Glossary of terms

(The following terms will make perfect sense as you go through the course.)

Basic Obedience Course

• Recall – to come back to the handler on command.
• Fetch/hold/give – fetch an object on command, hold the object, return to the handler and deliver the object to hand.

Field Training Course

• Dummy – plastic or canvas retrieval dummy used for land & water retrieves.
• Taking a line – teaching the dog to take the most direct route to the dummy.
• The line – refers to the starting point of an exercise.
• Marking – the dog watches the dummy as it is thrown and where it lands - in so doing the dog “marks” the location of the fall.
• Multiple marks – the dog learns to remember more than one location.
• Sight blinds – a retrieve that is not thrown but placed by the handler.
• Handling – hand signals are used to direct the dog.
• Cold blinds – the dog is sent to retrieve an object he has NOT marked or seen placed in the field.