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Steadiness - Proper Positioning - Discernment - Focus - Confidence - Self Control - These are just some of the characteristics and skills we create and develop through this early training time.
I’ve been very intentional with food time training with several pups in the past couple of years. I’ve also gone on to train a majority of those in their formal training months. The dogs that learned these basic skills early on are significantly easier to train, transition to and from formal training better, complete formal training quicker, and are generally just more of a pleasure to be around 😅
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Tilly is back and we’re knocking the rust right off on the first day 💪🏿
Full session on our YouTube -@MarlenGundogs
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Puppy Problems:
“Our puppy bites”
“Jumps on us constantly”
“Doesn’t listen!”
And my favorite ⬇️
“We love him but he’s just bad 😆”
Regardless of genetics 🧬…
Your puppy will be what YOU make them.
Establishing boundaries not only applies to the pup, but also to YOU!
🎡 Be Fair
Don’t over stimulate unnecessarily. Be mindful of avoiding scenarios that indulge pup’s lack of self control.
🤗 Hands- A touchy subject
Your hands are also your most frequent means of establishing OR crossing boundaries. Use them Wisely!
✅ Correction and Praise
Use them in adequate volume, timely applications, consistently and in meaningful scenarios.
It’s ok to correct pup (not punish). But corrections only work if there is clear and immediate indication or knowledge of the correct behavior or action.
It’s also ok to praise pup. Praise is a means of expressing adequate approval for a correct behavior. But too much in an instance can actually lead to a reverse effect. Use just enough 👍
Be realistic of their ability to receive acknowledgment in the present scenario. Redirecting or removing them from the scenario and preventing a repeat offense is also an option!!!
⭐️ Bonus Point - Downtime/Nap Time 💤
Like toddlers, puppies need to decompress. And they need it often! Use a kennel/crate in an isolated area and use it often and you’ll experience a mentally capable pup more often!
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Tillie is the 5th of the Hope x Mack ‘24 pups that we’ll have the pleasure to work with. Like the rest of her litter mates, Tillie has a great personality, is very biddable, loves to work and a has substantial drive to retrieve. She has a lot of great characteristics that will make her fun to work with. Fixing her delivery is priority one for now…
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Samson is naturally a very calm and steady dog. Although, his desire to retrieve has been indulged to a point that he’s made general unsteadiness a behavior. It’s time to help him understand how much self control he can have and that he’ll be better for it in many aspects of his life. Samson hasn’t been with us long but I already know his personality and my training style will fit very well.
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Raven 🐦⬛ - How important is this type of intentional time with your young companion and aspiring retriever?
It’s necessary for the way I raise and train MY dogs. It creates continuity in the most impressionable time in the dog’s life. When we establish this minimal level of training now, it becomes a lifestyle and characteristic of the young pup. If it’s part of their lifestyle now, it will make the transition to “formal training” much easier in later months.
However, what you do between these sessions also majorly contributes to the development of your pup. Here’s a few principles we live by when raising a young pup.
- Limit commands to intentional and brief training scenarios with an incentive for success in obedience. No nagging commands! Nothing diminishes a command like repeating it over and over without the appropriate response from pup.
- Kennel or crate time when we aren’t able to give undivided attention or when pup needs to decompress and/or rest. We call it “nap time” in the same sense we use for our toddler. And puppies need many more naps than a toddler!
- Don’t indulge or overreact to undesirable behavior or actions. Instead, prevent exposure to the scenario or redirect pup. Encourage success and praise good decisions 👍.
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Samson and Kid1 getting acquainted with some fun bumpers 🤪
Next up - heel work and steadiness sessions with Samson…
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Big Mack has hardly been to the training field all summer… time to start getting back in shape 💪🏿
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It just means more when you have a good wingman…
Coy and his owner, Adam, are starting to hit their stride as they enter their second season as hunting partners. It’ll be fun to watch their progress this season as they plan to hunt dove, quail and waterfowl across the Southeast 💪
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Marlen’s “Josey” Wales of Rearden 💛
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Sowing seeds with Raven 🌱
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Puppy Stuff 🐾
Raven is showing a great natural desire to deliver right now. We are taking advantage of that desire and beginning to shape a delivery. It doesn’t take much effort but it does require you to be very intentional with every aspect of the exchange.
