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Lardy CCs after FF(force fetch) which he generally begins after formal obedience and hold at around 6 months (if the dog has all his adult teeth)

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Does he return to a sit at heel position and do this?

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It's really not a good idea to use age and timeline comparisons. Each dog will move at his own pace. It sounds like yours is doing very well.

And if something isn't working, do something else

Why do you need a camo crate ?

Bird boy help is probably an under utilized tool on water marks.

I don't see how stress can be attributed to low platelets,

Yellow ramset loads are every bit as loud as poppers

So is Tank and several others in Ram's pedegree

http://huntinglabpedigree.com/pedigree.asp?id=767

Your UKC papers left out the fact that he is of decendant of a 2 X National Field Champion

Remington 1187 Around$700 MSRP
Stoeger 3500 (identicle action as the Benelli SBE) under $500

It does sound like a form of bugging but have you ever thought about teaching her to distinguish the sit command by teaching and conditioning the down command?
This gives you a tool that clarifies...

If you can get pheasants there is nothing more exciting to the dog than an in your face rooster.

Anything that raises the center of gravity on a canoe increases instability.

I paddle my canoe to a spot with high cover and pull it to shore. IMO it's not a safe platform to shoot or run a dog...

"Can I compete at a high level non e collar?"

Compete as in being considered an actual threat to place in an all- age field trial? No.
Run the dog and qualify in AKC Master Hunter tests, yes if...

Worthy of a Sticky.

Thanks Chris

They are not supposed to be under judgement on the return but some judges may see it differently. That said if the dog does run the bank on the return you are more likely to get in trouble if you try...

The order of the marks cannot, but a diversion bird is not a mark so the judge can instruct you to pick it up after the mark in which it was thrown has been completed.( I believe)

As was said...

This is the best explanation of going to cold blinds out of TT instead of patterns I have seen. I'm still not 100% convinced but I understand the reasoning better.

Are you using collar pressure?

My advise to all new trainers is to resist the urge to analyze every thing your pup does or doesn't do. Give her a couple days off from "sit" or any other OB.

The fact that it's a 1 man drill makes it usefull for a lot of folks who don't always have a group or a good helper.

Bert

I have never heard of a dog getting bitten by a snapping turtle and we train where there are some big ones.