lee-kinsman Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) I was asked on another forum about teaching a retriever to go through cover, straight to the retrieve without stopping short of the retrieve and hunting early. Hope it’s useful to someone. Lee (Sorry for the abrupt ending, my phon died but I think the video demonstrates the lesson) Edited December 1, 2017 by lee-kinsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Very well done lee, these videos are very instructive to many would be trainers I take my hat off to you young man thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Wow that's great. Teaching a dog to use its memory and patients like that.... very well done. Lovely looking dog. We're at the very beginning of training with our labby cross at the moment; she'll retrieve 2 balls thrown in different directions once given the command, but no where near as far as yours was retrieving from or as long after the dummy was thrown. Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted December 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Thank you both. It good to feel like they help ?? Thank you. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 What a lovely looking goldie. do you ever sell any as part trained it trained etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labstaff Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Brilliant video. That's training the dog and it doesn't even know it's being trained. Just a natural transition from what it already knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted December 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 11 hours ago, archi said: What a lovely looking goldie. do you ever sell any as part trained it trained etc? Thank you Archie, he really is a fantastic dog. I’m not just saying this because he’s mine but he’s the best working Golden Retriever I’ve seen. I try to bring two pups on per year just to keep myself practiced at training from scratch and then move them on at around 10 months. My long term ambition is to be able to keep a litter back and bring them all on simply for the experience of observing how each pup develops from the same litter. I would also like to breed consistently high driven and biddable Goldies because the really good ones are few and far between and in my opinion something needs doing about that. The Goldie community definitely needs to breed more discriminately to produce solid reliable working Goldies. Thank you for your encouraging comments. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 How much do you normally pass them on for etc? I may be on the look out for a dog in the very near future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted December 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 9 hours ago, labstaff said: Brilliant video. That's training the dog and it doesn't even know it's being trained. Just a natural transition from what it already knows. Thank you Labstaff, if you ever feel you can offer a suggestion or idea for another video demonstration please let me know. Thank you for your lovely feedback. I appreciate it. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted December 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, Lloyd90 said: How much do you normally pass them on for etc? I may be on the look out for a dog in the very near future Ey up Lloyd90, If you pm me with what your looking for. I’ll try and help. I try and home a dog according to what I think it’s ability is, for example if it’s a bit soft at hunting but very keen and natural marking id say it’s more of a peg dog so look for someone who wants such a dog. The most important thing is to get the dog that works for the handlers needs. Next year the only planned mating I have is with my springer. I’ll try and help you where I can though. Thank you, Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labstaff Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Hi Lee, a video training a dog to jump would be handy. Most dogs I see halt at the obstacle instead of going over, particularly with a blind retrieve. Cheers, Leigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 4 hours ago, labstaff said: Hi Lee, a video training a dog to jump would be handy. Most dogs I see halt at the obstacle instead of going over, particularly with a blind retrieve. Cheers, Leigh When I trained my spaniel to jump stuff I’d sit her very close to sit, do a very visible dummy or treat thrown over the obstacle and when sent for it I’d say “get over, get over”. Working back to distance when I’d shout “get over, get over” she seemed to work out she had to jump and get back. Be good to see what Lee says though. The focus that dog is giving you in the video Lee is something special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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