Ellie Completes the January Challenge

In a dog forum I frequent, we have started to issue a monthly challenge to those who like to train with their dogs. For January, it was to get the dog to retrieve a remote control, or other suitable object, from a distance of at least two metres, and return it to the handler. It was not allowed to be an object that the dog had already retrieved before.

Here is Ellie performing her retrieval. I've shot the video in different locations, as some viewers of our last video were of the opinion that if you only train a behaviour in one location then that's the only way they'll ever do it. What nonsense. In the video, you'll see her retrieving it outside and on the stairs. It was the first time she's done either. How do these myths come about? They drive me nuts...

Enjoy the video...