Beginner gundog exercise to improve marking

[@Turpingreen]

The idea is to keep the area of the fall the same but you move the distance with the dog. The dog becomes more reliant on the position of the dummy thrower than purely marking itself. The progression of this to blinds will take longer with the dog asking questions from the fact that you are sending the dog on its name. The trainer using white dummies are effectively training a potential anxiety problem in the dog.

[@Imperialdogtraining]

Different approaches for different people. This way has worked great for all our dogs and we train with field trial champs who use this method.

[@adamkaye1160]

appreciate your comment, can i ask why white dummies will cause potential anxiety in dogs?

[@Turpingreen]

That isn’t training to do marks,the dog is marking the dummy thrower.

[@Imperialdogtraining]

Appreciate your point but you can see the dog loses the mark at a certain distance regardless of where the thrower is. We do play with the position of the thrower but for the purposes of the video we are trying to show the basics of the exercise for beginner dogs.