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Posts Tagged ‘whistle stops’

Rewards for Remote Handling
by Grayson Schaffer | on March 15th, 2010 | in Features, The Wildrose Way, Training


Here, I use a tennis ball to reward Cooper for breaking stride mid retrieve to take direction from me.

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Remote Sits
by Grayson Schaffer | on February 18th, 2010 | in Features, The Wildrose Way, Training

Here, I’ll use Cooper to demonstrate the stepping stones to a remote sit. Stopping a dog on the whistle is as important for skiing as it is for retrieving. Stopping your dog is the first step toward handling him—sending him left, right, and back like a football receiver.

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