re: Update on poodle training

I am on second day of what I will call force fetch. My sessions of actual training last at best 5-8 minutes. I am seeing a willingness to fetch the dowel from ground. I get better results with a session in the morning and another later. The goal is to get junior or senior level dog. I have never run a junior test but have run plenty of senior tests. I am going to train through this year and look to run the spring tests. I will say it again that this dog is the smartest dog I have trained and feel that any rush or bad training will be amplified. I am over the biggest part of this endeavor of getting back into a routine of training. Kemo will tell you we were pretty deep into training a while back and it was pretty much all we did. I am glad to not pressure myself and take my time with this one.