Training Our Labrador | Hold Conditioning Rosie: Day #16

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If you know me, you'll know that I've had working gundogs throughout my life. When my kids came along my wife and I decided that we wouldn't get another dog until the boys were old enough to treat one with respect. In April 2021 we got Rosie!
In the 6 years we were without a dog I have forgotten so much. As a result I started treat training Rosie and it got me so far but she developed some bad habits along the way. Now she is almost a year old and has a good solid set of manners and foundation training but I think it's time that we start to focus on gundog training.
Join me on day 16 of following @dogbonehunter program of hold conditioning. This is a method of training our labrador to hold onto an object and avoid her spitting it out on retrieves.
Great attitude from Rosie today. It took a while for her to settle but once calm she performed great. Much better progress and she remained very still whilst holding the dowel. 3 solid repetitions followed by 10mins in her crate to think about it, was the order of the day.