house. Push's my all age girl out of the way to eat her food if we let her.
They are amazing runners and...

If this is how it's done, how is the bird removed from the aof without interrupting the lesson? On a short retired the gun picking up the bird would have a big impact on what the dog does, no?
Walt

Great read, thanks Mr. Boyer.
Nothing simple about any of it, that's for sure. Not from the breeding on.
Walt

No question about it. But it was instant 'MINE-MINE-MINE' with the pups I'm working with now. I thought I did it all right, never chasing them, bonding, making Here fun. None of it made any...

I disagree, I believe that approach is the fastest way to a ruined dog.
Every time the OP attempts to send the dog into the water at the waters edge and fails, will make it that much harder to fix...

This can't be a naturally occurring thing for any dog can it? Selective attitudes with water entries, depending on where the mat is? I would think this has to be a man made issue.
I would stop...

Up until her last heat I thought she was way off when she came in season. Her last heat, like a laser to every mark, never better on blinds.
My training partners generally feel like their bitches...

I would say couldn't beat Corky, etc... Otherwise all true, at least in my opinion.
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Their mom does it too. Also kind of lifts her leg when she pee's. Squats like any female, then lifts her leg in mid pee. Maybe that has something to do with it. If it's a scenting thing, i've...

Is this what Eric was talking about? I noticed 2 of the males in this litter of pups pushing up against the fence and the retaining walls around the airing pen to void. And now that there's piles...

I'm going to use Hillmann's method, though I expect to have to go off on a tangent fairly quickly. But to start off, what if pup starts getting vocal with the traffic cop method? I can see a lot...

When you have a judge that cares this much about getting it right, handlers are not going to have many excuses.
Walt

I like a definite marker for the end of the blind, but I also don't mind if that marker is a shrub, clump of grass or whatever. Having to keep my wits and remember which bush, tree, etc.. makes it...

I just took the FT test. Called AKC performance events. Left Tanya a message, she called back the next day. I had the test within 4 days.
Took about 2-3 weeks to hear back after I sent in my...

I wish I could have seen this advice with my first retriever, a Golden out of Torch Flynns kennels. I had no experienced people to help get through that period of his training. He still turned out...

Wow. Those are some tremendous accomplishments. I've always heard it's much more difficult to go from hunt tests to field trials, then the other way around.
Never thought of the check down...

What the heck is it with these little brown dogs? They look like weimaranars to me.
The only color a retriever should be is black!!
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You're not kidding. I don't think I'll ever get my dog steady enough to get through a hunt test. Those in your face flyers will kill us every time.
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Feeling my way through the restraint seems the trickiest part, up to now I don't hold them for more then a heartbeat.
Seems like it would be worth the effort, but the OC part (i assume it's OC)...