The beginning of this delivery was very informal as I was indulging her desire to bring it all the way and be loved for it. Typical puppy stuff… Raven then gave me a chance to work on some structured holding and taking of the @dogbonehunter dummy. I love all of the characteristics we’re seeing from Raven so far and I’m very excited to have her.
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Happy Sunday, folks ☀️
Kid1 and Harper
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Josey is one of our dams and is part of Partner Program. This is a simple video but it shows her personality so well. Josey is rarely phased by anything. She is calm, collected, respectful, and quiet. Josey also has a very sneaky prey drive that will surprise you! All she wants to do is please and retrieve. The girl is an example of what we are striving to provide as a family gundog 🐾
Josey’s first litter is scheduled with Coy next summer. With Harper’s litter filling up, Josey’s litter is our next with availability for deposits! Call me to learn more about Josey and Coy.
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Kid1 and Big Mack 🐾
Mack took advantage of Kid1’s lack of discipline and tested her a few times before this retrieve. He broke once and that led to a few unsteady casts.
Here, Kid1 began to remedy her session with Mack by gently reinforcing AND encouraging steadiness under pressure. It also helped that I provided some reinforcement by moving in front of them for this retrieve😉
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Raven loves a place stand 🐾 And today was the first day of introducing the “place” command with her. She is a very smart pup and I don’t anticipate her to struggle with the concept of what place is or what it means.
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Another retrieve by Raven 🖤
This pup is so fun…
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Tandem Retrieves with Raven and Mack 🐾
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One:One Training 🐾
This is my favorite way to train a client dog. One on One training is more beneficial to the dog, the owner, and the trainer. If you are interested in doing One:One training with me, call or message me anytime.
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We’ve missed having pups around here… Raven is going to be so fun. This was the second time we’ve worked on this and she is already learning so much.
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Happy National Dog Day!
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Training products made by Marlen Gundogs are in stock at @outlawsportinggoodscolumbus
- Training Slip Collars in multiple sizes
- Super Grip Leads
- Thin Slips Leads (perfect for the blind bag)
- Flat Collars in multiple sizes
Introducing… Raven 🖤
Raven is the latest addition to our family and we are very excited to have her here! She’s calm, quiet, content, and loves her people. However, Raven immediately brings some other characteristics that differ from what you’ll typically see of our dogs. As you can see from her tail position and body language, Raven is quite bold and confident! She is going to be a very fun pup to raise and train as a part of our family and as a gundog 🐾
Thank you Swayze Family for the opportunity to buy this precious pup!
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First test run on the new tracking gimbal thingy… it’s going to take a few days to figure it out 🤪
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Until next time, Goose! Thanks Drake and Jayley for trusting us with providing this wonderful little pup. It was a pleasure to finally meet ya’ll. Have fun with the little guy and we’ll see ya’ll soon!
Goose - Hope x Coy ‘25
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Island Hopping Harper 🏝️ - Being able to manipulate your training can be very beneficial! We’ve been emphasizing Harper’s lining ability this offseason above anything else. What you see here is a continuation of extending Harper’s line through various transitions.
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This is one of my favorite times in the development of a dog… puppy walks in the yard 🐾
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Marlen’s Lady May 🖤
We’re really enjoying our last couple of weeks with Lady May before she goes to her new home in SC.
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Lady and I shot dummies today. It took three shots to bring this one down…
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School was in session for everyone today… 🤪
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Harper is a very talented goober 🙃
After several months of trying a different style of casting my dogs on blinds - I went back to this more elaborate method for the last several outings. Harper, Mack and Merle immediately improved their length in lining out. It’s not as ideal for me but I noticed they seem more focused and confident in casting and have a better understanding in the specific line I want them to take.
