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**doberkim** · 06-22-2008, 02:21 PM

congrats on the first leg! yay, and a placement! no pics of him and his ribbons???

what a great venue - was there a breed show associated with it? the rings are nice and big, the venue is VERY quiet, there's virtually NO traffic - you couldn't ask for a better debut location for a novice dog/handler!!! and its indoors - was it air conditioned? if so, id keep that on my locations of places to show in the future - thats a great set up, was crating nice?

you probably lost a few points for tight leashes, nothing major on the actual rally course - but maybe a crooked sit and OOP - but your leash was really short and he got a few TL's repeatedly around the course, so i bet that is what did you in. i'd definitely give him a much looser lead in the future and you will probably have a much higher score!

prenovice, let me know if you want some tips later on - right now focus on the fun rally performance

one thing i will comment on is something near and dear to my heart - for the safety of everyone, please NEVER let your dog make eye contact with another dog during the sits and downs and maintain it - he really got the rottie going and thats how the entire line can break and lead to a dog fight - they were just playing in this instance but its a major safety issue (and once a dog is attacked during the stays, its a VERY hard issue to work through - ive been working stay issues for over a year and its the most frustrating thing and its whats been holding us back from competing).its nice when everyone is on leash, but eye contact and staring down a dog like they did in the down, is just asking for trouble.

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