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Quote: Originally Posted by Archery1973 That's in western NY. It sounds like a fantastic story. It surely is. I gave two seminars there, and they've made great progress. By the way, she also hunts, and teaches archery to cub scouts! EvanG

Quote: Originally Posted by EvanG I've looked at the opening post and re-read it. It reminds me of many others on various forums. It's pretty common for people to post up wanting to just solve one pesky problem, but not to really train their dogs because they won't hunt or test or trial them. I come back consistently to the same type of reply; train the dog. Your goal in training any dog in any way is to end up enjoying the dog...

I am a pretty avid dove hunter and love having my lab out there with me, makes it about as easy and fun hunting experience possible. I have a lab just over a year and this is his first dove season. It's pretty straightforward, mostly simple mark and retrieve, perfect for a beginning dog. I tend to only try and knock down one bird at a time and not shot other birds while he is retrieving a downed bird. Just this last hunt I started...

Quote: Originally Posted by EvanG I aske again; have you checked her gums for soreness? They do get past that, and usually in fairly short order. Are things going any better? EvanG I agree .... Chloe was acting the same way as the OP's pup, but got MUCH better after her adult teeth came in. Prior to, she would only retrieve soft things like stuffed toys, then once the teeth came in she decided that she LOVES bumpers, LOL.

Sorry, I misread your posts. Force fetch will not solve the sit quietly problem. I can not offer advice because I am not there yet. Some pups just are wired with high strung mentality. You may never get there. Good luck with it. Doug

Quote: It's all about proper angulation of the knee joint in most cases There are some studies I read a few years back that suggested there was no link between conformation structure and ACL and CCL rupture are injuries. The University of Minnesota is conducting a study on heritability of ACL injuries now, if anyone is interested in following that check their web page. I think that many field injuries could be avoided if trainers took...

so the basics dvd will show me all of those things, correct?

Good on you Coalman for getting Bay (and the Mrs.) into the training. Sounds like Bay is coming along well! Keep the reports coming, as they are quite enjoyable to read.

We are very blessed to work only a half mile from our house. That means Bay gets an outside and a little exercise at lunch time. This morning I filled our bird feeders for the first time since April. We don't feed during the summer as the local squirrel population is doing fine without us. Today at lunch when I took Bay outside there was a small dove on the ground at the feeder. It seemed unafraid. It let me get very close. Must be...

Puppies learn by habit and the habit is now to run with the retrieved object. A long line will be essential but even before that the "here" command needs to be perfected with or without something in their mouth. Work on just walking with your puppy and saying "here" and gently tug and release that line until they get to you then have a BIG PARTY! Eventually you will be able to add a retrievable object and...