moonsailnewf
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Hey Darlene with Bristles, are you out there??? Have a lady with a Lab up here in WI that wants to teach her boy the dock dogs stuff.
Any resources I can point her towards? Apparently, her boy loves to retrieve and does jump, however, he's running as she's throwing his bumper, and then stopping at the end of the dock, sighting on the object and then jumping with a resounding belly flop! :whistling:
Not having trained a dog for this, and facing wrd training issues of our own, (slithering off the boat vs. leaping), this summer, I'm not sure how to advise her.
My only thoughts for her at this point, since he is jumping, is to hold him back from the jump, toss the object, make him sight on it while he's in position, and then send him for it. Maybe he won't stop at the end of the dock that way, and the foward momentum will propel him into a nice leap.
Thoughts anyone?????
Any resources I can point her towards? Apparently, her boy loves to retrieve and does jump, however, he's running as she's throwing his bumper, and then stopping at the end of the dock, sighting on the object and then jumping with a resounding belly flop! :whistling:
Not having trained a dog for this, and facing wrd training issues of our own, (slithering off the boat vs. leaping), this summer, I'm not sure how to advise her.
My only thoughts for her at this point, since he is jumping, is to hold him back from the jump, toss the object, make him sight on it while he's in position, and then send him for it. Maybe he won't stop at the end of the dock that way, and the foward momentum will propel him into a nice leap.
Thoughts anyone?????