Water retrieves are an important part of your retriever training. As with any retriever training drill, it's about starting simple and increasing complexity as your retriever progresses.

This week, Josh takes you through the progression of introducing your retriever to water work. It start with young dogs just simply crossing small bodies of water. This is to train them to not just get to the middle and stop. From there, it's just a matter of increasing distances to cross water while reinforcing obedience. As with many aspects of retriever training, increasing the distance is a part of the progression for your dog. The final step in introducing your dog to water retrieves is incorporating a bumper and actual retrieve.

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