ann schnerre

while keeping the pup from injuring himself.

Ike has CRAZY prey drive, he jumps, twists, turns, falls in order to get the item. he's surprised me a couple of times the crazy stuff he'll do to get the "whatever".

he's not 6 months old yet, the most agile, quick pup i've ever had. so i try to work the retrieve/build drive on surfaces with good footing so he doesn't slip and fall (not that slick surfaces slow him down at all), but he really seems to have no self-preservation instinct--he took a freaking huge vertical leap 3 days ago going after a ball, missed, crashed to the floor, hurt his R front leg/shoulder badly enough that he cried out, shook it off, and wanted to go again.

so how do you Mal ppl work crazy pups? i try not to work him in bad footing, but TBH, footing doesn't seem to make a difference...help!!