Today I made up my mind to take retrieve as my next training target.
I am reading this excellent tutorial about that:
http://www.dogscouts.com/retrieve.shtml
But I am confused how to get the work done with 1 person. E.g. when I practise "give" with him, I need to use both hands to open his month and put a ball inside, then say "give", take the ball and treat. I cannot find a spare hand to click at that moment : )
99 can not do a pretty good retrieve, but limited to one particular plastic ball he loves most. That why I need to start all over again. But since 99 know the shape of the whole motion, is there any shortcut available for me? My biggest problem is he will not go for the ball when I have food in hand.
Would be helpful if someone can shares a few lines about the topic.
Tks
I am reading this excellent tutorial about that:
http://www.dogscouts.com/retrieve.shtml
But I am confused how to get the work done with 1 person. E.g. when I practise "give" with him, I need to use both hands to open his month and put a ball inside, then say "give", take the ball and treat. I cannot find a spare hand to click at that moment : )
99 can not do a pretty good retrieve, but limited to one particular plastic ball he loves most. That why I need to start all over again. But since 99 know the shape of the whole motion, is there any shortcut available for me? My biggest problem is he will not go for the ball when I have food in hand.
Would be helpful if someone can shares a few lines about the topic.
Tks