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cwalt

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08/14/2007 12:40 AM
You can train the drag track retrieve and water work at the same time. I take my canoe and a bird and a squirrel and head for a duck marsh. I drag the bird 25 yards to the water's edge, toss the drag line into my canoe and paddle out through the marsh towing the bird (dead pigeons do fine, it doesn't have to be a duck). When I get out in the marsh a way I find a good clump of reeds and toss the bird into them. Then I paddle back to the shore in a round about way to stay away from the track I've laid. Then I go to the truck and get the dog... bring it to the start of the track (tuft of feathers) and send the dog for the retrieve. After a short time I repeat the drag and canoe tow in a different area with a dead squirrel and plant that out in a different bunch of reeds where it won't sink. Then back to shore, back to the truck, bring the dog to the tuft of squirrel fur that is 25 yards from the shore and send the dog for the retrieve. Two drags, two scent exercises for tracking on land and water and two successful retrieves... one exercise session... one very cooperative dog. Cj

rospigan

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08/14/2007 9:00 AM
>>>You can train the drag track retrieve and water work at the same time. I take my canoe and a bird and a squirrel and head for a duck marsh. I drag the bird 25 yards to the water's edge, toss the drag line into my canoe and paddle out through the marsh towing the bird (dead pigeons do fine, it doesn't have to be a duck). When I get out in the marsh a way I find a good clump of reeds and toss the bird into them. Then I paddle back to the shore in a round about way to stay away from the track I've laid. Then I go to the truck and get the dog... bring it to the start of the track (tuft of feathers) and send the dog for the retrieve. After a short time I repeat the drag and canoe tow in a different area with a dead squirrel and plant that out in a different bunch of reeds where it won't sink. Then back to shore, back to the truck, bring the dog to the tuft of squirrel fur that is 25 yards from the shore and send the dog for the retrieve. Two drags, two scent exercises for tracking on land and water and two successful retrieves... one exercise session... one very cooperative dog. Cj>>>> If we were talking about weight lifting/body building or power lifting training we would call it a "super-set" )) Anyway it is great advice. Too often we do not think "further than our nose reaches" (swedish saying) and hence work more than needed when we could save time and effort by doing super-sets. Torsti Borta Med Vindens Kennel "Ask not what your dog can do for you. Ask what you can do for your dog." www.rospigan.net

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