We got to the park about 9am on the 4th of July and it was pretty empty. After we did some land training, we moved over to the water because there was no one over there. There had been a guy fishing, but I guess he finished up and left while we were working in the field.
We decided to work on steadiness. Each dog was put in a “sit” and then hubby walked down to the edge of the pond and threw a bumper. I was already at the edge of the pond and I also threw a bumper to make a double. It was an easy double because the bumpers were visible and not too far out in the pond. That was OK because the sitting and waiting was the important part. Hubby did not return to the dog to send. He sent the dog from where he was standing by the edge of the pond.
Freighter was a bit confused by this send because he is only used to being sent with his handler standing right next to him. He was steady for the marks, but when hubby sent him, he ran to his side and jumped in the pond from there and then changed direction to get the bumper I had thrown. Well at least he was steady for the water marks so the rest was just something to chuckle at. 🙂
Immediately after they finished the water marks, the dogs ran a water blind. Between the land work and the water work, we hoped to tire them out so much that they would not care about any fireworks. It worked pretty well in Thunder’s case. Storm never cares about fireworks, but Freighter could have used more exercise I guess. 🙂
Here are some pictures of their water entries. They had to run down a bit of a hill to get to the water.
We have been working on steadiness because we have some tests coming up and we all know that Storm and Freighter could use the work!
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Fabulous photos love the whee one! That is a pretty nice looking pond at the park no scum? Have a great weekend we are yet again off to another test today.
No not here. It is a city pond/detention area and there are lots of fish. It was getting kind of littered around the edges, but they cleaned it up this Spring. I would rather have a nice country pond, but we have what we have.
That’s the jump into a happy weekend :o)
I just love the splash photos – can’t get enough of them! The only bummer is it makes me want to go for a swim!
Something tells me it could be very hard to reach Freighter’s point of tiredness! LOL Love those action photos. I smiled at how well Freighter is trained to take off from his handler’s side – he’s a real thinker! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
It looks like they had so much fun! I can’t believe that didn’t Freighter out!
Love seeing your guys race into the water like that. On our vacation this week, we’ve just managed to get Jack and Maggie into the water. Maggie took to it much better than Jack – he’s still skeptical. Wish we had a few more days of vacation and I think I’d have him jumping off the dock. Thanks for joining the Hop.
Hi Y’all!
All I can think is “what a great place to swim”…wish I was there training with y’all!
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
I love all the photos with the water splashing!
I always love seeing your water shots. Beautiful!
Love seeing them just race right into the water.
You really do have some nice areas for training. I’m still looking here, mostly for Delilah to have a place to swim.
Do you worry about the fish hooks? I worry that one of the dogs will pick up a hook.
Have a great weekend.
Yes we do. Fish hooks, glass, all of it. But it is all we have for now.
Hold that jump, we will be right over!!!
your water photos are my faves! I can feel the spray!
Amazing water action shots! Lottie loves water – she does tend to prefer the stagnant type though :-/
Look at them go! Have you considered dock diving with them?
I love to watch your dogs work!
Isn’t it interesting how a change can totally mess with them? Things that we think aren’t a big deal can really trip them up. I love seeing your photos!
I love seeing your brown dawgs jump into the water. It is so obvious that they love it. I don’t think that I’ve mentioned how much I like your new header! It looks great!
More great pictures of your training sessions. The “Launch” photo is one of my favorites from this post. Thanks for sharing.
Nice photos!
Always blown away by your incredible photos. Great stuff! Much love, The Scottie Mom.
The second picture gave us a giggle. All of these pictures are great but we think your splash pictures cannot be topped. The dogs do love the water, don’t they? Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Hugs and nose kisses
I just love these photos of them diving into the water. I can’t wait until Luke is older and better trained so he can be trusted off leash, and we can let him run and dive in. Have a great weekend!!
We like the splash photos too! Have a great rest of the weekend!
So much splashing, I love it.
Hi Y’all!
Stop by Mischief Monday and pick up your “Shine On” Award.
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
They look like they’re really enjoying themselves! We always love those action shots!
Best of luck on the move to self hosted! I was so nervous when I did it but all went very smoothly!
What great photos! I love the action shot and all the little drops. Your doggies look so happy in the water!
wooohoo I love these jumping shots 🙂