Pup (working cocker) will be coming home on Friday and while it will be a while before I will be expecting a formal retrieve from her
I was mulling over what I should get her used to.
I don't formally compete in obedience but do train it and like my dogs to be able to do a decent retrieve with a dumbbell for demo purposes. I normally start my GSDs on a very small plastic Mikki dumbbell from day one of introducing the exercise and then progress from there onto a full size wooden one.
Do you think that I should take the same road with Reah or is it best to start them off with something softer?