by Jack Lynch » Tue 30 Dec 2008 5:46 pm
Hi Leanne,glad to see that you are teaching swim by.When and only when the dog THOROUGHLY understands the excercise do I move on to a completely different area but a similar pond or dam to the one where the dog has been schooled. If you are fortunate you may get a positive result,or partial success. Whatever the result I would continue to teach the drill in the new area for a while until perfect, if it breaks down simplify by reverting to the original area for a while and so on.As Joe rightly states it is a really worthwhile drill to teach handling in and through water also assists in getting tha dog to take to water at distance.Good luck with your efforts . Kind regards, Jack.