by Gareth Tawton » Mon 14 Jun 2004 12:11 pm
Leanne,
The wagon wheel is a must before plan I think. It starts the dog in understanding the sending process of a blind. Heel sit line send.
I start the dogs on the oval with white dummies and build a 3 leg blind. The oval allows you to extend the distance quickly which also ancourages the dog to run greater distances with confidence. I try to end up at 200 plus meters. Dogs get very fit quickly doing this!!!
Once they have learnt this you can progressively move to other locations.
I come back to the oval to add all thos other concepts like markd, two bird, double falls etc. By teaching these on the oval you remove all the nasty factors that evil All Age judges like me add in at a trial, like distance entry to the water, heavy cover , cross winds gullies etc etc.
Gareth