It's been a while, and my handling skills are not up to par.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKrzr65dN8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5QuIOLlHmY

She looks great! Nice bite and rivere. You might have to put on 50lbs so you can keep your feet.

Amateur! I have a slideshow of not only me on my butt but bouncing on the ground as my dog make steady progress towards the decoys. ROFL

You two are looking great Katie!

From the first video this is my advice:

Katie,

My suggestions from what I saw in that video:

For you - pick up the leash in a cleaner fashion so you don't get a leg wrap around.
Also, once she's got the sleeve, run her around in a short circle away from the helper, give her the joy of possession for at least 30 seconds ( the helper remains in the blind and doesn't interact with the dog during that time ).

When she drops the sleeve voluntarily, pull her away from the sleeve ( it's *vital* that she isn't allowed to go back to a "dead" sleeve ) and strongly post yourself, then the helper should advance towards the sleeve in a menacing or teasing fashion, whichever fires her up more. If you've done a good job with your distance, Danni should be able to almost defend the sleeve ( her "kill" ) from the helper, just being 2 or 3 feet from touching the sleeve - the helper can then snatch the sleeve off the ground, greatly increasing the dogs frustration and building prey drive.


Next, for the helper:

Ask him to stop with the clattering of the whip, the dog doesn't need that ( he can just step out of the blind to the side to let the dog see him, them pop back into the blind )- if she goes flat in the blind or looks to you, the helper should explode out of the blind in an irregular basis, so as the dog never knows what the helper will do - this will increase the dog's focus on the helper ( and decrease the problems of "pattern training" that occurs with a lot of dogs ).

Hope that helps!