New Pup
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Banks is doing great. He's a great retriever, brings birds to the hand. His pointing is coming along, still some work to do if you're into style, but he has zero issues finding birds and holding.
He has no concerns with gun fire, he's way more interested in the birds than the shots. As of this past weekend, he holds the point past the flush and through the shots. Working on making him stay put until given the command to retrieve. This weekend was a first, ended up trying to mimic a covey flushing at different times with shots coming with the different flushes (Thank you bird launchers). He did great! Held through it all, pretty dang happy with his steadiness through the shots. His whoa training has been phenomenal.
He's still very young (9 months) but he's really doing well. Due a number of reasons, mainly the water being cold up here, I haven't started him on water retrieves. I need to get on that now that the weather is getting better.
He's getting used to the whistle commands combined with voice, next few weeks is when the e-collar is going to be introduced.
I'll be looking to schedule his NAVHDA Natural Ability test in late October or early November. Still a long way to go, but I'm pretty excited about this dog.
On point and holding!
Being patient and working on his "heel" command.
He has no concerns with gun fire, he's way more interested in the birds than the shots. As of this past weekend, he holds the point past the flush and through the shots. Working on making him stay put until given the command to retrieve. This weekend was a first, ended up trying to mimic a covey flushing at different times with shots coming with the different flushes (Thank you bird launchers). He did great! Held through it all, pretty dang happy with his steadiness through the shots. His whoa training has been phenomenal.
He's still very young (9 months) but he's really doing well. Due a number of reasons, mainly the water being cold up here, I haven't started him on water retrieves. I need to get on that now that the weather is getting better.
He's getting used to the whistle commands combined with voice, next few weeks is when the e-collar is going to be introduced.
I'll be looking to schedule his NAVHDA Natural Ability test in late October or early November. Still a long way to go, but I'm pretty excited about this dog.
On point and holding!
Being patient and working on his "heel" command.
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