PUP DROPPING SHORT ON RETRIEVE.

[fireman 10,993]

It's not 5 months old,it's still a baby so let it be a baby in it's ways still.It should just still be a quick game for it retrieving anything so don't push the time spent doing it for to long as when out in the field does a dog retrieve things one straight

after another anyway?,they don't unless it's a gun dog and then there's a hunt for it to find it first.Little bits and keep it fun ..

 

[Casso 1,261]

On 28/02/2019 at 20:10, japs eye said:

hello people as the title suggests my 18 week old pup is dropping short on her retrieves and looking for some different methods and/or ideas you have used to get her retreiving correct, cheers JE.

As the man said it’s still only a baby, but in saying that,  any negetive interaction leave life long impact, 

dont be in a panic to get the perfect retrieve at that age  

In fact its not even about the item,  it’s about your space and the pup feeling good in it with an item in its mouth

, get 2 items , get the pup coming into your space with the first to interact with the second , play a little tug   Let the pup win every time , 

dont take the f***ing thing away from a pup,  let it drop it to get the second   

Get the pup walking beside you with the item , is another good one out walking 

and most of all , daily interactions with the pup must be positive, you can do all the training under the sun but if theres not trust you’re f****d   

Best of luck