just remember
that a retriever "must" retrieve or they go insane literally so make sure she has a job.... and heres the best retrieving trick i know (for puppies)....you take a tennis ball , ok and make two small slits in it (on opposite sides)
with a razor knife ...now .. thread a length of soft rope thru it with a good size knot at the end so you have a tennis ball on a rope.
next: you fill it with doggy beef jerky so it is most desirable.
feed the pup a little piece of doggy beef jerky then let her smell the tennis ball until she wants it and throw it after a minute or two of the "betcha cant get it game"....after she gets the ball....reel her in gently and reward her with a piece of jerky for the retrieve with lots of patting and say "WHAT" a good dog.
and begin again. Soon you'll have her fetching without pulling the rope.
NOW......you can hold the ball in your hand and get the dog to make "EYE CONTACT " and once that's established you can teach a dog anything.
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