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Hi Naj, I captured what's happening on video! The first retrieve, I corrected and re-set. The next blind I stopped on whistle and handled as you suggested. Would love your opinion on this training session. I don't expect you to watch the whole thing! ha. Here is a link if you fancy a quick watch :) ...

Thanks Naj, yes definitely moving on from the hot spots. I use the no or gruff voice over whistle as a light telling off, just to try and communicate that's not what I want - leaving the whistle only when I can reward with the retrieve - with this she is coming back to the start and resetting. If it...

Thanks again Naj, really helpful. She is also very soft and submissive, although under certain circumstances especially when there is live game, even a pretty firm lead correction she hasn't paid any attention to in the past. I used treats initially to shape the heel position, but with live game aro...

Hi Naj, thanks for the reply, I might have given slightly the wrong impression. I don't think (and hope) she's not miserable. When I say she's sleeping if not training, that's just on a big sofa in my office (work from home). She still goes out and has a run around our small meadow, I just don't wal...

Boy is this dog training tough! Almost a year after my first message on this thread and i feel we're back to the same issue! Went through a period where she was running blinds really well - I let other things slip as was enjoying watching the outrun and wasn't being overly strict if she deviated a b...

Hi guys Thought I'd post in a bit of an update - been on here lots over the past 18 months, and had some super helpful advice. Come a long way, still a lot to learn. What started out as wanting a rough shooting dog, has now turned into a passion - fully caught the bug. Hoping to enter a novice trial...

Thanks everyone! Sorry for the delayed reply, I didn't get notified there was replies! Yeah that all makes a lot of sense. Will go back a step. And I will definitely introduce ladders. On a whole she is a higher drive dog (I can only compare to others at group training sessions), but I still notice ...

Hi all, back again! Progress going pretty well on a whole. Got a specific question about blinds/confidence. I though she (2 year lab bitch), was running blinds quite nicely. But going to a new bit of ground, it seems like she's just memorised so many locations at the other ground. So when I thought ...

I'm a beginner myself - but I actually skipped this step. My lab is very soft mouthed and I found she didn't grip that well, but it improves the whole time simply by giving more difficult articles to retrieve - heavier, bigger bird dummies, even water bottles with canvas taped around, half filled, w...

Hi all! Considering all your helpful replies I thought I'd send an update. So, left, right, back all sorted reliably - did a mixture of everything recommend, went back to just two dummies out rather than three, permanent blind then throwing a pile half way (but then picking) and giving back when she...