Decided to try out a free search with my 6 month pup. A free search is when the dog is sent into an area that she must systematically search through to find what is there - in our case, dummies, (later dead game)
I put her in a sit stay and let her watch while I put three dummies down. This is our standard way when a young dog meets a free search for the first time. Then I tell the dog "search" (she has previously learned the cue by searching for treats) Nothing much to tell. She just did it. Worked nicely too - using nose and eyes, keeping in the area. No running aimless and confused around. Oh, well, and that was that...
Sometimes I almost feel that things are happening too easily with her, she never seems to be learning as much as she is just doing whatever I had in mind. I work had at splitting - but my dog is lumbing 
- sometimes I have a hard time keeping up with her LoL....
Christina