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Kid1 - The Puppy Pal - This kid loves raising pups and is great at preparing them for transition to their owners 🐾
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Fun Day Friday - group marks and pile retrieves 🐾
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Lady May has found a new home in SC but will remain with us for a few more weeks so we can get her ready for the upcoming dove season 🐾
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Shinnhill Harper of Marlen and Marlen’s Muscogee Mack 🐾
We’re looking forward to an outstanding litter from these two next year. Meanwhile, this season is going to be fun with the addition of Harper to our hunting team. Dove season can’t get her soon enough…
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💛 Temporary Best Friends
Hope x Coy ‘25
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Lots of progress in a week ☀️
Sunny still hasn’t realized a desire or understanding to retrieve memories (or placed dummies in general), so we’ll continue utilizing the excitement of marks and keep testing her with short memories in the meanwhile. But one thing that stands out to me is her naturally calm and prompt delivery… Much like her Dad, Mack 🖤
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Merle and Mack - These two are starting to look like a team 💪
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Marlen’s Muscogee Mack
There isn’t anything we don’t love about Big Mack. In addition to creating outstanding pups - Mack is handsome, talented, respectful, and a great friend. Mack will sire a litter next year when we pair him with Harper 🖤
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Sunny, one of our trainees, has lacked interest in retrieving in her time with us so far. But it looks like we are on our way to unlocking some real desire after today. Also, Coach Harper was there to lead by example and provide some motivation 🐾
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Merle almost totally deviated but that’s why we are here. I spend most of my training time on client dogs and my younger dogs so Merle doesn’t get field work as much as he should. So he’s a little rusty…
One thing I’ve really enjoyed seeing in Merle lately is how much he is maturing in his skills as a retriever. He has become much more patient and it’s made him better at marking and more efficient in his hunting ability on blinds. Now, we just need to straighten his line back out 😂
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Harper has a great nose and knows how to use it - So it’s safe to say the scent conditions are not very favorable right now…
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Tilly’s owners have come to retrieve her from her initial training 🐾 I’m very pleased with how well Tilly and Mr. David did together. This is the start of a wonderful relationship between these two. We’ll miss Tilly around here but she’ll be back later this year to advance her training.
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Today, I challenged Tilly by pushing her through the end of our mowed lanes and into cover. We’re making progress a little at a time 💪
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Sunny is the 4th pup from our Hope x Mack ‘24 litter to come back for training. We will have Sunny for a couple of months to initiate training for her owner. Sunny is very much like her sire, Mack. She is calm, collected, and a very pleasant dog to be around.
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Saved by the Nose - Harper’s 4-Point review
Harper’s first day back to reviewing our lining skills. Here, we pushed the dummy right past the end of the lane, over a transition, and into some deep cover. The objective is to rebuild her lining ability little by little through this drill over the next several training sessions. When I’m confident in Harper’s consistency at a certain distance - I’ll move the dummy a little further on this line or incorporate another variable to continue building her length.
This particular retrieve indicates to me that we need to stay at this distance until I see her hold that line more consistently. She almost made a hard right to go on a “rogue hunt” until her nose saved her.
This lane is also one of four different lanes that we can pivot to in order to give her different looks at similar retrieves. Hence - the 4-point drill.
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I don’t think I’ve seen such a drastic increase in drive as I have with Tilly these last couple months. Fired Up 🔥
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We made some fresh lanes for Tilly to run a 4 point over the next several days before she goes back to the Denneys in East AL.
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Tilly gets a little too excited when you pull out the Lucky Launcher 😂. She loves a launcher mark and rarely misses.
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Tilly and her happy feet 💃
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Setting up Hoper’s Place…🏠 Pups coming soon!
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Reminder that it’s ok to like your dog and train them at the same time 🖤
Also, Lady May is available for someone looking for a wonderful companion and started retriever. Message or call if you’d like to know what makes Lady a great fit for you.
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The current House minus Hope because she’s due in two weeks…
Mack
Merle
Maryn
Lady
Harper and Tilly
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Marks with Maryn 🚀
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With all that comes with Summer☀️, we’ve been limited to short yard work sessions for a few days. So it’s a good time for Maryn and Tilly to learn remote stops and backs.
