[jazzking1971]

it's not a regular thing. It's was because I was waiting to step onto the field but the previous dog went longer than expected. It certainly wasn't a calm down but he didn't move and when released he exploded into the helper who came down to set up an escape bite. It was based on that we decided to try long bites for his first time.

The point is, he understands what it means to stay in a down position, regardless of circumstance, if told.

We did the full sch1 routine yesterday. It needs a lot of cleaning up but the general outline is there. He's running the blind and coming into the B&H nicely off lead. We're not doing 30 sec barks or anything but we're getting 3-5 solid barks and he gets a bite. We're building on that.

Nice explosion into the escape, we had issues with outing but it's a new exercise to time. The reattck looks good, he had no issues with being driven nor with the stick hits. We tried some back transport heeling and he needs help there. The courage bite looked very nice the two times we tried it yesterday. It was a bite and a slip... no drive.