Utah Winter 2022 Retrieve Course

Hand holding, general support and best of all a place to brag about the successes. Share with words. Share with photos. Share with video. This is your home place for the next 14 weeks. Let the retrieve journey begin.

Retrieve Course 2022 Curriculum (outline)

Utah 2022 Winter Retrieve Course Curriculum

Retrieve Course Equipment List

How to make your own High, Broad and Bar Jumps
Equipment recommended for Retrieve Course

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Rebekah & Kratos Week 11 Exam

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

Lesson 11 EXAM

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Lesson 11 is uploaded

ALso, Lesson 11 class videos. Heading to hospital for right eye surgery.

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

rebekah and kratos week 10 exam

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Week #10 EXAM

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Lesson 10 EXAM

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Lesson 10 class videos

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Class emails

Class emails

Articles Worth Reading/Understanding

The Battle of the Dumbbell by Deb Kidwell (Retrieve Class 2019)
"Treat training versus Koehler training" By Loretta Holmburg, student and PhD in Education
"Force/Compulsion" an article by Matt Peel, owner of Goose Creek Outfitters & Retrievers, LLC

Conversations worth hearing

Lesson 8: An *IMPORTANT* conversation. What stops you in life stops you from success in the retrieve course.
Lesson 7: Understanding the shift in the mechanics
Lesson 5 *IMPORTANT* Conversations
Lesson 4 important conversations: Retrieve @ 6" + EC (demo examples of Red, Sugar, Boaz & Pree)
Lesson 3: *IMPORTANT* Retrieve Conversations/Instructions from 2018 & 2020 classes
Lesson 2: *IMPORTANT conversations*
Just for fun: Applied Principles of Training - based on modern training theroies. You will LAUGH so hard!

Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Zoom class videos
Lesson 12 Teaching 'Move'

Lesson 11: Building discipline to finish the job regardless

3-27-2022 Lesson 12 Class videos
HOMEWORK Lesson 11 : Building speed on the RoF against HIGH distractions
Lesson 11: Extending distance on RoF and the RoHJ training
Lesson 11: Working the RoF in new and VERY HIGH distractions

Lesson 10: Building warp speed and RoHJ sequencing

3-20-2022 Lesson 10 Class videos
Lesson 10: Building warp speed on retrieves now that your dog knows what to do.
Lesson 10: RoHJ sequencing
Lesson 10 (Review): Dog learns to "Stay" and then launch at warp speed when commanded "Fetch", the RoF
Lesson 10: Extending distance on RoF

Lesson 9.5 (Take 2)

Lesson 9.5 3-13-2022 Class videos
Lesson 9 (repeated): Transition from Lesson 8 to Lesson 9 ON THE GROUND
Lesson 9 (repeated) with NO setup
Lesson 9 (repeated with NO setup): Working against HIGH distractions to success no matter what (AKA The Iko videos)

Lesson 9: DB goes to the ground

ALTERNATIVE LESSON 9: Pseudo Lesson 9 EXAM
ALTERNATIVE LESSON 9: Part 4
ALTERNATIVE LESSON 9: Part 3
ALTERNATIVE LESSON 9: Part 2
ALTERNATIVE LESSON 9, Part 1
Lesson 9 practice: Retrieve ON the ground with Leon/Ren
Lesson 9: The Sequence to "Fetch" from the ground - Redd
Lesson 9: The all-important 'heading to the ground' sequencing - Boaz

Lesson 8: Marrying the "Fetch" to the "Hold"

2-27-2022 Lesson 8 and some conversations to remember for life.
Lesson 8: Marrying the "Fetch" to the "Hold". Redd
Lesson 8: Polishing the Figure 8 amidst my mental musings and thoughts
Lesson 8: Marrying the Fetch to the HOLD. Boaz

Lesson 7: Heading to the Ground

Lesson 7 class videos
Lesson 7: HOLD Part 3
Lesson 7: The 'Jump-Jump' command
Lesson 7: Same arm's length reach retrieve to decreasing in height obstacle to Turn to SSIF

Lesson 6

2-23-2022 Lesson 6 class videos
Lesson 6: The arm's length retrieve, The Turn to SSIF, the HOLD Part 2

Lesson 5

2-6-2022 Lesson 5 Class Videos
Lesson 5: The "HOLD"
Lesson 5 The Heeling Board/Matt Classroom demos and student's practice

Lesson 4: The 6" retrieve + EC

1-31-2022 Lesson 4: Intro of DB and Brad works Mabel
1-29-2022 Lesson 4 Class videos
Lesson 4 Doodling - Heeling Stick with left turn
Lesson 4: Teaching the "Swing" from a stationary position of Sit/Stay to then doing while the dog is moving.
Lesson 4 with Redd
Lesson 4: The retrieve @ 6" + EC videos
Lesson 3-4: Review of photo sequences of 7 steps on Set up + EC @ 1" retrieve in HIGH distractions

Lesson 3: The EC (Ear Correction) @ 1"

Lesson 3 class videos - the other videos are to long for YouTube so still have to work on those to upload
Lesson 3: Heeling Stick Right Turn
Lesson 3: the 1" retrieve + Ear Correction
Lesson 3: Understanding the Week 3 changes
Week 3 Lesson change of where you hold collar...

