Careful in Your Training SetupsAre you teaching bad habitswithout meaning too? You could be00/font>Be careful with your youngdog training setupsTake a look at the below setupand study the design to see if there are faults in the setup that couldbe teaching your young dog the wrong idea. BB2BB3terrain withBB1Hill Slope Water WindLineBB1 00especially with a youngdog you are showing them how to cheat obstacles. You are teaching themto skirt the cover, the water etc00nbsp; If this mark had tobe positioned in that area it would be better to throw the mark fromleft to right away from the water.BB2 00This mark has two visiblefactors one being wind and the other terrain (hill slope).With the bird being thrownfrom right to left and the wind and hill both to the left you are rewardinga young dog for not fighting the factors of wind and terrain. To improveyour training setup throw this bird from Left to Right teaching thedog to carry the slope and fight the wind. Also if BB2 is retrievedafter BB1 there will be temptation to fade to the old fall at BB1BB3 00Although argumentscan be made that teaching a dog to drive up a hill is good training,it is also argumentative whether you would want to place a mark straightup the hill where by teaching the dog to square the hill and drive.With the bird again thrown right to left and the wind to the left youare rewarding the dog for both squaring a hill and letting them fadewith the wind factor. Also if BB3 is the last bird being retrievedthere is temptation to fade to the old fall at BB2.Remember the six primary factorsthat influence a dog00 routeWind - Water- Terrain - Cover -Lighting - Diversions

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