[jmjcpa]

2023 Master nationals - flight H series 3 you tube video
i saw this setup was done at the 2023 master nationals. i have seen remote sits at tests where the dog is off to the side of the handler but not directly in front of the handler separates by hay bales. hunt tests try to be close to hunting situations but i dont think i would put my dog directly in front of me when hunting due to muzzle blast. are direct inline remote sits, as the one done at Master nationals, at other hunt tests throughout the year? i need to throw this into my training. thanks

 

[J. Marti]

Can you post a link to the video?

 

[jmjcpa]

Can you post a link to the video?

 

[Dave_Verbyla]

One potential problem with remote sits in training is that it may encourage head-swinging,
as there is no handler cue to focus on the mark and not to swing to the next mark.

Typically with the dog at heel, the retriever is taught to focus on the mark
until silently cued by the handler's silent push/pull to focus on the next mark.

 

[Eric Johnson]

In NAHRA Senior you used to do see this from time to time.

 

[Golddogs]

2023 Master nationals - flight H series 3 you tube video
i saw this setup was done at the 2023 master nationals. i have seen remote sits at tests where the dog is off to the side of the handler but not directly in front of the handler separates by hay bales. hunt tests try to be close to hunting situations but i dont think i would put my dog directly in front of me when hunting due to muzzle blast. are direct inline remote sits, as the one done at Master nationals, at other hunt tests throughout the year? i need to throw this into my training. thanks

I will NEVER put my dogs in front of the blind, EVER. Stupid setup and probably done by people who don't hunt waterfowl. Always beside me or just behind. (I wonder how they would like to sit under a shotgun blast all day)

 

[Sinister4]

Ran similar back in the day both AKC master and NAHRA senior, no biggie in a test but hunting, nope never

 

[molliesmaster]

AKC hunt tests and UKC, for that matter, might be based on hunting but have gone on to surpass what anyone considers normal hunting practices by a long shot. That set-up was done to test the resolve of a dog's steadiness. And it was great for that reason. I don't think anyone at the test that day would have advocated for putting a dog in front of a blind in an actual hunting scenario.

 

[paul young]

AKC and HRC have not surpassed normal hunting practices. They have relegated them to the archives of the sport.
JMHDAO

 

[drunkenpoacher]

AKC and HRC have not surpassed normal hunting practices. They have relegated them to the archives of the sport.
JMHDAO

Sadly, the same is happening with actual hunters that train and handle their own dogs.
Just look at the entries in Master tests.