Blitz girl doing such a nice job with a tough mark! This is the go bird (Blitz’s was a single) from the double mark I posted yesterday on @horizonretrievers. Ember struggled with it a bit, but Blitz handled it well! She’s the retriever in this family 😂.
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When your lab has more style than most pointing dogs 😂
All kidding aside, how funny is it that Ember pointed for the first time! She’s such a hard flushing dog, that really caught me by surprise. We’ve been working on steadiness after the flush and we often see with pointing dogs that taking away chase will encourage them to be steadier before the flush. Well I guess it can work like that with labs, too 😂. I do not want Ember to point so I will be unraveling this and letting her get loose after the flush again. Genetics are pretty amazing.
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So impressed with my Ember girl. We’ve started introducing steadiness in her upland work this year and she’s caught on so quickly. This was her first time seeing the full sequence and I’m so happy with the way she handled it. For just being 13 months old, she’s really exceeded my expectations. I love how quickly she can adapt to changing the rules of the game and still be just as excited and cooperative. A real gem!
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Just my two favorite girls doing what they love to do 😍 If you haven’t hunted with a pointing and flushing dog, you’re missing out!
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Happy New Year! I hope 2022 makes everyone as happy as Ember is hanging out in the duck blind 😎.
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Here’s a great example of one of Althea’s and Ember’s jobs for us… live game recovery! When I got to the kennel this morning I noticed a kill pigeon in the road. This bird must have escaped a dog yesterday. Luckily I had Ember with me which makes for an easy recovery and we’ll be able to use this bird for another dog again today! Althea has saved us an unimaginable amount of money by recovering live game that can be used again. These labs are such an asset to us as pointing dog trainers! @losthighwaygundogs
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Took my first title bath this weekend! If I’ve learned anything, it’s that you should title your dogs early in the season, not in November 🥶🥶🥶 I hope all the girls feel like justice has been served after having to swim in cold water for me all weekend 😂.
Thanks to all of the judges for their kindness and support! Everyone has been more than helpful as I navigate this new sport. David was a judge for my first seasoned run and almost got to witness me passing out at the line 🤣. How fun that he got to see our title run and how much progress we’ve made since September!
One of the water marks from Blitz’s AKC junior test this weekend. Neither of the water marks on Sunday were splashes, which isn’t something Blitz has seen much of. She handled it well and I’m super proud of her! You can see her jaw issue at the end of the video. Thankfully, it seems to be back to normal now!
Blitz’s second mark from her AKC junior test over the weekend. This mark threw a lot of dogs off, causing almost half of them not to pass. Blitz didn’t mark it well but was able to push out and get in odor. Very good girl!
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Not everyone has time, energy or money for feeding 100% raw (believe me, I get it! It’s a commitment) but there are a variety of other options out there! Ember is currently eating 50% raw, 50% Victor Hi Pro Plus. This is my first time feeding any of my dogs 50/50 and I’m really happy with it!
I kept Ember on kibble as a puppy because I wasn’t sure if I was going to keep her and because I had her work for all her food, which is much easier with kibble! Now that I know I’m keeping her and we do less daily work for food, 50/50 has been awesome! She’s getting the health benefits of raw (including fresher breath and less plaque buildup!), but it’s not as big of a commitment for me. Plus, I like that I can still work her for kibble easily and it’s helpful for traveling!
Not all dogs do well on 50/50, but thankfully Ember does! She gets one meal of kibble and one meal or raw per day. Because she’s a growing puppy, her one raw meal has to be completely balanced. Adult dogs allow for more flexibility in their diet (balancing over time).
If you’re interested in learning more /mahout feeding 50/50, check out this article by my friend at @therawstorm
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Baby Ember went to her first #HRC hunt test this weekend and had an absolute blast! We did not pass on Saturday because she was watching the gunner right beside us instead of the mark 😂 Whoops! But she had 3 great marks and figured it out quickly! Sunday she did a super job for her first Started pass! I had so much fun watching how much she thoroughly enjoyed it. For 8 months old and a whooping 32 pounds, she certainly made an impression with her tenacity and speed 😂. @bshea0909
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Ember had her first bird killed over her today! She’s been exposed to a lot of birds and blank guns, but this was her first formal upland scenario. I am SUPER, super excited to kill (or at least shoot at 😉) some birds over her and Blitz together this fall! 🤗🤗
Also, Blitz has done zero field work this summer so she is #LawlessAndFlawless right now 💁🏼♀️
Thanks @losthighwaygundogs for the help!
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I frequently talk about impulse control, but what does that look like? Impulse control is the ability to control desires to act, whether that be running, chasing, barking, lunging, jumping, soliciting attention, etc. For me, it’s often the dog’s ability to stay in their command, regardless of what’s going on around them. Both Addie (goldendoodle) and Bates (GSP) are here for my obedience program and are doing super! We work daily on impulse control and have been increasing the difficult of duration and distractions in their commands. They show some really nice impulse control here while watching Blitz and Ember running around playing fetch. This skill looks the same regardless of the context: staying calmly in place while guests come over, maintaining a down for a duration at a restaurant/brewery, ignoring other barking/running/crazy dogs while on a heel walk, etc. Impulse control is a skill that must be worked in order to be developed, but with practice and consistency, any dog can do it!
Thanks to @shea9dogtraining for the handy work with the chuckit ☺️
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Today Ember turns 16 weeks old, which marks the proverbial end of the critical socialization period for puppies. This is a topic I discuss heavily in my puppy posts on my blog because I think it’s so important. In these past 16 weeks, Ember’s socialization has been extensive and I couldn’t be happier with where she is in her development. She’s confident, bold, driven, hard working, biddable, and is sweet as pie.
Up to this point, her socialization has included: being around hundreds of dogs and almost as many humans, she’s been to a variety of parks, houses and farms, she’s been swimming in multiple ponds, shes been to a UKC pointing dog event, an AKC retriever field trial, an HRC hunt test and a NAVHDA training day, she’s hung out at a cafe and two different vineyards, she’s been to Lowe’s, TJ Maxx and a racetrack, she’s has had her nails trimmed and been brushed regularly, she’s been in a variety of different crates in numerous locations, she’s spent at least 100 hours in a car, she’s done a ton of work for food (earning her 3 trick titles), she’s spent time off leash and on leash, she’s retrieved numerous quail, a few ducks and has flushed a bird in front of a pointing dog, and has been on a variety of different surfaces and heard a bunch of different sounds. Although she’s a lab and has good genetics to back her up, it’s this kind of puppyhood that leads to calm, stable, confident, environmentally sound adult dogs.
Pete at the Tarheel NAVHDA training day over the weekend! Thanks to everyone for their help and giving us an opportunity to train in a new location! The Tarheel Chapter gunners are 💯
🌭Who is ready to have some fun? 🌭
I have always thought Blitz will retrieve just about anything so we’re putting it to the test! 😂
Wanna join in on the fun? Share your Hotdog Retrieving Challenge on social media using the tag #blitzshotdogchallenge for a chance to be featured on our page! Have fun!
