Great real world representation of what it’s like to work with a puppy. It doesn’t always go to plan. Patience and you worked until you experienced success. Good for you.
I like how you don’t edit out all of the imperfections on every send. Training a pup is all about keeping their interest, being patient, and slowly letting them learn👍🏻
Couple tips. 1. Dont repeat marks. For example you "shot" those marks to same spot. Rotate or pivot. If you repeat and repeat the dog will form a habit of running to that spot instead of watching the object fall. 2. She's solid at returning to the platform or "place". When you're working her, stand beside it just like you'd like to heel instead of having her sit facing you to receive. 3. Dont touch her head on the send. Its fine to cue her with your hand but dont put your hand down so low over her. Keep it up over her head. 4. Start incorporating a "bird boy" or some one else throwing/shooting your marks for you. Birds while hunting aren't shot or fall from her side she needs to learn to look out into the field and mark the throw. When she's a little older and more experienced with the place board you can do this solo by sitting her, walking out, throw the mark, remote send on her name, and then have her return to the place board on her own. Good praise on her return.
@Zach Ryan good trainers rarely repeat a mark. They repeat concepts but change the area of the fall and location. This is different than drill work. Drill work is repetition in the same field.
Koras doing great. Just a heads up. I used to release Koba very excited. (Yelling kobas name) but I found when I would release him quietly in the blind he wouldn't go until I yelled his name. Again just a heads you don't want to yell every time you release. Keep up the great work.
I remember hearing on Titus’s podcast that your looking to head to Oregon this year, then I heard on your podcast that you are wanting to hunt some of that slough type stuff. Lewis and Clark refuge out towards the coast would be a place to check out if your interested in that sort of hunting, it’s tidal and not warm but it’s that slough type thing. I would definitely recommend going with someone though because that place gets REALLY sketchy with all of the logs and mud pits and shelf’s and crap. You’d also need a boat to hunt it. If that seems like not a good deal to you then on the coast is a lot of river and slough duck hunting.
Not sure if your current program covers multiple gunners at once. If not, it’s of my opinion that should be covered as well. I’ve had issues with young dogs doing just fine with single gun fire but then bugging bad with multiple gunners. I’ve trained on multiple guns the same way you do single introduction to gun fire. Just something to think about.
Great real world representation of what it’s like to work with a puppy. It doesn’t always go to plan. Patience and you worked until you experienced success. Good for you.
I like how you don’t edit out all of the imperfections on every send. Training a pup is all about keeping their interest, being patient, and slowly letting them learn👍🏻
Its easy to show the high points. It's hard to show the lows
My 10 month old is at duck dog boot camp at Layton Retrievers in Oregon. Amazing how much he has learned. Seeing a gun dog work is a thing of beauty.
honestly don’t see how you haven’t hit 1 mil your vids are 💯
Couple tips.
1. Dont repeat marks. For example you "shot" those marks to same spot. Rotate or pivot. If you repeat and repeat the dog will form a habit of running to that spot instead of watching the object fall.
2. She's solid at returning to the platform or "place". When you're working her, stand beside it just like you'd like to heel instead of having her sit facing you to receive.
3. Dont touch her head on the send. Its fine to cue her with your hand but dont put your hand down so low over her. Keep it up over her head.
4. Start incorporating a "bird boy" or some one else throwing/shooting your marks for you. Birds while hunting aren't shot or fall from her side she needs to learn to look out into the field and mark the throw. When she's a little older and more experienced with the place board you can do this solo by sitting her, walking out, throw the mark, remote send on her name, and then have her return to the place board on her own.
Good praise on her return.
Thanks for the info. We have actually been working on remote marks. It just never made it into this video
@Zach Ryan good trainers rarely repeat a mark. They repeat concepts but change the area of the fall and location. This is different than drill work. Drill work is repetition in the same field.
Dude I'm getting my retriever late September and was just looking into these launchers. They look sick!
Steady progress - she’s a champ 😊‼️
Hey I got a lab a little before you got her and you have helped me a lot so thank you
Koras doing great. Just a heads up. I used to release Koba very excited. (Yelling kobas name) but I found when I would release him quietly in the blind he wouldn't go until I yelled his name. Again just a heads you don't want to yell every time you release. Keep up the great work.
What do the guys at corner stone say to do about those bug distractions?
I remember hearing on Titus’s podcast that your looking to head to Oregon this year, then I heard on your podcast that you are wanting to hunt some of that slough type stuff. Lewis and Clark refuge out towards the coast would be a place to check out if your interested in that sort of hunting, it’s tidal and not warm but it’s that slough type thing. I would definitely recommend going with someone though because that place gets REALLY sketchy with all of the logs and mud pits and shelf’s and crap. You’d also need a boat to hunt it. If that seems like not a good deal to you then on the coast is a lot of river and slough duck hunting.
What bumper launcher is that??thanks
How much time per day you spending on this?
Have you introduced her to aframes or pigeons yet
You need to make a trip down to Louisiana and bring her this season and hunt with my group and our dogs
My dogs named Cora as well. Named after the character in last of the mohicans
Not sure if your current program covers multiple gunners at once. If not, it’s of my opinion that should be covered as well. I’ve had issues with young dogs doing just fine with single gun fire but then bugging bad with multiple gunners. I’ve trained on multiple guns the same way you do single introduction to gun fire. Just something to think about.
Looking good ! She is just not use to being in that setting yet and the bugs will be gone by duck season
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If you crack an egg over her dog food it is supposed to make her coat slick up!
Cooking oil works