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We got soaked right after this….
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It’s hard not to love Big Mack… 🤪
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Maryn gets her giddy-up from her mom, Turbo Hope 💨
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Mack trading marks with his pup, Maryn 🖤
Maryn hasn’t had the best training week by herself so I brought her dad out to trade marks with her. Mack is serious about his job and is good at it. He’s the type to lead by example and often impresses upon those working with him. It worked for Maryn because she had an outstanding day 💯
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Improvising with some neighborhood friendly 🔫fire this afternoon with Maryn… #dadduty
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You know her by now - but I want to officially announce the newest member of our breeding program - Shinnhill Harper of Marlen 👏🥳
Eyes - NORMAL
Hips 3/3-6
Elbows 0/0-0
DNA Recessive Gene - ALL CLEAR
The suitability component has never been a question. Harper has everything that I personally desire in a dog and more. If you’ve seen any of our content, you know how loved and cherished she is as a family member and working companion. I can’t wait to share her outstanding genetics with our customers. Harper will be working through next hunting season to continue honing her skills in the field but will be slated to breed in SPRING 2026 🐾
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Marlen’s Lady May 🖤
Lady is a lovely dog that is really coming into her own in the field. Lady has always had a real desire to retrieve and is great at it. But she is also one of the most naturally calm and collected dogs I’ve worked with. Steadiness is just part of her personality. You’d think nothing gets her excited - until it’s time to cast on a bird or dummy. That calm and collected demeanor also makes Lady a wonderful family companion at home. We look forward to the possibility of sharing her outstanding genetics with future customers. Her status will be determined after our required health testing this summer 🤞. If all goes well, you’ll see Lady on our schedule for 2026!
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Another long one… but the whole video was too good to cut up. So I sped it up a little. Tilly started off rocky but was great by the end 💯
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Don’t worry… I’m not quitting any of my day jobs 🤡
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It was nice to have someone else to talk to in the field today 🙃
Boone’s owner, Adam, came from KY to pick Boone up from training. We spent a couple of hours going over what Boone has learned and how he’s learned it. We also went through some drills and skills that he should continue working on. Boone has come a long way since his arrival 3 months ago and I know he’ll continue to excel with his Family.
Thank again ,Adam and the Marleys, for the opportunity to provide a pup for your family and for trusting us with his initial training!
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Maryn was in a goofy mood today 🤪 But after nearly a week off everyone was just happy to be back out there today. This girl is a rocket and is going to be one heck of a dog when she grows up.
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We finally have short grass again so that means we can change up some of our daily drills! Tilly had a great day retrieving on the wagon wheel so we ended with an intro to real feathers 🦆
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Hope and Coy pups are about a month away 🗓️
We have 1st pick Black Female still available!
These pups will make exceptional family companions and will be more than capable in the field. Some key characteristics that I expect from this litter will be an above average level of trainability and eagerness to please. If you would like to know more about Hope or Coy to determine if one of their pups may be right for you, please call or message me any time. Thank you!
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Tilly has lit fire lately 🔥
Her desire to retrieve has significantly changed since she’s arrived here. She has also become a very good marking dog that can’t miss lately. Her tail is my favorite thing to watch on her retrieves though. This girl has style. Now, we’ve just got to carry that same enthusiasm on the way back with other dogs present 😂
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Fun Day Friday with All the girls 💕
Harper doesn’t like being called on in front of the whole class 😂
We even had Big Mama Hope out for a little while 🐾
4 of our 5 current and future Mamas are in this bunch also!
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Wagon Wheel!
We are far overdue for some wagon wheel work with the 3 littermates. I like to do it in a clean open space away from distractions. This drill also requires the grass to be cut low so the dog see’s all the marks and is aware of their presence. My training grounds are too dense since the hay has yet to be harvested. So the front yard had to work this morning.
