Friday, September 26, 2008

Drills, Marks and Blinds

AM: Neighborhood Lacrosse Field

Series A. Pinball drill, with five SFs in the shape of a backwards question mark, an OD at the last one. Course was in a 150x150 yard square. Both dogs did well, with great enthusiasm.

Series B. Pick-up speed drill with ducks. Lumi was a little slow on first pick-up, resulting on me walking out. Excellent performance on next two pick-ups. Laddie had fast, enthusiastic pick-ups on all three throws

PM: Nearby Estate

[Owners have generously given permission for me to train the dogs on their property.]

Series C.
Left to right within a 90° angle:
  • #3 (go-bird of double): 40-yard mark, duck thrown right to left from line to #1, with pistol shot
  • #1: 80-yard blind to tree line of woods, OD, no marker
  • #2: (memory-bird of double): 80-yard mark, duck thrown right to left from line to #5, with pistol shot
  • #5: 170-yard blind down steep hill to tree line of woods, OD, no marker
  • #4: 130-yard down side of steep hill to tree line of woods, OD, no marker
I ran Laddie first, then Lumi. Both dogs had solid performances. For example, Lumi had speedy pick-ups on the marks and was responsive on all WSCs. Her casts are not always as accurate as Laddie's, but they're serviceable and improving.

The woods behind #5 have a creek where Laddie likes to cool off. During his series, he picked up #5 and turned toward the creek, but came running when I called "here". As soon as he came to heel and delivered the dummy, I ran with him toward the creek and called "Yay! Go play!", and off he went for a swim. I sat on the hillside listening to him splashing, and soon saw him running out of the woods and back up the hill to me uncued. That was good to see.

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