I have a lab that I had trained by a pro. Shes better than me. Im still learning handling and running blinds. Weve been running W drill back to white buckets, casting, wagon wheel, learning each other alot, and run a few blinds every day to end training.
Question is how do terrain and enviornmental factors affect how the dog runs a blind.
I know with wind, say, left bloing to the right will push the dog right some. Same wind with a wet dog, wind will blow them right further...
Question is how does wind, terrain, etc affect the dogs? Uphill down hill, wind at 12 oclock, wind behind you at 6 oclock... trying to figure out factors that make dogs drift one way or another.. that way at hunt test I can see more vs the un trained eye, because I am the untrained eye right now. I need to get better as a handler.
Running our first seasoned test next weekend. Been training on doubles, poison birds, gun shots, walk ups, she hammers them, been focusing on lining drills and blinds as thats where we need to build on more than anything.
Question is how do terrain and enviornmental factors affect how the dog runs a blind.
I know with wind, say, left bloing to the right will push the dog right some. Same wind with a wet dog, wind will blow them right further...
Question is how does wind, terrain, etc affect the dogs? Uphill down hill, wind at 12 oclock, wind behind you at 6 oclock... trying to figure out factors that make dogs drift one way or another.. that way at hunt test I can see more vs the un trained eye, because I am the untrained eye right now. I need to get better as a handler.
Running our first seasoned test next weekend. Been training on doubles, poison birds, gun shots, walk ups, she hammers them, been focusing on lining drills and blinds as thats where we need to build on more than anything.
