Preacher has been doing some hunt test training for a few months now but just here and there learning to retrieve a bumper on a long line and come back to us. We just started incorporating a duck since when she was younger all she wanted to do was pluck and eat it. Now she is understanding the concept of retrieving so she isn’t as interested in eating it as she is bringing it back.
Boy oh boy are we going to go train?
Hi Mom, I guess I best get used to you taking pictures.
We started out throwing the bumper so she knew that she needed to retrieve it and bring it back to us.
After three retrieves with the bumper we moved onto the duck and she brought it back with some encouragement with the leash. She really doesn’t understand the “here” command yet so we don’t set her up to fail, we set her up to succeed so we keep the leash on her and “reel” her in when we say “here” that way she learns when we say “here” it means come to us and bring the duck with you. She is doing really well. It’s all about repetition just like any training, you need to set up a schedule and just keep at it each day.
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Aw, she’s doing great!! Setting them up for success rather than failure is so important!
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She looks like she wants to keep that duck…
BRavo Preacher, I’m sure you will be a famous hunter girl soon, like your mom and your daddy :o) …oh btw: what’s with that duck? I feel some hunger in one of my 7 stomachs :o)
That is so cool! Pierre will retrieve a ground mole…he kills it then shows it off. They would be epic failures at hunting.
She’ll be a pro in no time!
She’s a total natural! Well done on the training ad setting up all the successes right off the bat. 🙂
So incredibly beautiful – she’s a pro and having fun, how wonderful!
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Preacher’s doing great! Looks like you all are on the right track for success!
I agree with SlimDoggy, it does look like she doesn’t want to give up that duck! It sounds like she’s making great progress, though. Can’t wait to read more as she gets even better 🙂
She will be awesome! My sisters and I don’t retrieve anything, never have, but then again, we are not retrievers!
She will be amazing!
I really need to work on “here” with Gretel again. She got it about 80% when we took training after adopting her but both her and I got lazy. Now she will get really distracted by something and not come to me. Using a leash or long line is a good idea for making sure they are successful.
I hear you about the lazy part, we really haven’t worked like we should with preacher.
She looks like she’s is going to be amazing! How exciting for you guys!
Thank you, I sure hope so.
So cool to see those duck retrieving pictures! She’ll learn the “here” command in no time 🙂
Thank you, little by little.
Preacher looks like she’s doing great, and having fun while she’s learning too!
She is such a happy little dog.
Good job Preacher. You are so cute. 🙂
Thank you, she is coming along nicely when we actually do get out and train.