Bird Training

>> Friday, March 18, 2016 – gun dog , video , vito , zumi

Zumi's 3rd lesson on retrieving a bird. Since making it really high energy and fun helped her so much I went out with the same plan. Started with the mallard as it somehow is less gross for me to hold. Started out a tiny bit skeptical but in about 1.5min of play and tiny open mouths she was actually starting to want to retrieve it by the end (yay!) I then switched for the pigeon with the bloody head.

Success! Very proud of the Duck! I'm sure it won't be too many more sessions before I have to completely switch tactics and focus on calm impulse control instead of revving her up.

And Vito was a great dog for his 2nd session. Had a few tiny moments of wanting to feather pluck or shake, but mostly was in thinking mode. Proud of the Toller too!

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