Junior Division Water Rescue Exercises

The Junior Division of the Newfoundland Club of America Water Test

The Junior Division involves the following 6 exercises

1. BASIC CONTROL
2. SINGLE RETRIEVE
3. DROP RETRIEVE
4. TAKE A LINE
5. TOW A BOAT
6. SWIM WITH HANDLER

Many of these exercises can be at least partially trained in "ground school". Keep in mind that our puppies are very very "contextual" in their understanding of the world. There is no substitute for being in the water with the excitement and lovely "wet" etc. You really can't know how well they will do in the water until you see them perform in the water. Even then, different lakes, ponds, beaches may be very different to your dog. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That first step can be on dry land.

In future postings, we'll open up discussion about each of these areas.