28/2/2014 0 Comments Wednesday Rally TrainingThere were just 4 dogs + Mia (our demo dog) last night. Mya, Eddie, Django and Cinders.
Our trainer Rebecca set us three level 3 & 4 mini courses. All had to be done off lead and this time she threw the curve ball of distractions. (As if the figure of 8 bowls with food are not distraction enough). We went back to using treats a little more to ensure focus and staying with the handlers, but it was impressive how well all 4 dogs did.). Mya is still our star dog and though her mum says that she is her handicap, they do well together. We just need to get her to the trials. Cinders has become a little excitable on the call forwards and has started jumping up before sitting in front of me. We are going to try and work on that. She is brilliant at the moving down but isn't too confident when I walk behind her to pick her up. The one thing we have to remember is that our bodies and our feet can give our dogs signals that we really don't want to. Next week Rebecca says we are going to move on to the level 5 and 6 exercises. She thinks that it is best to try and get them under our belts before we move outside in April.
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22/2/2014 1 Comment Scentwork with Trek
Another great nights training with the Rally group. Rebecca is really putting us through our paces with level three and four signs "off lead" too. She was a meanie by making us all pick a sign and then made a course out of it. Suffice to say we all picked out signs one or other of us would have rather not come out. That said we had a lot of fun and we did some critiquing of our peers, which wasn't always appreciated, which lead to one comment of " I work better with Treats, than critique!" I think our dogs can all agree to that. Lots of improvement and it is bril to hear that Eric and Baileybear will be attending Anglesey to enter their trial. I would love to be there with them, but have an AGM instead that weekend. Have to say sorry to Mya for distracting her on one of the signs. I was really trying to put the treats out of sight, honest.
17/2/2014 0 Comments Rally WorkshopUnited Spaniel Association hosted a Kennel Club Rally Training Day and invited Kim Hunt to do the training. I took Fart who attended in the morning, Cinder who did some advance training whilst the second session were having their talk and Trek who did the afternoon session. Sadie came to help out both me and the committee and i have to say that the both of us are absolutely knackered now. Thanks to Gina who did the catering and Ant who also came and helped out, but also was persuaded to run his IWS in the afternoon. The help was appreciated.
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