Puppy help pleae guys????

[DeadDuck001]

My lab is 6 months old and does pretty good but lately when retrieveing in water she will fetch and bring it back but when she gets to the shore she will drop them dummy at the bank any advice on how to fix this the dvd i have really is no help here. also looking for people in the baldwin and mobile area that are doing some training because its been just me and her training and shes not been around any other dogs while working shoot me a pm please if you know of any areas thankx Adam

[rebels19]

Are you standing on the bank when you throw the mark?

[DeadDuck001]

Yes i am

[rebels19]

Well at some time you will probably have to force fetch the dog to eliminate that all together. FOr a quick fix you can try this. As far as getting her to carry the retrieve past the bank. If you are throwing the mark from the bank, once she has retrieved the mark and started back towards you as she get closer to the bank begin to back away from the bank and use your "here" command, whatever that may be, to draw here attention past the bank and hopefully get here to carry the retrieve further. The pace at which you back up and how you back up just depends on what reaction you get from the dog. Also to go along with that, and some people may disagree, but your voice inflection when you are calling her can really help you, whether thats getting her excited using a higher pitched voice as she returns or whatever way she responds to best. It may work, it may not, but its probably worth a try. Another thing to try would be to back up from the bank when you throw the mark extending the retrieve before it starts, and incorporating the latter into that.

[DeadDuck001]

thanks for the help but im not really sure how to force fetch???