Getting ready for working tests.

We went out training with friends yesterday to get our dogs ready and prepared for the working tests throughout the summer. We had a good session, mainly focusing on blind retrieves, memories, and distance work. The land we used had been sprayed with manure so the scents on the dummies were masked, making the dogs get their noses down and hunt. We set up a test where we dug little holes in the ground (just big enough to fit a tennis ball in) then dropped the ball inside and covered it back up with a slight covering of grass. We set the dogs off from a distance of around 100mtrs - the aim of the test was to hold the dogs tightly in that area and give them the loss command. All dogs did well - thankfully.