All Exercises

18 step-by-step exercises across the disciplines of retriever training.

• Fetch FoundationsBeginnerApporteren · The dog picks up a dummy on command, holds it firmly and calmly, and brings it straight to you.
• Firm Hold, Soft MouthIntermediateApporteren · The dog carries even difficult game like a raw egg: firmly enough to hold, gently enough to leave no tooth mark.
• Delivery to HandIntermediateApporteren · The dog sits directly in front of you, presents the game, and releases it only into your hand on "Give".
• Blind Retrieve over DistanceAdvancedApporteren · You can send the dog to an unseen, known-area fall on hand signals and it searches until the game is in your hand.
• Single Marking: Distance Judgement in a HeadwindAdvancedApporteren · The dog learns to judge the distance to the fall site correctly and to use the wind well, even working against a headwind: it breaks off the straight line near the dummy and runs a curve to pick up scent from it.
• Single Marking: Running Past the Fall in a TailwindAdvancedApporteren · The dog learns to use the tailwind well and to work into the wind: it runs past the fall site and only turns off the straight line when it gets there, to run a curve and pick up scent from the dummy.