First time with change of positions from front position and a bit of intro with what I use for signals. I only teach a down from stand, at this time.
And yes, I use platforms in background, also.
Punch is only learning to jump elbow height at 6 months of age. He also started the utility bar jump.
I said 'Hup' as I stepped over first time. I guess Punch knows what Hup means, already!
I am reinforcing the word 'Hup' as a fun word when he is going over the jump or getting to the jump. I do not care much about anticipation at this time. I love that he wants to 'play the game'. He does understand stay and/or wait but I will incorporate steadiness as we progress. But, won't correct anticipation.
Working on 'Hold'. The fetch is part of game but getting him used to a good hold with sit upon return is formal delivery (without him realizing 😉).
I spend a lot of time to establish a good hold on many objects.
Punch is playing puppy games to introduce some higher level obedience exercises broken down into easy steps.
I will post a few different starts to exercises.
I use a box to teach Utility Directed Jumping 'Go Outs'. The directed jumping will be taught separately from the 'Go Outs'
Broad Jump
This handsome boy is Punch
aka Manitou Middle Bird at Featherz
(Punch bird is a retriever training term)
Phinneas x Chara
Aoife was an amazing Obedience partner on her first OTCHX/MOTCH outing!
She Qualified 4/4 in the highest level -Utility - and picked up 18pts for her scores. 15pts are required towards Master Obedience Title from the top level Utility Class, so three extra points to carry forward to final.
2/5 required doubles (OTCHX) were achieved and two more dbl Qs were so close (silly scratching and bad timing for signal/cue with ring side noise - ummm, please watch ME!). So we have no worries about Open, at this time 4/15 required pts received.
Also, we acquired a High In Class from Utility which is also a requirement. There were some beautiful working dogs and a former #1 Top Obedience in Canada dog competing. Okay... even the best can have a bad round 😉?
All-in- all, Aoife was AMAZING! I never expected to come away with such a great a weekend. Made for a good trip despite all the bad travel weather home !
Thank you to Alberta Obedience Group for a great trial and all the competitors that praised our work and effort, it really made our days!
Aoife is registered as
mHIT RGCH OTCH GCH Manitou Radiant Featherz SH WCX RAE RMX2 TDCH SDIN CGN VS
and was #1 Versatility Gold NSDTR (Toller) recognized by the NSDTR Club if Canada in 2022!
Did I mention that Aoife is amazing? Of course I did 😀
Her son Geo, qualified with a good score for his first Q in Novice.
We have Rally coming up in a couple weeks (Geo hoping for first titles, Aoife for fun) and are then back to Obedience. Fingers-crossed!