Lesson 2: Open on Command

RC 2022 Lesson 2 Class videos
Lesson 2: The Heeling Stick Sit/Stand/Heel * For Week 10 graduates ONLY*
Lesson 2: *IMPORTANT conversations*
Lesson # 2: The "Fetch": Open on Command + The Koehler reading assignment

Lesson 1: Forming the "Fetch" and "Give" mechanics

Heeling Stick Lesson 1: demo of Sugar trained with Heeling Stick, and Lesson 1 demo with Boaz
Lesson 1: Heeling Stick on Sit/Stay
Puppy, rehab and teaching a dog to jump correctly starts with Cavallietis
Lesson 1: Day 3 with Redd - Took 40 x today for her to relax into this new exercise
Lesson 1 Cliff Notes
Lesson 1 Understanding "Fetch": Five (5) videos of education & Simba the Lion used for instruction
Lesson 1 "Fetch": Understanding the different ways to teach the retrieve, Trust = CCC & PIC
Lesson 1: The "Fetch" and "Give" mechanics
Lesson 1: RC summer 2021

Student EXAMS

2-19-2022 Lesson 6 EXAMS. Student Rebekah/Kratos
2-19-2022 Lesson 6 EXAMS. Student Corbin/Kratos
2-19-2022 Lesson 6 EXAMS. Student Alice/Mabel
2-12-2022 Lesson 6 EXAM. Student Rebekah/Kratos
2-12-2022 Lesson 6 EXAM. Student Corbin/Kratos
2-12-2022 Lesson 6 EXAM. Student Alice/Mabel
2-5-2022 Lesson 4: 6" retrieve. Student Chris/Sarah
2-5-2022 Lesson 4: 6" retrieves. Student Alice/Mabel
2-5-2022 Lesson 4 EXAM: 6" retrieve. Student Corbin/Kratos
2-2-2022 Lesson 3 EXAM: 1" retrieve. Student Chris/Sarah
2-5-2022 Lesson 4: 6" retrieve. Student Chris/Sarah
2-5-2022 Lesson 4 EXAM: 6" retrieves in HIGH distractions. Student Rebekah/Kratos
2-2-2022 Lesson 3 the 1" retrieve EXAM. Student Alice/Mabel
1-29-2022 Lesson 3 EXAM: the 1" retrieve. Student Corbin/Kratos
1-28-2022 Lesson 3 EXAM: 1' reach. Student Rebekah/Kratos
1-15-2022 Week 1 EXAM. Student Chris/Sarah
1-15-2022 Lesson 1 Pop Quiz. Student Alice/Mabel
1-15-2022 Lesson 1 EXAM. Student Alice/ Mabel
1-14-2022 Lesson 1 Pop Quiz. Student Corbin/Kratos
1-14-2022 Lesson 1 EXAM. Student Corbin/Kratos
1-13-2022 Lesson 1 EXAM. Student Rebekah/Kratos
1-14-2022 Lesson 1 Pop Quiz. Student Chris/Sarah
1-14-2022 Lesson 1 Pop Quiz. Student Rebekah/Kratos

Instructor EXAMS

Lesson 11 EXAM
Lesson 10 EXAM
EXAM Lesson 9: Chair Test -ALTERNATIVE METHOD WITH SETUP
Lesson 9 EXAM: The infamous Chair Test (without setup)
Lesson 8 EXAM: Redd's EXAM with only 1 HOLD correction
Lesson 7 EXAM: Retrieves against objects - heading to the ground - the Turn to SSIF + the HOLD Part 3
Lesson 6 EXAMS: Part 1 - The Arm's length retrieve, Turn to SSIF & The HOLD
EXAM # 5: Retrieves @ 12". SEPERATE video - The HOLD for 30 consecutive seconds, separate video, the "Jump"
This past summer, Jessi and Ace's Lesson 4 EXAM
Lesson 4 EXAM: the 6" retrieve
Lesson 3 EXAM - This time 10 consecutive retrieves
Lesson 2 EXAM: Open on Command Roxanne/Boaz + Roxanne/Redd
Lesson 1 EXAM
Instructor Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS - Redd as demo dog

Student 2022 Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS

1-5-2022 Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS. Student Sophia/Roxie
1-5-2022 Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS. Student Chris/Sarah
1-4-2022 Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS. Student Corbin/Kratos
12-30-2021 Retrieve Course Entry EXAMS. Student Alice/Mabel

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Just some fun history

Slideshow: Museum of Maritime Pets 9-23-2015 @ Atlantic Marina
Sugar..my heart dog.
"Sugar, I need help." "Find my gloves."
Part of what your dog will learn to do
"Hold" with a ferret? You sure? Huh? Dec 5, 2012

Prior Retrieve Class Graduations

Retrieve Class Summer of 2021
Retrieve Class 2020-2021
Summer 2019 Retrieve Course
AND....Retrieve Class 2019 is over
RC 2019 Graduation Party videos - extra fun stuff
Retrieve Class 2019 Photo Shoots
2017 Retrieve Course Graduation

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