so you may recall my no-go problem thread that was result of poor bird boy skills, bad thinking on my part to run a drill (dirt clod), and poor timing. this all occured on land. fast forward 2 months and im still getting a few no goes here and there. my course of action is "no" "sit" walk forward 10 steps "here" burn till he gets at my side then send. which he always takes off and usually gets in the AOF.
fast forward to last friday. got new grounds to train on. still always in the back of my mind he'll no go and i usually can tell before i send him. set up a long single (250 yards). ran it and nailed it and did not no go. added 2nd gunner at 175 and ran as double nailed i with no no go. called it a day.
next day met group at training ponds. usually train here once a month. ran 6-7 short singles >125 yards. no-goed every single one. called it a day with that group and then some field trial guys showed up and decided we'd work through the problem with some pros (pro in experience not pro as in paid). set up some cheating singles between 150-250. went through all 3 marks no-goed them all but after the here burn he'd get in the AOF. they suggested maybe if i'd had this problem for 2 months maybe i needed to try something different. so they suggested when i come back up send him while they are in the air at the peak to not give him chance to bug or no go. it may create some bad habits but tackle the greater of the 2 evils first. it worked on first one but he didnt get any where near AOf and had to be handled.
after all the setups they got young dogs out to work on short (50-75 yards) cheating singles. most of them were just cutting corner type marks or running water. i worked him on it just to build confidence. did 6 flawlessly. the final one 75 yards he no goed
fast forward to today. set up a cold double on same field from last week 320 and 175. small hunts on both but didnt get any no goes and called it a day. lots of praise given and couple hup-hups
my question. do you think no goes are related to water? could he be tired from the day before or know that the swimming will make him tired? doesnt like to perform in public? could it be related to his dead tail we got around 2.5 months ago?
2 months ago the burn on a no go was a 3, saturday we made it to a 5. its not a factor of not seeing mark because the wingers i use when i train alone have a primer on them and only half the time does it go off. and he still nails the marks. saturday we were using thunders and bumper boys. he doenst no go blinds. almost any time he cheats i dont resort to nicks i just handle if its really bad. luckily he's a pretty water honest dog. last week were only real field trial marks. everything up to this point has been confidence building marks >125 yards
fast forward to last friday. got new grounds to train on. still always in the back of my mind he'll no go and i usually can tell before i send him. set up a long single (250 yards). ran it and nailed it and did not no go. added 2nd gunner at 175 and ran as double nailed i with no no go. called it a day.
next day met group at training ponds. usually train here once a month. ran 6-7 short singles >125 yards. no-goed every single one. called it a day with that group and then some field trial guys showed up and decided we'd work through the problem with some pros (pro in experience not pro as in paid). set up some cheating singles between 150-250. went through all 3 marks no-goed them all but after the here burn he'd get in the AOF. they suggested maybe if i'd had this problem for 2 months maybe i needed to try something different. so they suggested when i come back up send him while they are in the air at the peak to not give him chance to bug or no go. it may create some bad habits but tackle the greater of the 2 evils first. it worked on first one but he didnt get any where near AOf and had to be handled.
after all the setups they got young dogs out to work on short (50-75 yards) cheating singles. most of them were just cutting corner type marks or running water. i worked him on it just to build confidence. did 6 flawlessly. the final one 75 yards he no goed
fast forward to today. set up a cold double on same field from last week 320 and 175. small hunts on both but didnt get any no goes and called it a day. lots of praise given and couple hup-hups
my question. do you think no goes are related to water? could he be tired from the day before or know that the swimming will make him tired? doesnt like to perform in public? could it be related to his dead tail we got around 2.5 months ago?
2 months ago the burn on a no go was a 3, saturday we made it to a 5. its not a factor of not seeing mark because the wingers i use when i train alone have a primer on them and only half the time does it go off. and he still nails the marks. saturday we were using thunders and bumper boys. he doenst no go blinds. almost any time he cheats i dont resort to nicks i just handle if its really bad. luckily he's a pretty water honest dog. last week were only real field trial marks. everything up to this point has been confidence building marks >125 yards