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Originally Posted by sorthund  Congrats Burns! Hey, Rally is soooo much fun, but not as easy as people might think. I'm just finishing up a novice class, and I'm hooked. I love that you can interact with the dog. I feel like you do that I'm the one holding my smart Dobe back, but we're learning, and that's the important thing! |
That's cool youd do rally too! I'll have to pick your brain sometime
I like the idea of being able to interact with the dog too. I want to keep it fun
And yeah, I'm definitely learning - albeit at a much slower rate than Red, lol
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Originally Posted by jatango I'm pretty sure getting an enormous goodie at the end helped to ease the disappointment over not getting to play-smack that lhasa. |
haha! Just between us, I wanted to smack the little dog too
Trying to sabotage Red on the hardest part of the test! We showed him, lol
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Originally Posted by dobebug Big congratulations Burns and Red....you definitely need to keep dong stuff with this guy. Try Rally--it's not a formal as regular Obedience--not quite as demanding--you can talk to the dog continuously if you want to and it makes a really nice transition between the CGC and the much more formal Obedience.
Heck you know if the blonde Toad can do Rally that Red surely can. Novice is pretty straightforward and you can print out the ring signs from the AKC Rally site and do makeshift markers (we use quart yogurt containers for for the cones that real Rally rings use. Right now we are working Toad through Advanced stuff--some days he's brilliant and some days he's very blonde--but it is always entertaining. |
Rally looks really fun and upbeat which is why I'm interested in it. The instructor for the intermediate obedience class we're starting this week does Rally so she's going to help Red and I a lot too. Since I've done all his training myself so far, I'm in great need of some professional advice and constructive criticism. I know Red is more than capable of doing, it's me who needs all the direction!