Devocalization, schooled and cold blinds with on-and-off point

Yesterday Laddie and I trained with a friend and his dog. The dogs ran a difficult delayed water triple that included an almost straight back water bridge, and a moderately difficult blind.

Today's session began with some vocalizing for on-and-off points even though we also used rehearsals as described in previous post.

However, the session ended with seven retrieves in a row all without vocalizing: a 90y on-and-off point schooled blind; the same retrieve but a little wider as an unhandled mark past the point; a 120y on-and-off point cold blind on a course Laddie never ran before; the same retrieve but a little wider as an unhandled mark past the point; two 70y on-and-off point schooled blinds; and the same retrieve but a little wider as an unhandled mark past the point.

Those retrieves represented a new high water mark in our devocalization training.