Thread: Dropping on the retrieve

Been lurking in the background for quite a while and enjoyed the forum to this day.
I have a wee problem that's developing and hopefully some of the experienced handles can help sort this out with some advise, before it gets engrained to deeply.
I have a 5 month old Drahthaar and lately there during both land and water retrieval training, he's dropping the dummy at either the waters edge, or before me - before I can take it from him. Other facets of the training is going great, and so far he's been an easy dog to get the message across to. Research I've done on the matter has unveiled all sorts of remedies and methods to correct this, but as he's only 5 months (22KG) I'm consciously aware not to put un-necessary pressure on a young dog.
I know this developing problem can be a real pain later down the track and difficult to correct - hence my keenness to nip it in the butt now. I also know problems are caused - not necessary inherited........... any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

Cheers