Beginner Rally-O Classes - OUCH!
We started a novice rally-o class yesterday. Wow they really shoudl call this "novice rally for advanced students". Crazyness. Penn can do short heels (short distance) and we worked on sit/down in heel. We worked on front and go to right/left as well. it hought we were in good shape to start in novice class. Apparently not this class.
It's like novice rally-o for those that KNOW all the commands down pat already. silliness. rather than work on any one command/sign and teach us how to train that, she seems to EXPECT we know all of that and just needs to put it together with teh signs. I get we were supposed to have basic obedience classes doen but you don't do front and heel right/heel left and stands in basic obedience.
At the end of class 1 she had a 10+ station course to do.
Two of the dogs are advanced and seem to have done competitive obedience so no issues tere. Another is doing decent. Penny is the class dunce as we are not ready for that. And another student had to LURE their dog thru the entire course as they were so lost.
I will continue the class but try to mind what is going on and do what is appropriate for penny and I (and not practice bad behaviour just becuase the class thinks we should).
Homework is goign to be intense.