He made me proud today and we celebrated the success with a bunch of positive affirmation. I've never been super impressed by his nose, or his drive to find whatever was thrown despite the challenge. Compared to Remi instinctually, Gunnar lacks a good bit IMO. I took a tennis ball out today and let him put it in his mouth for 10 seconds or so, the I chucked it out in the yard. He had a decent mark, but the deep snow swallowed the ball. He didn't let that deter him and he stayed on the hunt, zigzagging all over the yard, eventually narrowing back in on his original mark. Once he got downwind, he whipped around right to it, then buried into the snow to get the ball. Took him a solid 2-3 minutes. We did that 2 more times before we quit and ended on a high point. Was a good way to break in the Christmas gift and show me that maybe he'll earn his keep one of these days.
