Trip...1st week of force fetching

[Shawn Braquet]

I'm posting this for criticism not bragging! Raymond am I right or wrong for doing this at this point? I feel he learned "fetch" at eye level, I then held it at ground level and same consistent positive response, hold, heel, release action. I've now started placing the bumper on the ground, at first he cut circles, I sat him then used an ear pinch instead of pinch collar pressure and placed the bumper directly under him, did well with that. I then started placing the bumper further away and used an ear pinch(which gives me a more bumper focused reaction compared to running circles with the pinch collar) and he did very well. In my opinion his only flaw is that he wants to grab the bumper on one end or the other, not the center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV00v...e_gdata_player