Our retrievers love to get out in the field to train.  The minute we get out the training bumpers, they get excited.  At age 11, senior retriever Thunder still runs full out and pounces on the bumpers when he is making a  retrieve.  He has done this since he was a young dog and you would think that by now he would have slowed down some.  He may not be as fast as he once was, but Thunder demonstrates that retrievers are never too old to pounce on a bumper.

Last weekend we got out to a field near our cabin for a few single retrieves.  I threw the bumper in the field and Thunder retrieved them.  Simple yet oh so much fun.

Thunder started out a bit slow, but after one retrieve he was ready to go.

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Thunder Is Happy Going For A Retrieve
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There You Are Little Bumper
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Thunder Has The Training Bumper
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Thunder Heading Back With The Bumper

After the first one, Thunder was all in for pouncing.

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Thunder Pouncing On The Bumper
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Get It Thunder
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Thunder Proudly Carries His Bumper

One more time Thunder.

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Never Too Old To Pounce On A Bumper
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Nice Work Thunder

Thunder had a blast and it was nice to see him enjoying himself.  It was pretty warm in that field so we did not overdo the number of retrieves for Thunder since he is a senior dog.

6 thoughts on “A Retriever Is Never Too Old To Pounce On A Bumper

  1. The only difference is the energy may not last as long, but even us seniors have puppy left in us.

  2. He wants to make sure the bumper doesn’t get up and fly off! haha

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