Clicker Retrieve Sessions 35-40

Banshee and Bella continue with the hold in front. We move each hand off the dumbell separately, beginning by just opening our fingers, then moving away from the dumbell. The dog is often more sensitive to the movement of one hand over the other. Then we present the dumbell with one or both hands and start to loosen our hands so the dog starts to take the weight of the dumbell. Then we open the fingers on that hand and then move the hand away. Occasionally the dog will drop the dumbell, no big deal, we