Lesson 10, The Placed Retrieve. Boaz learning how to work against HIGH distractions.

Your dog should be able to pick up DB from the ground. Once it can do that successfully, it is time to build confidence, skill, speed in the retrieve and muscle memory.  The only way to do that is to ensure your dog knows that "Fetch" = fetch FAST and you have to build that speed into the dogs understanding.  If you allow a dog to go slowly at 6', the dog will continue to go slower and slower and slower on their retrieves, so this is a critical week of working your dog successfully against new and varied distractions to proof its understanding the "Fetch" = fetch FAST.

So to accomplish that goal of"Fetch" = fetch FAST, work against distractions, low-med-high.  Here is the sequencing for the RoF:

Wood dowel = DB

Metal dowel = metal food bowl

Leather dowel = leather glove

Cloth = towel roll

Plastic = Plastic wrapped newspapers

And for retrieving breeds duck = fowl.

So, I am putting all my many videos of Boaz's learning that "Fetch" = fetch FAST so you can watch and understand.

Heading to the ground with setup

On the ground with no setup


Adding tough distractions - the Iko videos - heading to the ground with setup

Finally, the full RoF sequencing in HIGH distraction levels in new setting. This video was taken just hours before Boaz did his Chair Test EXAM successfully.

 

 A TOUGH Tunnel of distractions, but Sugar, Pree and Red demo how to succeed against a fellow young Lab, food planted on either side of tunnel and A DUCK!