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Well, at one of our run-thrus, Nellie saw my dad stting on the outside of the fence and she jumped off the DW to see him. Didn't complete another obstacle in 90 seconds. :/
The second run, my dad sat behind a blue tarp fence while we were setting up and when it started raining, he stayed under the club tent to film, and Nellie did fine. She sniffed at the fence where he used to be, and then completed the course.
So I guess if she sees them, she stays near them, if she doesn't see them, she completes the course b
 
Don't want to start up a new thread, but I have (yet another) question.
I have a feeling Nellie will get te zooms in at least one run. When should I take her out of the ring? Should I try and complete the course, or just take her out? I want to try as hard as possible to complete the course, but I don't want to hold up the trial with our newbie mistakes :)
 
nellie123 said:
Don't want to start up a new thread, but I have (yet another) question.
I have a feeling Nellie will get te zooms in at least one run. When should I take her out of the ring? Should I try and complete the course, or just take her out? I want to try as hard as possible to complete the course, but I don't want to hold up the trial with our newbie mistakes :)
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Normally there is a time limit and the judge will ask you to leave, or the buzzer will beep. In USDAA, I think it's 90 seconds.

If I were you, I would try to get her back a couple times, but if she definitely isn't paying attention, I would ask her to do one obstacle (of my choosing) and then run out with her to make her feel successful for taking direction from you.
 
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Before she goes into her class try tossing a frisbee or ball to get some of the zoomies out.I did it with Sting when he was younger.If your trial is outside and it is extremely hot as it has been the past week then obviously you wouldn't do it.For me I feel they focus better.I also feel you paid for the class so finsih it.You are entitled to the time they give you unless you want to make it a point to Nellie that it is not acceptable then I would take her off the course.This is me and that is what I would do and not everyone does the same thing.
 
IMHO, I think it depends on Nellie and what you want to teach her.

Do you
1. want to teach her that's a no-no?
2. just want to get her back to finish the run?
3. just let her have her fun and get out of there asap?

Depending on what you choose, is dependent on how you handle it.

If you choose
1. then retrieve her, pick her up and walk off
2. keep calling to her, or go after her and just run the course
3. get her attention, who cares what she takes or misses, and head towards the end

As long as the judge doesn't whistle you off, stay in the ring. If you choose to walk off, be sure to yell "thank you" at the judge so they know you're done (it's just a courtesy thing).

What I'm suggesting is by no means the "correct" way, but what I wanted you to do was think about what you'd like Nellie to do, or learn. With Koji, I just wanted to get his attention and finish, so that's what I did. I think the times I walked off with him, was when he ran off and he wasn't paying any attention to me and I had to go get him or because he tried to run out the ring. Any other time, if his focus came back to me, crazy hyper dog or not, I'd try to finish. If he was so crazy that he wasn't paying me any attention, I'd just run to the exit, yell "thank you" and get out of the ring.

I hope that makes sense.
 
If the run is 'done' by the judges or our standards, I want to walk out of the ring with her, not her racing ahead of me.
Thanks for all the advice. :smile2:
 
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