As I think it is good to keep this part of our forum going, have a question .
I have spent the summer doing swimby - first in a small area which has since dried out, then transferred to a larger dam where I had to take a few steps back, then to a large dam where the handling was to keep straight lines on angles, now to a river where I tried left and right casts over the river,having identified the pile first, and the dog (could use another word ) acted as if she had never been given casts in or around water in her life. Question: how long does it take to transfer behaviour from one place to another? Know dogs are very place oriented but problem has not occurred on land - is it because it is harder to find different pieces of water for training?
Should add that this is the first dog trained in swimby - previous dogs just casting drills and seeing the results wonder how much better/important swimby is compared to using standard casting drills?