Episode 19 - Phase 6 of the Clicker Retrieve
Hold the Line
English - August 16, 2019 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWilderness Sports Education gundog training dog training birddog training positive gundog force-free gundog clicker Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 18 - Interview with Dr Gayle Watkins from Avidog
Next Episode: Episode 20 - Planning your training
In this episode, I look at Phase 6 of the clicker retrieve process: Proofing the hold against food.
If your dog can master this step, you will have an extremely reliable retrieve. Your dog will be unlikely to drop in the presence of distractions and you will be able to use this when your dog exits water to achieve a reliable hold and to avoid the dog dropping when wet to shake.
This step also prevents rolling or mouthing of the dummy or retrieve item, in the dog's mouth - since the mouth will still when the dog is focussed on the dummy.
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