Tell me one thing your dog can do now that he couldn't do reliably on July 1. Doesn't have to be big. Progress is progress.

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Been working on the retrieve quite a bit getting goose ready for the season, this will be her second season and she is steady to wing and shot (at least on Planted birds lol) Last hunting season she was puppy prancing with birds along with dropping them. Force fetch was on the table but to be honest her desire to retrieve is strong. I listened to @Jared Moss podcast “force fetch and Hold training”. That podcast opened my eyes and I didn’t realize that there was another option out side of force fetch, but since goose naturally retrieves quite well the “Hold” command made a lot of since to me. I’m not chasing ribbons and hunt way more than I play the NAVHDA game so a perfect retrieve is not something that is needed. I chose to work hold training. Pressure was not the focal point and forcing goose to a pile of bumpers isn’t in my cards. Check out the short clip of goose on my ring camera fetching a frozen pigeon.

If your dog is breaking on the flush, the problem usually isn't excitement, it's that he's never been asked to hold through it in training. This week: add a thrown bumper to your yard sessions while he's sitting at heel. Toss it five feet to his left. If he moves, the session ends. No correction, no drama, clean reset. Run it until he stops tracking the toss and stays locked on you.

Nine weeks. Most hunters who had a rough opening day said the same thing afterward: 'I knew he wasn't ready. I just hoped it would be fine.' It's not fine. It's the season you planned all year for. The course is open. Classroom tab.