Oh dear.
Okay thanks to this who have already given me advice on getting rocky to retrieve and generally be more obedient.
Now I need some more I'm afraid...
Since being advised to try the treats i have had him doing everything I want. He would retrieve a tennis ball to hand which is something he had never done before.
This morning, I switched the tennis ball back to the rabbit skin dummy (which I was having issues with before).
First throw, slip him, he buggers off with it. Eventually bringing it about 8 foot away and dropping it and then coming in for his treat. So I sit