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Thanks wj939 I have been just sending her on her name for obvious marks, I do add in the odd one where I send her on my arm if she has looked up at me. That is one of the issues she does like to make eye contact so if the mark ends up out of sight see will start looking at me or scan. But like you said I'm really stripping it back and doing simple marks for the next few weeks to see if I can get her flowing again. Thanks all for your good suggestions.

Hi all, Thanks for the suggestions, I have been doing some simple marks, and she does mark the dummies down. If I then turn her round, stand off of her a yard or two and then send her back she will sprint out to the area and pick, so I am confident she has marked it. I think Mochastorm you are correct, it is a result of verbal corrections to running it, (so solved one problem and created another). She is a soft dog, as mentioned before really driven so quite a quirky little thing. Very responsive on the whistle stops and turns on a sixpence, takes direction well and hunts on the whistle. To be honest she is everything I want, with the exception of casting from my side. She will get a little bit of rest now as she has just come in to season, so I will just do some simple marks in the garden with her for the next few weeks at least! Thanks again all for you suggestions, really appreciated.

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I have a 2 year old lab bitch, she has all the basics, great nose, speed, very responsive to the whistle and takes direction. The problem is she has got sticky by my side, when trying to send her for a retrieve she will sometimes look up at me or scan and not lock on to the target. We are talking marks and memories not blinds, so my first thought is confidence. so walk out throw the dummy up again to show her and try and send her again. Sometimes this works sometimes not, the more I have been trying to tackle this certain things have become apparent. I am beginning to think it isn't confidence on knowing where the retrieve is. The reason I think this is that if I stand off of her, by just a couple of yards, and send her back she will go every time with no hesitation and pick. If I stand off of her and send her as an out or away, again she goes without hesitation. But by my side she will stick up and not lock on to my arm (not every time, sometimes she does it perfect and sometimes not). It's the same weather short or long event when the dummy has been thrown to the same area as the previous retrieves. She is a very honest dog and really loves to please, very driven, but soft. I think It's as if she is not sure if she is allowed to go or not. Although I cannot pinpoint it to any one thing or point in time, I'm beginning to think this may have been as a result of general steadiness training in group training environments, she is unsure if she is allowed the retrieve or not. Anyone had a similar experience and found a way to overcome this? She is a great little dog and when she goes her work is fantastic and she really wants the retrieve, but obviously the challenge is getting her to leave my side.

Make sure he hasn't seen you or someone else walk around the pond. If someone is putting a dummy out heel the dog away so they don't see them walk there and back.

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Good points bigbird, I will make sure I double my efforts to be consistent, I realise that I may have left it a bit too long in the past to walk him away allowing him his adrenalin level to go through the roof. He is normally easy distracted with food but in this situation he is not in the bit interested, just focused on the retrieve. I will continue with the training suggested because he is worth the effort. In all other area's he show good promise. Thanks again

Thanks both for your good advice. Bigbird, yes I do pick some, myself sometimes all of them and he stays calm and not bothered at all, maybe I don't look at all excited when I pick them . It appears to be just seeing other dogs pick. I have arranged to get him to sit a watch another dog retrieve and then will get him sitting watch other classes. Let's see if this will help calm him down. Thanks again ...

Hello, I have a 2 year old lab dog, and training has been progressing well with the basics. His steadiness is good when on our own almost text book. I can put him a sit, walk around a field and put several dummies out, even quite close to him with not a single concern that he will run in. I will walk back to him and heel him away for some memories. Then send him for the memories one at a time. His memory isn't as good as I would like as he tends to remember the first 2 but needs some handling on the 3rd/4th. (But I am happy to work on that). The main problem I can't crack is steadiness when other dogs are retrieving, he starts to boil over with excitement. He will mark every dummy down, waiting to be sent. If other dogs are sent for the retrieves he will start fidgeting and squeaking, in a very short time it gets louder and his legs will start stamping his front legs while still in a sit (as if he is saying let me go and get it). Now if left for too long in this state say more that 30 seconds he will then boil over and try and if left for any longer he will almost certainly run in. When he has run in he will normally stop if shouted at or stop whistle blown, (as long as he is still some distance from the mark). He doesn't try to steal the retrieve from another dog, just interested in the dummies down. However he does get even more over excited when the other dog can't find the retrieve and he believes he knows were it is. I've tried walking him away from the line and distracting him and it works a little bit, but still stays focused on the prize, and gets worked up again in seconds. So any ideas welcome...

Is this still for sale?

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Hi, I'm interested in the .308 dies, I assume the 2 Lyman dies are Full length and seating so is the Redding a neck sizer? If so I'll take them please.

Hi BB, Friday Sept 25th works best for me...

I could be interested (time/date dependent), as long as you're happy with a West Sussex lad joining in?

Thanks everyone for your replies, I'll go back to play and the basics...