Every day we try our best to get our pup into a new environment. After a bit of roaming around we’ll toss 2 or 3 retrieves at most. New areas can cause a pup to lose focus on retrieves and that’s why we try to go to new areas daily. The more new areas the...
ALL PLATFORMS MUST BE ONLY INCHES OFF THE GROUND! NO stress on young pup’s joints and ligaments. We have started place training using treats a wee bit and conditioning the return to place after a retrieve. However, I do NOT like mixing treats with retrieves at...
Staking our pups out is extremely important!!! A pup being staked out is learning the lessons of being connected to the lead and that they must sit and watch whatever you might be doing. Here of course, pups are being staked out to listen to the sounds of training and...
Our pups are now really starting to use their mouths for everything! They chew and taste stuff regularly and with that comes the magic word “NO” which we teach to mean “Cease and Desist”. Little spats on the nose, muzzle grabs, muzzle shakes...
At 8 weeks of age, our pups still do NOT have much control of their body functions so frequent potty breaks outside are a must. I try to take them outside at least once every hour and of course we’re doing tons of new environment explorations.
