advise with retreiving

[budharley 945]

Hi there looking for some advice , my 5 month old collie grey basic training has come along great but i cant get her to retrieve she will pick up the dummy then runs away then drops it when she does come towards me she will drop it well before she gets to me ive tried moving away from her ,crouching ,trying to intercept her ,i was thinkig of putting her on a long line and guiding her in would this work i tried retrieve training when she was a young pup but was advised on here to let her be a pup first but i think i have left it abit to long concentrating on other stuff

[daveyace 0]

putting a lead on her will only make it a chore for her and wont be fun. Instead start from basics again and dont move on till youve got this right. crouch down and drop the dummy in front of her to make it very easy when she picks it up praise and reward her, when shes doing it every time, only reward her when she gives it to your hand and once shes doing this every time then you can start throwing it a little distance and start indoors with no distractions, make it a game and only do a few goes a day and stop before she gets bored and leave her wanting to do it more so she gets excited every time you get the dummy out, and give her a treat she loves. Hope this helps mate.

[budharley 945]

hi mate thanks very much cheers steve