Allan has been posting videos from the group classes, Board and Train, and private lessons on his YouTube channel. Here is our video from the first Saturday morning Rally Obedience class at Best Friends/American Pet Motel. You can see that the holiday break went on a little too long for us, and there are areas that need improvement, but I think we can be ready for the APDT trial at For Your Canine on January 23-24.
I don’t really know how to draw proper course maps, but this should give you an idea of the layout (click the map for a larger view). This course uses APDT signs:
Follow along, if you’d like:
Start: The rules, unlike traditional obedience, do not require the dog to be sitting at heel at the start. But I have found that if I do not require a sit and attention, things will usually go south pretty quickly.
1. 19-Slow Pace. We need to work on finding a pace that is slow, but not so slow that Freya wants to sit, as she did here.
2. 21-Normal Pace. We need a better transition between speeds in general.
3. 10-About “U” Turn. Not bad.
4. 3-HALT – Sit – Down. She tends to turn towards me on sits, and even more so on downs.
5. 13-360-Degree Right.
6. 11-270-Degree Right. Turns were sloppy.
7. 6-HALT – Sit – Down – Walk Around. Tight leash and a correction. Even though this was training, I really need to watch that, and the tendency to fold the leash one or two loops too tight.
8. 26-Spiral Left – Dog Inside. Not too bad.
9. 23-HALT – 90 Degree Pivot Right – HALT. Pivots definitely need work. Maybe a prayer for no left pivot at our next trial would also be in order.
10. 27-HALT – 1, 2, 3 steps forward. Ugh. I need to give her a better cue to begin moving. And also… remember to give it. Sorry, Freya!
11. 12-270-Degree Left.
12. 7-Right Turn. More sloppy turns.
13. 18-Call Front Finish Left. Not sure what happened here. Her fronts are usually much better than this. At least she finished in the correct direction, so that problem seems to be fixed.
Finish: Not a moment too soon!
(NaBloPoMo | January ’10: 12 of 31)
Bev says
How I would love to have trained our dogs that well!
*mingle*
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kathi says
Thanks… hoping to soon be able to get her to be reliable off-leash so we can move up to the next level!