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i am at a total loss here and beyond frustrated. My 11 month old BLF is pushing me beyond anything I have dealt with. She has been through OB work, FF, CC and I have decided to go back and work on cleaning up three handed casting before i move on any further.
The problem I am running into is her mouthing issues on retrieves. Any time we run marks, or do any types of retrieves she gets very mouthy and when she gets back to me she will sit and let the bumper or birds just slide out of her mouth. She doesn't drop it, it just slides out. I have told her hold to try and remind her and it doesn't make a difference, I have ear pinched her when she drops the bumper or bird, no difference, I have tried giving her a nick-fetch-nick, no difference.
It seems like the more I correct her the worse it gets. At first I thought it was an issue where she didn't completely understand so I went back to hold for a week, doing OB work with a bumper in her mouth and I don't get a opportunity to correct. I have even taken her on a run around the block and she still won't give me the opportunity for a correction. Its only when we do any types of retrieves.
I am not sure what to do in order to correct this since all my corrections aren't working but making things worse.
The problem I am running into is her mouthing issues on retrieves. Any time we run marks, or do any types of retrieves she gets very mouthy and when she gets back to me she will sit and let the bumper or birds just slide out of her mouth. She doesn't drop it, it just slides out. I have told her hold to try and remind her and it doesn't make a difference, I have ear pinched her when she drops the bumper or bird, no difference, I have tried giving her a nick-fetch-nick, no difference.
It seems like the more I correct her the worse it gets. At first I thought it was an issue where she didn't completely understand so I went back to hold for a week, doing OB work with a bumper in her mouth and I don't get a opportunity to correct. I have even taken her on a run around the block and she still won't give me the opportunity for a correction. Its only when we do any types of retrieves.
I am not sure what to do in order to correct this since all my corrections aren't working but making things worse.