Rally Novice Leg - Chloe

Thanks for the congratulations!

Chloe BARELY got her Q's. She had a 77 yesterday and an 80 for today.

Chloe was a MESS today! We are lucky she Q'd. The novice course for us had three lefts in it, which were so hard because Chloe was full of spunk and forging ahead. It is SO hard to go left with a dog that forges ahead. And her MOUTH. What the heck??? She bark bark bark through the course. She doesn't do that on practice, and the second she gets moving in the ring, she starts barking. We have to do some serious work on it. I am thinking of practicing Rally sings in our agility yard and as soon as she barks, we are going to put her in a down, and "game over." At some point she will get the idea that barking makes the fun stop. UGH.
 
danisgoat said:
Thanks for the congratulations!

Chloe BARELY got her Q's. She had a 77 yesterday and an 80 for today.

Chloe was a MESS today! We are lucky she Q'd. The novice course for us had three lefts in it, which were so hard because Chloe was full of spunk and forging ahead. It is SO hard to go left with a dog that forges ahead. And her MOUTH. What the heck??? She bark bark bark through the course. She doesn't do that on practice, and the second she gets moving in the ring, she starts barking. We have to do some serious work on it. I am thinking of practicing Rally sings in our agility yard and as soon as she barks, we are going to put her in a down, and "game over." At some point she will get the idea that barking makes the fun stop. UGH.
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we were in the 70's today too. hear ya about the lefts- we had some of those- I'm sure we lost points on the left 270 because neither pup was in the correct position. the barking- Cran has never barked at rally before- it was our first trial but not even in practice. in agility, he barks when he sees other dogs running because he wants to herd them and he wants to be out on the course too. if you plan on any obedience- barking will lose you tons of points so definitely start working on it now :wink2:
we were getting dizzy with the lefts yesterday :winkgrin:
 
danisgoat said:
Thanks for the congratulations!

Chloe BARELY got her Q's. She had a 77 yesterday and an 80 for today.

Chloe was a MESS today! We are lucky she Q'd. The novice course for us had three lefts in it, which were so hard because Chloe was full of spunk and forging ahead. It is SO hard to go left with a dog that forges ahead. And her MOUTH. What the heck??? She bark bark bark through the course. She doesn't do that on practice, and the second she gets moving in the ring, she starts barking. We have to do some serious work on it. I am thinking of practicing Rally sings in our agility yard and as soon as she barks, we are going to put her in a down, and "game over." At some point she will get the idea that barking makes the fun stop. UGH.
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Congrats on your Q's


That is what I did with Diva when she barks, either that or throw up my hands and say all done and walk over and sit on a chair for a few seconds. Diva would get so sad when I would walk away and ignore her. I do that too if she bites at my pant legs. She learned very quick if she wanted to play she needed to be quiet and keep her mouth off me.
 
Justicemom said:
Congrats on your Q's


That is what I did with Diva when she barks, either that or throw up my hands and say all done and walk over and sit on a chair for a few seconds. Diva would get so sad when I would walk away and ignore her. I do that too if she bites at my pant legs. She learned very quick if she wanted to play she needed to be quiet and keep her mouth off me.
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Thanks. Dandie is the pant leg biter. Those little quirks of theirs!

I am glad to hear that by making "game over" worked for Diva. Let's hope that it works for Chloe. I know that practicing in the agility yard will be torture for Chloe, but she has to learn that she needs to get control of herself.
 
Congratulations! Way to go for earning two Rally legs at an outdoor show.

There's a Specialty at the same park on the 9th, hope you entered!!

Dani
Armitage Dazzling Spun Gold CDX, RAE
Staymat Magnificent Journey (puppy)
 
fuzbuttsheltie said:
Congratulations! Way to go for earning two Rally legs at an outdoor show.

There's a Specialty at the same park on the 9th, hope you entered!!
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Thanks! We did not enter the specialty...really wanted to but we have two things going on that day, one of them being the Sheltie Rescue picnic in our area. I really wish the rescue didn't have their picnic on the same day as the Sheltie Specialty!!!

Are you going? I have good friends that will be there.
 
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