I see everyone here force traines their dogs. I read in 'Water Dog' that this should be used only as a last resort. What are the advantages/disadvantes of this method? The dog is about 13 weeks now, and retrieves enthusiastically, just not to hand, she'll sprint after it though and get excited as soon as she see's it however, so is it nessicary to force train her yet?
I'm still working on getting the commands down pat. I'm trying to get the 'come' command perfect, because I'm scared she'll run off in the woods, and while it's not a problem yet, I dont think I could/would want to chase her through a bunch of prickers/tight spots, so I'm also wondering how she would do on live birds. See my other topic I guess, I kinda strayed on this one
Thanks again,
-Larry