Soooo i finally put my goals on paper an heart and by june i want to get BN on both sookie and havanna! i have almost all the behaviors and only need to pimp them up!
I really want to ask for advide to prepare both mental and physical. This would be only the beggining of my carrer as a trainer so i want to start early and get all the info i can thanks in advice and hope everyone is ok!
The BN is the (fairly) new AKC obedience title, Beginner Novice. It is intended to appeal to people who may not feel they are quite ready for the novice (Companion Dog, CD) class.
The exercises are: a heel on leash where you actually follow a few rally signs instead of the judge calling the pattern verbally. A figure-eight on leash. A sit for exam where the judge will touch only the top of the dog's head. A sit-stay where you will position your dog in about the center of the ring, then walk around the perimeter of the ring and return to your dog. A recall, without a finish.
It is an optional title and is not a necessary prerequisite to the CD.
Good luck, Milanka! Let us know how your training and trials go. I'm sure some of the more experienced competitors will be willing help you out with ring preparation.
Thanks Cheri! today i did a "full practice" of all the exercises and both grils did superb! the only thing im worried about is the stand for exam they keep wiggling and they are not into people very much....
I do have a question about the heel part.... i am working on the schutzhund heel (glued to my leg, attention on me all time,etc), should i keep on it or should i relax the criteria to only focus on heeling happly with me?
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If you want that level of focus, IMHO, I suggest you start with it. When I adopted my mature dog, I taught her a relaxed heel. Even though I changed the criteria and created a new command for the "fuss", I am having a wicked time getting her to stay intently focused for an entire routine.
Milanka, as Steve just said, you will lose points in AKC if the dog is literally touching your leg. From the rule book:
"The dog should walk close to the handler's left side without swinging wide, lagging, forging or crowding. The dog must not interfere with the handler's freedom of motion at any time."
So the dog being in physical contact with you would be considered crowding. Aside from that, yes, happily paying attention to you is desirable, though looking directly into your eyes the whole time is not required. But -- and this is a big but -- the heads-up heeling posture is what's in fashion now in AKC, and it's what most handlers strive for if they want the highest scores.
If you don't have a copy of the AKC obedience regulations and would like to know where to get one, PM me and I'll give you a link.
So two different cues forr that?
I will go and do the attention heeling then.....need to work on that haha havanna wanted to sniff every step and sookie looked away on the sits
But i have a good feeling and will improve!
The BN is the (fairly) new AKC obedience title, Beginner Novice. It is intended to appeal to people who may not feel they are quite ready for the novice (Companion Dog, CD) class.
The exercises are: a heel on leash where you actually follow a few rally signs instead of the judge calling the pattern verbally. A figure-eight on leash. A sit for exam where the judge will touch only the top of the dog's head. A sit-stay where you will position your dog in about the center of the ring, then walk around the perimeter of the ring and return to your dog. A recall, without a finish.
It is an optional title and is not a necessary prerequisite to the CD.
Good luck, Milanka! Let us know how your training and trials go. I'm sure some of the more experienced competitors will be willing help you out with ring preparation.
Thanks Cheri! It's been a while since I was in an AKC ring was when I got Thunder's CDX. I'd still like to get his UD and Start Trooper on his CD.
I also agree about AKC's rules. A bit anal for me compared to schutzhund OB.
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thanks in advice and hope everyone is ok!
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