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“Daddy” needs a new pair of shoes

December plan - do “stand alone/send back” Y-Drills at Riverside Park DTA…begin short & establish solid “steady/release” standards

2nd day modification - Gigi will begin Hillmamn’s pin point marking drill

four weeks of balance - marking sessions, running blinds via KRD setups, practicing lining drills, doing basic HRC line doubles with blinds plus clean out old freezer (duck/pheasants) & no UTV
                     note: days off determined by weather…use “flip-flop” setups often

✔Dec. 4th-afternoon…high 43°F…Rockton Road DTA - orange, canvass bumper…”stand alone/send back” singles…calf-high cover…Gigi retrieved with the primary focus being steady (did NOT pick up every single and alternated with handler picking up every other one)…Pounce retrieved and watched (alternating) with the primary focus being exercise/practice

✔Dec. 5th-Saturday afternoon…high 41°F repeated yesterday (different section), each did two sets of six singles…different positions & LONGER (4 photos)
           note: Gigi needs more focused practice on marking (steady until released was better
                     (today)…..no trainer at the line requires consistent, relentless practice

✔Dec. 6th-Sunday afternoon…high 41°F…using ”stand alone/send back” singles Pounce did two different X-Box-Drills in cover with an orange, canvass bumper & Gigi ran Hillmann’s Pin-Point marking drill (first time) using an orange bumper at 50-75 yards in cover (Riverside Park DTA – NW area) note: about a fifteen singles
            note: with each single, Gigi’s marking became more accurate…for a fast
                      retriever, covering a lot of ground being accurate is very important
            note: Gigi’s “stand alone/steady” routine at the line has improved...not a
                      single issue today (practice is cool)

✔Dec. 7th - Monday afternoon…high 39°F…repeated yesterday (North area - Riverside Park DA)
             note: Pounce’s X-Box Drill was increased by about 25 yards to 125 yards
             note: Gigi’s Pin-Point singles distance was increased to 60-85 yards
                       noticeable improvement in focus on marking (7 photos)
             note: finished just after dusk, darkness came quickly

✔Dec. 8th - trained at 3:30 pm...cold 32°F & very windy (Southwest area - Riverside Park) Pounce did two X-Box marking drills (long and short with an orange bumper) and did well...Gigi started with the Pin Point marking drill and was pretty much clueless as she over-ran the falls by quite a bit....every time. I was going to call it a day (that bad) when it was decided to see what she would do with a white bumper. She did NOT over-run any and was "right on" every single. There was a thick cloud cover and a strong tail wind. The orange vs. white was night and day different for Gigi.
note: Pounce can see orange and it is now confirmed that Gigi cannot.
The rest of this effort was discontinued as the purpose of refocusing brought about some productive changes. A nice string of good weather days was very significant.
Dec. 9-15th Refer back to the regular journal.