Redbeard wrote:We're you lining him up on each bumper? Couldn't tell in the video
No, pretty sure I was letting him select the order and only turning to accommodate where he was looking for the next when he delivered. One reason would be because I seldom select the order of his marks while hunting. But more importantly, any time there are more than three or four marks I tend to be wrong about some of them, and I don't want to mislead the dog. I want him to be confident that when I do actually line him up, there will be something on that line.
Now, when bringing on a pup, I generally line him up even for obvious marks just to condition the notion that my line leads to the bumper or bird in preparation for learning to take lines to blinds. As time goes on, I'll let him do his own selecting on multiples more often but still occasionally select for him by lining him up, just to keep it clear that authority to do so remains mine.