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I asked Roxanne to post this video from last summers retrieve class. When you watch Kara’s test from this week now as we learn leather object Kara does the retrieve with no problems, except for maybe the handler.:) Getting to this point the first time around was full of difficulties. She would drop, I would correct. I corrected to hard and made her head shy. Then she would drop the dumbbell if I just got close to her head with my hands. We had to backwash to: dog drops dumbbell, light tap on chin, place back in mouth and say hold. Continuing the rest of the retrieve from wherever she dropped it. Then we’d do it again. It took a lot of practice and patience to move on. My word of encouragement is don’t give up.
I asked Roxanne to post this video from last summers retrieve class. When you watch Kara’s test from this week now as we learn leather object Kara does the retrieve with no problems, except for maybe the handler.:) Getting to this point the first time around was full of difficulties. She would drop, I would correct. I corrected to hard and made her head shy. Then she would drop the dumbbell if I just got close to her head with my hands. We had to backwash to: dog drops dumbbell, light tap on chin, place back in mouth and say hold. Continuing the rest of the retrieve from wherever she dropped it. Then we’d do it again. It took a lot of practice and patience to move on. My word of encouragement is don’t give up.
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