This wagon wheel drill helps with many things for a young dog. Here are some basic: We are exposing them to many noticeable marks down at once - requiring them to remain steady. Proper heel placement is strengthened here as well as the dog needs to realize our setup to cast is in line with the desired target. They usually realize this pretty quick if you standardize proper placement before casting. Carrying that line to and from the desired target is mandatory - the multiple downed marks within view can prove to be tempting for some dogs. Preventing “switching” (dropping one dummy to pick up another) is worked on in this drill. You can control the dummy placement to challenge and correct that temptation to switch or space well apart simplify the task to create consistency.
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Mack was ready to help the FedEx lady unload this lot today!
We’ve tried a few different foods since we started our kennel over a year ago. Most have been decent foods but none checked all the boxes for us… until @teamdog.shop . We’re excited about this food! TeamDog is a high quality food that our dogs love and will benefit from in all the best ways. In addition to the quality products, the customer service from TeamDog has been great from ordering to answering questions we’ve had while trying the food over the last couple of months. 🙌🎯
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I thought I had Lady out with Harper but quickly realized it was actually Tilly when I cast her out. (All these black females…). Needless to say, Tilly has her mom’s undeniable fire when it comes to retrieving 🔥
Today, Tilly was undoubtedly the best marking dog in this challenging set up in a very dense hay field.
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Disco Boone… 🙃
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Boone is nearing the end of his time with us. We’ve accomplished much over the past couple of months and Boone has made massive improvements from where we started 🐾
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Marlen’s Muscogee Mack 🏈
Mack is such a wonderful and calm buddy. He’s always so happy and ready to do whatever you’re doing, so long as he can hold something. Mack is a wingman and we are so fortunate to have him.
Mack will be back on the schedule next year as we plan for him to sire a litter, if not two, with upcoming females.
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Merle and Mack 🐾 - The bubbas
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Boone is being introduced to the 4point drill. This drill exposes him to multiple dummies down at once and fine tuns his heel placement to be in line with a specific target. I’ll make dummies known to him by sitting him at our pivot point while I place white dummies at a distance he can see at 40-60ish yards in mowed lanes. The mowed lanes in this dense hay field aid in encouraging a line to the target dummy.
The dummy on this first retrieve is clearly visible from his POV. However, Boone is gravitating to the lane where he saw me place the LAST dummy. A few corrections and resets allowed us to be successful and improve Boone’s retrieving skills 📚
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I can always count on Maryn to goof around a little bit but she also gets the job done 🤪
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Puppy Retrieves 🐾
Building a desire to complete the retrieve is much easier to establish in the earlier months of puppyhood. In this video, you notice a very common tendency that young pups have to pick up a dummy and carry it off. While the pup has the genetic makeup to pick and retrieve, it’s your responsibility to help pup realize those natural desires and strengthen them. It’s also very important to understand that behaviors are developed at ALL TIMES with a puppy - not just during “retrieving time”. I’m confident in stating that behaviors such as “keep away” are influenced in harmless moments that may seem irrelevant to you.
🐾This is Maryn as a pup last fall. The same 9 month old Maryn we currently have in training 🐾
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Well Maryn had a heck of a day 🌸
Maryn had multiple marks in a dense hay field and alternated these retrieves with retrieves on a pile of dummies set down this road.
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It’s Boone!
This was the best day he’s had with me 💪. We had a pile set out down this road and alternated marks in an adjacent field and casts on the pile.
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Tilly is today’s Most Improved out of the Hope x Mack ‘24 trio that we have in training 🐾
Casting on placed dummies has been a weakness for Tilly but we’ve put a lot of effort into fixing that over the past couple of weeks. She hesitated only once today during her 4 point unknown drill but we quickly recovered. Tilly is starting to figure it out and is having fun doing it 👍
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Boone is transitioning back to the field after being on the table for a few weeks. He still has some things to work out but he has a much more controlled delivery than he had a month ago!
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Kid1 and I dreamed this up weeks ago and finally got around to launching Big Minnie out of the Zinger. Mack was a good sport and indulged our shenanigans 😂
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FuN BuMpErS 🙃
Harper and Mack had a great session together. We ran a set of unknowns in this dense hay field and ended with a couple of “fun bumpers”. These are just normal marks that they are still expected to execute as normal but it provides a little more enthusiasm after they each retrieved several placed dummies throughout our session.
