Off season? You mean training season right?

[Revwrangler]

I had the morning of this beautiful sunny day off so I took my yellow lab (Benelli) to lake Kapowsin for a little water retrieval practice.

[lokidog]

Cool series of photos!

[Revwrangler]

Ya I liked the step by step.

[Bullkllr]

How did he get back up on the dock?

[vandeman17]

Cool pics. I want to take my dog to the docks and see how she does. She hits the water like a missile at the river and will jump off the ledges there. My folks dog who I used to hunt over was an awesome dock dog.

[Revwrangler]

How did he get back up on the dock?

When she swam back up to the edge I would grab the nap of her neck and under her belly and pull her up. Same way I pull her up into a boat.

[Revwrangler]

Cool pics. I want to take my dog to the docks and see how she does. She hits the water like a missile at the river and will jump off the ledges there. My folks dog who I used to hunt over was an awesome dock dog.

Ya the dynamic is different off a dock. They tend to be more hesitant. She jumps off my boat without hesitation, but at a dock she hesitates on the first jump every time. After the first time she is no problem. But I work her jumping in the water all the time. I'm typically hunting small boats, so I want her to jump how I want and when I want so I can counter weight!