steelbull85
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My lab Sadie is 20 weeks old. I have recently begun having a few issues with her and I was hoping for some advice.
1. Picking the dummy/bird up by the end. She loves to retrieve and gets amped up to go run down a dummy/bird, but when she gets there, she will hesitate to pick it and play with it until she grabs the dummy or bird by the end, and then try to carry/drag it back. I'm not sure if this has to do with the fact that she is teething (lost all front teeth on top/bottom to her canines), or if this is another issue.
2. Delivering to hand. When she is bringing it back, since she has it by the end she usually drops it and won't deliver it to hand. She will struggle to pick it up again. Other times she will run back to me but then circle wide and continue past me, and make me pull on the check cord and reel her in. Just when I am about to quit she will deliver one perfectly to hand, but she just isn't consistent.
3. Breaking. Like I mentioned, she LOVES to retrieve and almost begins to shake in excitement. I'm getting to the point where I want to work on her not breaking until given the command to, but at the same time I don't want her to lose her desire to retrieve. Any advice? She knows stay...and knows it well, but when it comes to retrieving, she loses all discipline and just wants to go. I know this isn't the dogs fault, and is mine, but I'm just looking for some advice on correcting it.
I know this is a lot of information, but thank you guys in advance for the advice
1. Picking the dummy/bird up by the end. She loves to retrieve and gets amped up to go run down a dummy/bird, but when she gets there, she will hesitate to pick it and play with it until she grabs the dummy or bird by the end, and then try to carry/drag it back. I'm not sure if this has to do with the fact that she is teething (lost all front teeth on top/bottom to her canines), or if this is another issue.
2. Delivering to hand. When she is bringing it back, since she has it by the end she usually drops it and won't deliver it to hand. She will struggle to pick it up again. Other times she will run back to me but then circle wide and continue past me, and make me pull on the check cord and reel her in. Just when I am about to quit she will deliver one perfectly to hand, but she just isn't consistent.
3. Breaking. Like I mentioned, she LOVES to retrieve and almost begins to shake in excitement. I'm getting to the point where I want to work on her not breaking until given the command to, but at the same time I don't want her to lose her desire to retrieve. Any advice? She knows stay...and knows it well, but when it comes to retrieving, she loses all discipline and just wants to go. I know this isn't the dogs fault, and is mine, but I'm just looking for some advice on correcting it.
I know this is a lot of information, but thank you guys in advance for the advice