barry581 (07-24-2017), Charlotte K. (07-25-2017), Labradorks (07-24-2017), windycanyon (07-24-2017)
Two ways you can do it ... if you tell him while setting up for the exercise, ie. before the judge says “are you ready” and you respond “yes”, then it’s not scoreable as long as it’s just a single command (if you harp on it too much could be considered training in the ring). The other way to do it, which I prefer, is if your dog knows a hand signal for “stay”, then since you can give both a voice and signal on that exercise, you can signal “stay” while commanding “leave it”. That way, no extra commands, no training in the ring :-) Not the judges business what commands you give for each exercise as long as you only give one.
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Cookie (HIT HC Jamrah's Legally Blonde, UDX, OM2, BN) 6/4/2015
Sassy (HIT Jamrah's Blonde Ambition, UDX, OM2, BN) 6/4/2015
Chloe (HIT HC OTCH Windsong's Femme Fatale, UDX4, OM6, RE) 6/7/2009
And remembering:
Scully (HC Coventry's Truth Is Out There, UD, TD, RN) 4/14/1996 - 6/30/2011
Mulder (Coventry's I Want To Believe, UD, RN, WC) 5/26/1999 - 4/22/2015
And our foster Jolie (Windsong's Genuine Risk, CDX) 5/26/1999 - 3/16/2014
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barry581 (07-24-2017), Charlotte K. (07-25-2017), Labradorks (07-24-2017), windycanyon (07-24-2017)
I think w the painter's tape (or chalk marks or flagging ribbon fastened down w/ a golf tee or any of numerous methods that judges use), as you are approaching and he even glances at it, say "Leave It". Then set up as normal. Remember that Stay technically means, don't move a muscle, so....... LOL.
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Annette47 (07-25-2017)
The upper levels are a blast and they are active! You can make heeling fun and train using games. Heck, I come out of obedience class with lots of bruises and bumps all the time. It's not quite like agility, I will admit, but there are different ways to train that are more active and fun for you and your dog. With my first trainer and up until then, I never really continued because I found it boring, but with my current trainer, it's a blast.
Absolutely and if you get into CARO rally it's even more so. AT least compared to CKC when we were doing it. Oban was training at Working Level One when he hurt his leg. There was lots of running and jumping and he seemed to really like it. There was lots of thinking required too, from handler and dog. It was new then and I was even thinking he might be one of the first Labs to title in it. PHooey.
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