Clicker Retrieve.

[edzbird]

Boast, boast, boast - My clever little girl has just done 5 faultless retrieves in the garden. 1 short one like yesterday and 4 the length of the (small) garden. She is so full of excitement for them, and not distracted by any of the balls/dog toys lying about. I was going to film one, but my mini camera is out of charge, it will be dark by the time it's charged up.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Go Miss Sparkle! ✨️

 

[Selina27]

Whoo hoo! Xx

 

[Stacia]

Great, super, you must be so pleased.

 

[Candy]

Clever girl, Miss Sparkle!
And well done @edzbird , excellent training!

 

[MellowYellow]

This is brilliant! Good girl Meg!!

 

[edzbird]

Here she is in action..

 

[Selina27]

What a good girl! Well done Sue for training her so well and patientlyxx

 

[Jacqui-S]

Amazing Sue.
Did you ever think when she first came home with you she would get to be such a good girl?
All your tremendously hard work shows in your achievements.

 

[MellowYellow]

That's so good!!! Well done both of you.

 

[Stacia]

I love the way she gives it to you and she looks so happy doing the retrieve. Well done, two happy souls

 

[Joy]

Fabulous! And Meg looks so happy too!

 

[edzbird]

My sweet Meg did 2 perfect retrieves at Dog School this evening, in a circle of 5 other dogs. Coco also did 2 perfect retrieves for OH.
My next goal will be to get her to hold the dummy until I take it.

 

[Selina27]

This is wonderful Sue @edzbird

Do you think that, overall, it is helping with her anxiety issues? It's great that she can do it in the presence of other dogs.

 

[kateincornwall]

This is so lovely to see , well done to you , Sue , for your patience and dedication to your dogs xxxxx

 

[edzbird]

This is wonderful Sue @edzbird

Do you think that, overall, it is helping with her anxiety issues? It's great that she can do it in the presence of other dogs.

Sometimes I convince myself she's getting better, she can settle around the dogs she knows in class. But then we can see a dog across the street and she's up on her hind legs, lunging an snarling, but not every single time. Just occasionally (and Monday was an example), she sees another dog over the road, and just carries on, yeah yeah, it's just another dog. This put me off guard, because the next one (who was giving us a wide berth) she went berserk. Her reasons for this are obvious to her, but to a mere human - well I cannot fathom it.

 

[Selina27]

Her reasons for this are obvious to her, but to a mere human - well I cannot fathom it.

she's so lucky to have you.

We meet more dogs on a daily basis now than we ever have done before, and even Cass will ignore some but want to greet others!
Mostly though I think with her it's size related, and mostly she likes other gundog breeds.

 

[edzbird]

Here's a little video of Meg first, then Coco. Meg sits very patiently while I fetch the dummy when the toggle broke on the second throw. Then she runs in before I send her - she didn't get her click/treat for this one. Then I forgot how many she'd done so she only had 3 retrieves instead of 4.

Coco, Funtime-Coco as he's known here, starts his 2 retrieve session with the zoomies, got to love the great big silly Boy. I'm struggling to get him to sit when he returns, it's all I can do to step in and take the dummy before he drops it, which I failed on the second one. I took it when he touched/almost picked it up after he dropped it, he still got the treat.

The white on the grass is just hailstones left from last night. The orange ball I am throwing towards is a favourite toy of Meg's and a big distraction. She can now ignore it! Good girl.

 

[Selina27]

That was so great to watch ! You've done so well with Meg and she clearly enjoys it

As for Coco - what can I say I love how got excited when he saw you with the dummies, he's such a joy xx

 

[Candy]

Lovely to watch, Sue, and yes, you really have worked wonders with Meg and Coco is just adorable.
Also I have serious Jacket Envy!