Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Training Tuvuk for Future Drills

I have started working Tuvuk positioning him for future training drills.  I will be working on this for the next couple of weeks getting him in this position.  You will see in the video what I am talking about.  The position is basically sitting in front of me once I give him the HERE command.  From this position we will eventually start working the HOLD command, Force Fetch, Casting, and Bird Delivery.  For people not familiar with these terms I will break down the definition for you.

Here:  This is the command for the dog to come one he/she has retrieved the bumper.

Hold:  This is the command for the dog to not release the bumper/bird until commanded to do so.

Force Fetch:  This is a drill that we will demand the dog to fetch the bumper on command no matter
                              where the bumper is laying.  This is a "must" if you are planning on running your dog
                              in any trial situation.  You will see lots of video once this training has begun.

Casting:  This is a drill that we will do in order to teach Tuvuk directions.  I will have him in the
                     position you will see in the video and then throw the bumper to the left and give the over
                     command left and right and then the back command.

Bird Delivery:  This is also the position that Tuvuk will hold the bird and deliver to my hand when the        
                         release command DROP is given.              

I tried to do another video today but it was dark and the video glasses did not capture the lighting that I needed.  It will be challenging to get good video for the next couple of months due to the long hours of dark we have right now.  I will try and capture video on the weekends and you updated on the training routine.


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