First an update on Freighter.  He and his sis Sunny had a good first week of Force Fetch.  They also got out to do some water retrieves.  The trainer was actually able to get Freighter out of the water, which regular readers might remember is one of Freighter’s issues.  🙂  Freighter’s trainer also reported that both Freighter and Sunny are nice and quiet on the truck, which is good.  In fact they were both on his truck when we were there on Saturday and we didn’t hear a peep out of them.  We did not visit with Freighter because the first few weeks of Force-Fetch it is better that he focus on the trainer and not worry about us being there.  We did get to see both Freighter and Sunny when the trainer took them off the truck to go potty.  Freighter looked happy enough.  Unfortunately I was not ready with the camera, but I was when Sunny came off the truck.

Freighter’s Sister Sunny Looks Happy
Watching A Mark

Hopefully they have a good week 2.

Next our pal Jodi Stone asked about the mechanics of a double mark which I tried to describe on my last post about training.  Whether it is a single, double, triple, or quad mark, it works basically the same way.  The dog sits at heel and watches the gunner either throw or launch the bumper or the duck.  If it is a single, only one is thrown at a time and the dog goes out and retrieves it.  If it is a multiple mark (double, triple, quad), the dog watches all marks fall and then goes out and retrieves each one (in any order).  When you get into multiple marks, the dog’s memory must come into play and it becomes more difficult.

Here is a video from YouTube of a Master series which is pretty typical.  It starts with three marks, (a walk up triple) and then there are 2 blinds.  The rules have been changed so that the handler is supposed to aim at all three marks which I do not see him doing here, but the video is decent to give you an idea of what it looks like.  The dog retrieves the three marks first and then runs the blinds.

If the video doesn’t play, try here.

Third, here is the latest picture of the Thunder and Red puppies.  I understand mama and babies are doing well.  Thanks to Red’s people for this picture.

Puppies At 2 Weeks

Finally, this is a short week for me with the holiday and all, but I do have some posts scheduled.  Tomorrow my Independence Day wish and a bit of fun video, Thursday some long overdue Thank You’s, and Friday training pictures from last Saturday’s training.

20 thoughts on “This N’ That”

  1. The puppies are so adorable! I’m glad to hear that Freighter and Sunny are doing so well – she did look very happy in that photo. I was taken by surprised when you said the trainer had to take them away in the truck to go potty – I never considered the fact that it would be discouraged for them to go potty on the training field, but it makes sense. Little things like that are so easily overlooked by those of us not in the field!

    1. I guess I wasn’t clear…lol. He had them on his dog trailer (usually called “truck” for slang). Obviously, they can’t go there so he was basically walking them a bit on lead. Its OK if they go in the field as long as they don’t drop the bird…lol.

  2. Ooohhh…puppy photos! I’ve had puppies on the brain lately. 🙂
    Glad the siblings are doing well at training. We can’t always have the camera on hand, can we?

  3. Glad to hear that they are doing well at training! I love the puppy pictures! Thunder must be very proud!

  5. I would expect nothing less from Freigtner. And those puppies, oh so sweet.
    Blessings,
    Goose

  7. I’m glad to hear they are both doing so well!! I still don’t know how you guys can be apart from your dogs, my quick trip to Florida I missed them terribly! LOL

    Love, love, love the puppy pictures. I do have pictures of my Sam-man when he was so small. Gosh I miss puppy breath. LOL

  9. Sunny is so cute. We’re glad to hear that Freighter is doing well. Thanks for the explanation.

    Bella and DiDi

  10. Great effort Freighter and Sunny for your first week of Force Fetch! 😀 Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences and for educating us about dog training. :} Love, Poppy!

  11. If Sunny is any indication, Freighter is sure getting big. Thanks again for the explanation of the training. Like I said before, this kind of thing is far from our world so I really appreciate the view into yours.

  12. Sunny is so cute, she does look happy which is a good thing to make sure they happy while away at training I suppose 🙂 OMG those puppies are adorable -t hanks for sharing – i had no idea he was being studded that is great!

  13. So glad Freighter and Sunny are doing well! Enjoy your holiday week!

    Your pal, Pip

  14. Hey brown dawgs, Jet here. Hi Miss Linda.

    We so enjoy learning from you. The puppies… oh gosh, we’re suckers for the little ones.

  15. Way to go Freighter!!!! YAY!!! Those puppies are absolutely gorgeous…. we are working on puppies here… should be interesting… the plotting Ginger and the crazy Rutherford… what am I thinking? By the way, I love learning about the training techniques… great stuff! 🙂

  16. Those puppies are adorable! I mentioned to my fiance not ten minutes ago that I was “weak versus puppies”. You must miss Freighter terribly, though I’m glad to hear he’s doing well with his training!

  17. thanks for sharing the info on multiple marks, I enjoyed the photos as well, it sounds like Freighter is coming along just fine.

  19. The Thunder and Red puppies are adorable. I’m pleased to hear that Freighter and Sunny are doing well!

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