It was a much better evening this evening, when we went up to the top field. After a walk up and a few launcher retrieves with Mickey the cocker and Fred the springer working in front of us; Gaynor fired over the hedge into the next field. The first one was a bit tricky. Our stars, Sally and Jack had a good go. Sending them back over the fence, it was difficult to hadle them right from their angle. Wesley had a go and then Molly, they all worked quite well, Wesley and I having a better angle, but couldn't find it. So, just for fun Holly our youngest lab had a go and blow me down, she picked it, winding it from the middle of the field!! It was explained that he would no longer be welcome at training if he wasgoing to do that sort of thing!!! ;)
So we had another go!! This time, Molly the Chocolate was about 3rd dog down, and she got it ....yeah!!!!... That was, of course, totally different and great that she eye wiped the others!!! A good idea to have a go at handling the dogs from over a fence - this weeks plans, together with more whistle.
We then had a go a t doing double marks like we had at the test. Gaynor stood out in the filed, fired a shot and threw a dummy - when the dog was on the way back, she fired another shot and threw another dummy. The dogs weren't marking the second shot. Eventually she realised that the shot was echoing because of the wood close by so we moved away and eventually they started to take note when the dummy was thrown as they passed. I think we will be doing some more of that!!!
The evening was wrapped up with a visit by the delightful Ziggy - black cocker spaniel pup - who had a great time with Fred and Mickey :)
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