We went on a road trip too

Good boy Cran and Jocu..bad mom! So easy to do!
Hey, I know what that's like....I did excellent with Piper and Finnie and with both dogs I went on the wrong side of the finish sign (the judge didn't tell me until after Finnie) and boy oh boy did I get chit from her! She said "I should've NQ'd you and you did it with BOTH DOGS!" She took 10 points off for that! I'll never make that mistake again!
And then we had a sign Stand dog, leave dog (6 feet to call sign) sit dog then front and finish.
I did everything EXCEPT for the sit
I loved this judge...she tells me how I did a beautiful stand stay and front and finish but you forgot the sit!!!! Of course this is in afternoon when I'd been up since 5 am lol.

 

Piper usually wants to down instead of sit (signals Utility...down sit come) so I signal sit and say sit very sternly. Lol working so far as I don't screw up!

 

Justus and Flyer want you to move next door and we could train all day.

Ya'll are making me want to Rally on... almost. Still a bit shook up by how hard the Master's signs are. Justus did it but I sure cost him a lot of glory!

The ink isn't dry yet on Flyer's RAE, so maybe he will return to rally later on.

Pipers Mom, do you think a Rally and Obedience dog can be successfully shown in both at the same time? Justus started getting very barky in rally, I think he doesn't want me to talk in the ring or he preferred the long heeling patterns to choppy and bossy moves.

Anyway, what a delight to have Calliesmom and crew here! I discovered my house just doesn't have enough shelties!

 

I'm not sure anymore...I thought so before but after this show I'm beginning to think differently. Perhaps if I had a dog competing in Novice I would do both but in the higher levels ...maybe not.
Thank god Piper got his title on the Friday because he NQ'd the other 3 days but I also had him entered in Rally excellent and Advanced each day! Poor guy was exhausted by the last day! I'd like to try for his OTCHX and Masters but I'll definitely NOT do Rally if I'm doing doubles in obedience.

I find Piper gets very barky in Rally as well, I tried to slow my pace and get his attention really good before each sign but there are still times he barks. I almost think that your right, the heeling patterns are almost predictable to the dogs and they know what to expect...even with Open and Utility your training the same thing over and over. In Rally they don't know what's coming next, I get a lot of forging and barking if I go to fast. Out of 8 Rally runs I only had 1 with Piper that we earned 100. That one was only one bark lol. The rest was one or two barks every few signs, lost 2 points each run for that.

So nice that you guys help each other out, sure wish I lived closer!

 

I do find that with Rally (with Piper) I go a bit slower (cuts down on the barking) especially as I approach the sign. This gives him a signal that change is coming and he has to pay attention and really helps with the forging and such, I'll also say watch a lot as we do the course or when approaching a sign.
If there's anything that I do in the videos that you want more info on I'd be more than willing to help.