When's too old to force fetch?

[Ducktrickster]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

Would you think that you couldn't run pattern blinds without force? My thoughts are if its running blinds, well willing to go on a blind, he should be able to get it out to single T, then double T and pattern blinds...swim by would be icing on the cake! I guess hard to tell without seeing the pup. A lot of people think more of a dog then what is actually there sometimes IMO.

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I think that handling can be taught by teaching handling. It sounds like the dog won't handle because it don't know what sit is and doesn't understand the concept. I have taught dogs to run blinds without force fetch. It was not fun and took a long time and I constantly had to re-teach things. Both of those dogs ran blinds and were hrch but looking back it was painful.