BEN..... you are a star........ I think what strikes me is how their desire to follow and please their leader...you... outweighs need for treats and stuff to comply.... these dogs are just happy to work and get the job done....
Up dreaming weird stuff and to go to the bathroom.... but ok overall... hope you did too....
Pretty much the usual up around three or four and then back until I got up to go run. I hope you have a wonderful day hun. I'm off to work.
I do use treats to teach at the outset, together with lots of praise. Then they are reduced and used sparingly to reward a behaviour, particularly retrieving. When people ask me about dog training from scratch I recommend they read a book by Pippa Mattinson called “Total Recall”. It is a game changer and can be used in principle to teach anything.
I would expect it takes a long time and lots of methods until it becomes second nature to the pups..... I find the training of the dogs fascinating. They are all hunting bird dogs right? Have you ever trained for anything else....?
i shoulda put it together
mail route or milk route?
That's one thing I will say - I love my job. Been at it 30+ years. That's the one thing keeping me going, actually. I dread the day I get the letter saying I am laid off, etc.
Okay.
They are all hunting bird dogs in your terms but not trained to flush only to retrieve what has already been shot. Flushing dogs over here are usually spaniels. Using my retrieving dogs to flush would ruin them.
It’s a fun movie! A clash of cultures. Physical comedy.
. I hate, hate, hate burning sick days on being sick! 
I’m sorry to read you are not feeling well especially in the middle of the heavy rain.Morning all. Didn’t shake my cold (stuffy nose, can’t valsalva, and woke up clammy this am), so had to burn a sick day (probably two)
The big storm blew over late yesterday. It left more clean-up than the actual Hurricane Deby/TS D! Oh the joys of living in hurricane alley. Our two retention pond pumps couldn’t keep up with the amount of rain (solid for 72 hrs or more and heavy the last 10-12) so they overflowed and our road looked like a fast running creek! We are high and dry though but the cleanup will not be fun.
Now, your Morning Z:
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I can imagine.. 2 Waaayyyy different jobs.... retrieving seems to have a lot more finesse... I may be dog sitting for a week for the boys next door. We will see.... they know basic commands but the puppy is unruly and needs manners... right now training not to try to beat you through the door.
Is that you as a child
