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re: Retriever training
Posted on 2/20/14 at 2:03 pm to bg22
Posted on 2/20/14 at 2:03 pm to bg22
British or American?
It is VERY important to know the difference.
Brits have been selectively bred to deliver to hand for 100's of years. You should not have to force fetch a Brit. You are replacing genetic traits with training which is always inferior. You can easily ruin a dog by force fetching him. A professional trainer can easily ruin a dog by force fetching him. Trust me, I have first hand experience with this.
Most pups, even American are born with an instinct to deliver to hand. This trait is often "trained" out of them by letting them drop dummies during the very early "play" training period. Then, after a year or so, they have to be re-trained to deliver (FF).
It is VERY important to know the difference.
Brits have been selectively bred to deliver to hand for 100's of years. You should not have to force fetch a Brit. You are replacing genetic traits with training which is always inferior. You can easily ruin a dog by force fetching him. A professional trainer can easily ruin a dog by force fetching him. Trust me, I have first hand experience with this.
Most pups, even American are born with an instinct to deliver to hand. This trait is often "trained" out of them by letting them drop dummies during the very early "play" training period. Then, after a year or so, they have to be re-trained to deliver (FF).
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Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:33 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
You are right about the forced fetched part, I should have structured my statement to say Force training, not FF. The difference is forced fetch is exactly as it implies, but force training does all force phases. ie sitting, healing, force to pile, etc. I say force fetch bc most people call it that. Which doesn't matter which breed you have they both need it. Especially if you want to get your dog into trails and test.
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