Last weekend we hosted our third rally trial through WCRL. We invited students of all the classes to come and watch, trying to describe it as a type of “heeling competition event.” We ended up with a handful of spectators at various points and one of our young class attendees Read more…
It seemed like a good idea to do a day of agility and then a day of rally – and while the dogs thought that was great, it wasn’t the best for me. Last Friday we left at 5:30 to head down to Cincinnati for a CPE agility trial. Some Read more…
A year ago Blaze finished his Level 1 (APDT) rally title. Last November he finished his Rally Novice (AKC) title. That left us with not much else he could do while on leash. We still could try UKC rally or tracking and non-titling AKC subnovice classes. Blaze has an abnormal Read more…
We had a 5 day obedience seminar with Fanny Gott. Griffin and I had done online classes with her and it was really exciting to work face-to-face with her. Other seminar attendees were here from all over the US and with different types of obedience goals. It was one of Read more…
This rally book is incredibly interesting. It’s written by someone who has been involved with rally since it’s early AKC days. The author was one of many people who attended rally trials on the very first night/day (very early morning!) that AKC was offering rally in 2005. I remember reading Read more…
I was correct…Blaze did finish his APDT Rally Level 1 title last month! 10.5 years of training and we finally completed something! The funny thing is, I’ve spent more hours training him than Luna and Griffin together (and probably multiplied by 10). What’s different? The primary difference is that I’m Read more…
A week ago I took Blaze and Griffin to a run at an APDT trial. Blaze is not a young dog anymore and I gave him too much of a warm up. But, even without the bonus exercise (I’m not letting go of his leash!), we passed and I think Read more…
I probably spend too much time on these behaviors. And so while waiting for the car to warm up before leaving classes last night…I ‘tested’ our finishes. Verbal or visual cues for both the left and right finishes. I need to move less. But I’m getting better! I think the Read more…