The Flagman Stick-em Up bumper is a new product for an old training issue of how to teach lines and blinds. The Stick-em Up is a bumper with streamers that you stick in the ground which makes it highly visible to the dog. You will start at 10 yards and then continuously move out until you are 50 to 75 yards away while building confidence in the dog. Dog training is a step by step process and the dog builds images of what is expected. The blind and lining drills are no different.
Bella is a four year old yellow lab that is a great upland dog, but she was over pressured when she was learning lining and blinds. The program that she went through emphasized avoiding pressure and moving away from pressure to the point that the pressure put on her was too much and she shut down during this procedure when she was younger. Now that we have the Flagman Stick-em Ups, she is learning lining at a rapid pace with great confidence. We will continue to use these until we can transition her to the Flagman Success Flags and regular piles. It won’t be until after this transition that we will re-introduce overs. As a trainer, I am expecting this procedure to take a little more than a month training every other day. We will have to help her unlearn stress and then re-learn confidently.
I started this with Bella a little over two weeks ago and the video below will give you some understanding of what the Stick-em Up is all about. And to order the Flagman Stick-em up and other Flagman Mark-N-Bird Products, please visit http://www.marleydogsupplies.com/brands/Flagman-Bumpers.html
