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[Scum Frog]

Great work!!!!!

I hope my pup and I are where you are in 5-6 months from now

[Jon Couch]

And that is a "trappers basket" started that addiction 3 years ago!!! you mean im to late to whistle or she sits to late?? she defiantly needs to get better at sitting as soon as I whistle. she does pretty good on the land t. seems like its a distance issue when she gets way out she runs the extra after the whistle.

Both but what I was referring to was your blowing the whistle. They kind of go hand in hand. I was notorious for this when I first started working with retrievers. After training with some pros and just handling many dogs in general it became easier. I concentrate on the dog while they are running and will sit them as soon as I notice they have started to drift (this may only be a foot offline and depends on the factors involved) My goal is to only have to use left and Right straight up back casts. If you are giving angle backs in training (unless you are specifically training on them) you are late in handling. Now keep in mind this is training. The stricter the rules are in training the better performance you will get at a test of FT. Again keep up the good work you have done an amazing job thus far!

[Criquetpas]

First I might say it is a very nice video . Your dog from a hunting standpoint at her age and your hunting style handling is nothing short of excellent. She makes game with her tail as though at age her age has been hunted and has dug birds out of cover, dead waterfowl or upland. It is her style. That may have caused the loopy sits. She doesn't sit square to the whistle. It can be corrected at her age. The reason you want a square sit, she is already overcasting, you will get a better cast if you hunt test her. For hunting who cares, as you will be handling in water and heavier cover. What you send on, well, have had very successful training partners with field champions send thier dogs on get em. One because he couldn't remember his dogs names, don't laugh if you train enough dogs i have sent dogs on the wrong name. The other guy who owned and trained a amateur field champion, sent his dog on get em, and handled on gee/haw, horse talk.
So if you handle the ribbing then no big deal I guess. Judged fellow who sent his dogs on German commands, don't know if he was swearing, intimidating or what? His dogs looked good.

Having said the above it is up to you what direction you take. Hunting, hunt tests or both. You will get plenty of feedback here and keep your big boy pants on, you will learn. One other thing, drives me nuts when one pushes with the hand on the send, just put the hand over dogs head and don't move it. Helps with focus . Welcome and fire away with questions.
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[NBgooseman]

Do you have any training plans to work on a "loopy" sit (like in the first cold blind)?

that defiantly needs work. what would you suggest??

[NBgooseman]

First I might say it is a very nice video . Your dog from a hunting standpoint at her age and your hunting style handling is nothing short of excellent. She makes game with her tail as though at age her age has been hunted and has dug birds out of cover, dead waterfowl or upland. It is her style.

She hunted with us all fall mostly waterfowl and some upland, She was six months on her first hunt. We had an excellent season so she was able to make several retrieves!! lots of videos of her throughout the season on our you tube page. thanks for the info and the comments!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheECWM1/videos?view=0

[Bridget Bodine]

A agree with this for more advanced dogs , but caution against nit picking a young dog. Let a young dog roll for awhile even if it is a bit off line

Both but what I was referring to was your blowing the whistle. They kind of go hand in hand. I was notorious for this when I first started working with retrievers. After training with some pros and just handling many dogs in general it became easier. I concentrate on the dog while they are running and will sit them as soon as I notice they have started to drift (this may only be a foot offline and depends on the factors involved) My goal is to only have to use left and Right straight up back casts. If you are giving angle backs in training (unless you are specifically training on them) you are late in handling. Now keep in mind this is training. The stricter the rules are in training the better performance you will get at a test of FT. Again keep up the good work you have done an amazing job thus far!

[xtrema-2]

A agree with this for more advanced dogs , but caution against nit picking a young dog. Let a young dog roll for awhile even if it is a bit off line

Is this so you aren't diminishing a young dogs momentum or because you don't want to confuse a young dog by giving angled back casts that they may not fully understand yet? I'm unsure is why I ask.

[Bridget Bodine]

So as to NOT diminish momentum....too many whistles starts to erode confidence

By the way to the OP , REALLY nice job for a young dog! Watch your alignment when setting her up. On the first cold blind it APPEARED that she was facing to the right of where the blind was, BUT she did go in the right direction, so I may be wrong

Is this so you aren't diminishing a young dogs momentum or because you don't want to confuse a young dog by giving angled back casts that they may not fully understand yet? I'm unsure is why I ask.

[Criquetpas]

She hunted with us all fall mostly waterfowl and some upland, She was six months on her first hunt. We had an excellent season so she was able to make several retrieves!! lots of videos of her throughout the season on our you tube page. thanks for the info and the comments!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheECWM1/videos?view=0

From what I observed from your video, both, Otter and your parent's yellow are being trained conventionally without a e collar? Correct? It also appears you don't have any problem applying pressure by the obedience video. Can offer suggestions if the above is accurate.

[KwickLabs]

Originally Posted by KwickLabs:

Do you have any training plans to work on a "loopy" sit (like in the first cold blind)?

NBgooseman's response:

That definately needs work. What would you suggest??

It would be difficult to say without knowing what your early "prep" was for basic casting. Did you do three-handed casting with a long lead? Demanding a quick, remote sit and correcting/enforcing in basic OB is necessary. Do you have any way to enforce expectations at a distance?

I went back to check the video and you aren't using an e-collar. So what was your process in producing a "quick" sit close in and proofing it at distances? Long check cord?

Distance tends to rerode control which means the quick sit expectation needs to be dealt with incrementally. You have made distance a non-issue in "going" (this is a good thing), but maybe the distance is having a negative impact on control (i.e. loopy sit).

A "long" whistle often conveys a begging attitude. Short, crisp whistles tend to present more of an urgency (in theory).

I'm sure you will develop a plan.

edit: Ever do any remote sit to flush work with bumpers?