This is my first post on here so Hi to everyone.
I'm currently training a 13 month old Gsp bitch who is going really well on retrieving dummies but when I have her out in the field she will not pick up rabbits, although will chase live ones quite readily. She will roll them around looking for a better hold then quickly looses interest. I've tried rabbit skin over a dummy and she works with that well but doesn't seem to like the way an actual rabbit feels in her mouth. I've looked at using forced fetch training but its a bit different from what I'm used to and am a bit reluctant to try it.Rabbits are my usual quarry over the dog so would like to see her working them well.
I'm beginning trialing soon and when I saw the use of rabbits as game in the rule book it got me thinking.
Any ideas??