Originally Posted by
lorneparker1
Have you asked Kevin what he suggest you do over the next 5 months?>
It depends on your standard and what exactly you want from the dog. It is tough to teach a dog to run before it can walk without having holes In your training. II;ve lived this. Meaning Force fetch usally comes before blind retrieves because you need to do force to pile before blinds. Ideally you want your dog decheated and have swim by done before you really get serious with blinds. Without the proper foundation, its a tough go and things take a lot longer then they should, and you are working on problems that wouldn't even exist if done properly. Trust me if you've missed a step, IT will rear its ugly head at some point as you try to advance! IF you want to do the foundation work your self, have at er. Buy Mike lardy TRT or even grahams Dvd set. both will get you a great gun dog if followed correctly and you have someone to lean on for help when you run into snags.
This doesn't mean you cant do things with your dog. I would work on building drive and helping cultivate the pup into becoming a good citizen. IF you want to start to work on blinds, doing sight blinds like you mention is fine. I would not use the words " molly, back" I would use the terms " dead bird, dead.... back". Saying her name I assume is what you are going to use to send her for a normal retrieve. IF you use that and then back that will be confusing. The term dead bird you want to mean. "hey there is some something out there, ill help you find it." " back" means now go out there and get started.
Good luck!