jlw034 wrote:AG,
Great videos! Love the puppy paddle...you wonder what all that splashing looks like to the little dog haha.
I really want to share your video on our NAVHDA FB page on how a CC can be used to great effectiveness. Dog worked into an intense point, bird flushed, dog was restrained, and the CC allowed the dog to be redirected to the thrown bird, effectively making the training scenario even more productive. I'm not going to share it as it would just stir the pot.
I am NOT critiquing here, just wondering what your thoughts are on the flagging? Worried? Working on it? Let it be?
Yes this pup enjoys the chase so much that I am making more use of a check cord than I did with some prior dogs.
Flagging - I don't like it. She settled in, stopped flagging and got staunch so that is good. I think that flag moving in the wind off to the side might be the source of the flagging there as I have seen her hit points hard and not flag at all.
I am going to ditch that waving orange flag set off to the side of the launcher and figure out a different way to keep track of the location. The launcher has a beeper as well as the clump of grass I was using to hide it was obvious. Going commando the next session and see what happens.
If she still flags any (with no waving orange flag in the area), I will launch the bird immediately and try teach more caution to not move at all once she hits the scent cone.
I am guilty of wanting to see the puppy point to some degree but was also trying gauge how much of it is her learning when she has enough scent. My number 1 theory is it will go away when I take the waving flag beside the launcher away, but I need to try it and see.