Fred and I headed out for a quick training session tonight on the pond. Since it was just the two of us; I took him down to the pond near a down tree and threw a white bumper in. I then took him back to the pasture and threw some marks, then heeled him to the other side of the pond. With this method, the mark/blind was both a time delay and spatial change for Fred.
I'm not sure if he just has a great memory or he is really starting to get it; but he did a wonderful job taking my line to the mark. His swim back was questionable, so I reverted to the sit and cast back into the water which does seem to be working effectively as you can see below.
I have, however, noticed another problem in the past few days. Fred is getting a little bit full of himself and his delivery and heeling is slipping. I have seen this in his training in the past and it is usually resolved by putting something challenging into the training routine; so, while we continue to work on blinds, I am going to interject some good old fashioned drills to get him thinking. He's pretty attune to Walking Baseball, Single T's and Wagon Wheels, so any suggestions are welcomed! If we can't come up with anything; I'm thinking about the two tiered wagon wheels that Evan Graham does...they have always scared me in the past, but hey; Fred and I could both use a bit of a challenge!
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