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Mack and Harper - my favorite doggie duo… Also, Harper’s reaction to everything is comical 😂
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Maryn’s first day back in the field after being on the table for a few weeks. Here are her first retrieves from a ladder drill. Massive improvement from a month ago! Now, we can get to the fun stuff 🥳
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Maryn tried a couple of retrieves after our hold session today… hold is still loose but she has improved tremendously. We’ll continue Hold Cond for a few more days and incorporate some different items to promote a stronger hold.
Even though we are almost off the table, I never accept that we are done with Hold Cond until well after we’ve left the table and the dog consistently delivers without fault. I feel pretty good about Maryn though 😉
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This is a long one but it’s worth the watch.
Tilly shows plenty of desire to retrieve marks. However, we struggle to find that same fire to retrieve placed dummies. It doesn’t matter whether she can see them or not, nor how near or far they are. This has been an issue from the beginning with Tilly so I’ve been cautious not to over indulge her desire to retrieve marks only.
I’m not sure what caused this mindset with her and may never know. Regardless, we need to build a desire to retrieve placed dummies. That desire may come with patience and intentionality on my end, but I can also use some motivators to help us in the process.
Harper is that motivator here and if you watch the video you’ll see that it needs no explanation.
Also, I noticed a trend with Tilly after looking back at our session. She is much more eager to cast if she is standing at heel rather than sitting 🧐 I’ll have to keep this in mind moving forward…
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Maryn is nearing the end of her Hold Conditioning. We’ll do more of this over the next couple of days before we attempt to retrieve again.
Maryn still has a loose hold but has strengthened it in the last couple of weeks. The greatest achievement is that she understands my expectation: calmly hold and present the dummy until given the release command. This will help with her hold and delivery once we get back to the field as she will realize her responsibility in completing the retrieve. There is no doubt this girl loves to retrieve as much as she aims to please. I’m excited to get her back into the field again!
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We have several tendencies to continue sorting out but Tilly is slowly progressing 🐾
Tilly has struggled with her placed dummy retrieves whether they are simple memories or noticeable unknowns. Today, I tried alternating between a short simple pile of memories and a launcher dummy to keep her drive elevated for the pile cast.
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Kid1 and Harper were retrieving multiples and after some minor confusion on which dummy was the target, I decided to show Kid1 the importance of lining up correctly.
Making sure you have a proper heel position on line with your target will help eliminate confusion on where the dog should go. It takes discipline from you and the dog to build this skill but it is very beneficial for lining to blinds or when you have multiple birds down in the field and need to prioritize a retrieve.
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Happy Sunday - Shinnhill Harper of Marlen and Kid1 ❤️
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Almost there with Maryn’s Hold Conditioning!
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Maryn has improved tremendously over the past couple of days. Her hold still needs strengthening but she is understanding that I expect her to hold until given the release command. This was actually the first attempt at getting her move on the table while holding this paint roller. It’s so fun and easy working with a pup as trainable as Maryn.
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Everyone has specific attributes they are particular about with their dogs. Some wish to have an outstanding heel, or an unwavering steady nature, or an impeccable recall, etc. Early puppy months are the best time to begin encouraging the behaviors you find most valuable in your relationship with your companion.
One thing that I am particular about with my dogs is a controlled hold and delivery and their mindset around that exchange. To me, it’s much more than just having the dog bring the bird as required. It’s an illustration of our relationship. That’s why I do my best to encourage a collected, respectful, and dutiful delivery. The development of a desirable delivery starts very early for my pups and myself… I might even say that it hardly requires the use of a dummy.
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It’s GO time for Coy! Hope is in heat and a month ahead of schedule 👍
We’ve sold a few deposits already but we still have 1st Pick black female available!
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Big Mack running some water sprints 🏊🏿♂️🌴
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Maryn figured it out after that first one. She was ready for it this time! Not bad for her first couple of water retrieves 👍
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