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I am interested in Rally, but it has only just started to reach the UK and so far most of the events seem to be in Shropshire, which is a bit far for me to go to try it out.

From what I have seen they do similar things to obedience, but are not as strict as in the actual obedience rings - which is nice as getting into an obedience ring can feel intimidating.

Anyway, I keep looking to give it a go.

My mum things I should persuade my trainer to hold Rally classes, but I'm currently working on her assistant to organise a flyball class, so one challenge at a time:wink2: I'll end up living at that club!
 
Rally is supposed to be a bridge into obedience- for people who have gotten the Canine Good Citizen certificate and are interested in doing more with their dogs.
so it's not supposed to be as strict as formal obedience and you can talk to the dog the whole time and encourage them to do whatever. I think that it is more fun than obedience but we have never competed - I've been encouraged to try Beginner Novice as it's more rally-like than obedience. we'll see- I'll have to see what stuff Callie will need refresher training :wink2:
 
The scoring in Rally is less strict than obedience. Rally only has 1 pt deductions so anything less the a 1pt error is not scored. In obedience, there is 1/2pt deductions so everything more than a 1/2pt error is scored. 1/2 pt error could be slightly out of heel position, slight crooked front or finish etc. In rally, it is an obviously crooked front, finish, heeling error. I should put togther a video as it is hard to describe.

Sophie, from what I hear heeling in the UK is stricter than the US in terms of position and the they like closer heeling. In the US, as long as the dog is lined up somewhere between it ear and shoudler with the seam of the handlers pants and maintains that same postion though out the heeling with its body straight, nothing else matters. Head can be up or down. Heads up heeling is usually taught because then you know what the dog is looking at.

Best heeler, I ever saw was Jo Johnson's sheltie Hobi. He never varied his position like he was sewed to Jo's leg and did not heel with his head up. He holds the record for more lifetime OTCH points with something like 16200 points. Amazing dog.
 
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Sophie, from what I hear heeling in the UK is stricter than the US in terms of position and the they like closer heeling. In the US, as long as the dog is lined up somewhere between it ear and shoudler with the seam of the handlers pants and maintains that same postion though out the heeling with its body straight, nothing else matters. Head can be up or down. Heads up heeling is usually taught because then you know what the dog is looking at.
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Ah, that explains it. Eye contact is a must over-here and the dog has to be glued to your leg almost. I think in novice obedience you can get away with the dog losing eye contact than looking back, but at the higher levels that dog has to be looking at you 100% of the time. And I think that is the hardest part for both handler and dog to achieve, hence why I am not planning my obedience debut any time soon!!!
 
This is interesting......

My trainer told me I need to walk in a circle. Any pivoting of my feet is not performing the circles correctly (any of them). And the dog can't pivot either. So, I have to make a circle big enough so the dog isn't pivoting on its rear legs and I'm not pivoting either. Huh......I take the rules have no answers? Darn, I still need to read them.

And Dr. Shelli, ohmigod, Diva is such a cutie pie! I loved watched the video of her.
 
k9kreationz said:
This is interesting......

My trainer told me I need to walk in a circle. Any pivoting of my feet is not performing the circles correctly (any of them). And the dog can't pivot either. So, I have to make a circle big enough so the dog isn't pivoting on its rear legs and I'm not pivoting either. Huh......I take the rules have no answers? Darn, I still need to read them.

And Dr. Shelli, ohmigod, Diva is such a cutie pie! I loved watched the video of her.
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Thanks:o My instructor loves her because she is so bouncy and animated.
 
k9kreationz said:
This is interesting......

My trainer told me I need to walk in a circle. Any pivoting of my feet is not performing the circles correctly (any of them). And the dog can't pivot either. So, I have to make a circle big enough so the dog isn't pivoting on its rear legs and I'm not pivoting either. Huh......I take the rules have no answers? Darn, I still need to read them.

And Dr. Shelli, ohmigod, Diva is such a cutie pie! I loved watched the video of her.
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Nothing I have found yet tells me. I did find a site where a trainer teaches the dog to do the pivot 90 degrees from a sit. In the end of the video she demonstrates a 360 left and it looks just like the way I do it with Deja.

You would think something this simple would be spelled out somewhere rofl..
 
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