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Ok, lets talk retrieves!
I'm working my 2 year old Rottie towards a schutzhund 1, hopefully beginning of next year she'll be ready. She has a BH and is doing a vorous and the tracking. Retrieves are the next big hurdle.
I started Sunday night with her doing the meter and A-frame. I gave her a foundation of jumping when she was a year old, just alittle mock agility (PVC jumps and tire jump) ... so I just took some boards out of the meter jump and built her up to full height. She took to the A-frame pretty fast so I was alittle suprised since she isn't the most confident dog on the block
Anyways, tonight I will probably do alittle refresher on the a-frame and start the retrieve itself. I think she has enough of a natural retrieve to shape it without going straight to a forced retrieve.
Any suggestions on how to start?
My idea was to take her prey object .... toss it ... say \"bring\". I'm sure she will go out for it and naturally she likes to come back to me. Feasibly if she will go out for a toy .... a big hunk of wood isn't too far off
Thoughts?
I'm working my 2 year old Rottie towards a schutzhund 1, hopefully beginning of next year she'll be ready. She has a BH and is doing a vorous and the tracking. Retrieves are the next big hurdle.
I started Sunday night with her doing the meter and A-frame. I gave her a foundation of jumping when she was a year old, just alittle mock agility (PVC jumps and tire jump) ... so I just took some boards out of the meter jump and built her up to full height. She took to the A-frame pretty fast so I was alittle suprised since she isn't the most confident dog on the block
Anyways, tonight I will probably do alittle refresher on the a-frame and start the retrieve itself. I think she has enough of a natural retrieve to shape it without going straight to a forced retrieve.
Any suggestions on how to start?
My idea was to take her prey object .... toss it ... say \"bring\". I'm sure she will go out for it and naturally she likes to come back to me. Feasibly if she will go out for a toy .... a big hunk of wood isn't too far off
Thoughts?