Amanda's Canine Obedience Training

10/21/2024

New session: Sunday Oct 27
Beginner competition obedience 2:45 - 3:45
Rally (Nov to Ex) 4:00 - 5:00

I have a couple of spots available in these classes. If interested please PM me.

10/02/2024

08/29/2024

New Rally Session:
I have a couple of spots available in my Sunday Rally class. Novice to excellent.
Please PM if interested.
Session will start September 15.

07/26/2024

Our obedience class enjoyed doing some training Wednesday at Kildonan Park.
Poor Odin needer a lift back to his car !

07/01/2024

Big congratulations to students that achieved titles, legs and experience in the obedience and rally rings thus weekend at the Portage Kennel Club Show.
We had several HIC and titles, first legs and more. So proud of all of you and your hard work and most of all watching you have fun in the ring with your dog!

06/19/2024

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02/17/2024

Good luck to all my students entered in obedience and rally this weekend. Can't wait to hear your results!!

Have a fun show to everyone, play nice, enjoy the company, sport and teamwork. Wish I was there.

02/02/2024

Rally students!!

01/11/2024

Class cancelled for Thursday, January 11 due to weather.

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas to all. As we end 2023 we were blessed with many great successes in the ring. Moving into 2024 we look forward to continuing where we left off and forging ahead to new ones.
I look forward to working with you all and to new student coming.
From Amanda and Amber we wish you all a joyous Christmas with friends and family.
We will all hold close to our hearts the one we had to say good bye to this year and know they are with us at the magical time of year🎄🎅💫🌈🌟

12/15/2023

ALL CLASSES ARE NOW FULL.
If you would like me to contact you for next session, if there is a spot, please PM me and I'll keep you on the list.
🎉New session starting January 7, Sunday @ 2:45pm
- Beginner Obedience/ Rally, 2 spots available (this is a small class, max 5 people for better one on one training)
- Novice & Advanced CKC rally FULL

PM me of interested.🙂

11/13/2023

What a great weekend for ACOT students. 6 new titles and legs earned. So proud of these teams. Hard work put in and paid off!!

Kara Shade new PCD & new Advanced Rally
Dayna and Bree new PCD
Diane and Ziggy new PCD & GGN
Diane and Sophie new RN
Cherylene and Merlin new RN
Cherylene and Willow one leg to PCD

Way to go !!!!🏆🎉

11/13/2023

Lots of titles earned this weekend !!! Details to follow!!!

11/09/2023

Good luck to my students and all entered in the Wheat City show this weekend. See you Saturday!

10/22/2023

New Beginner Obedience class starting Sunday, Oct 29 @ 3pm. This is geared towards people looking to go into Obedience or Rally or both. PM me if interested.

09/29/2023

Found this on another page, really good read! As this is a US post, Beginner Novice is Pre Novice in Canada.

For the Novice A and Beginning Novice handlers out there, you might find this helpful:
- Just because a judge works fast, doesn't mean you have to. You paid for your time. Relax. Settle your dog. Take as much time between exercises as needed. Go at YOUR pace, not the judges
- Ring entry is everything. Get your dogs attention before going into the ring and as you enter the ring and set up. Don't break that attention. If you and your dog are not paying attention to each other when you start, you may not ever get that attention back
- Tell your dog how good they are between exercises. Clap. Scratch their head. Make them happy and reconnect. Every exercise is a new opportunity to show how brilliant you are as a team
- In beginner novice, you are allowed one extra command or word of praise while heeling. Use it, but use it strategically. This last weekend there was something stinky in a corner that foweled a lot of advanced dogs on the about turns. I cautioned a fellow competitor with a terrier about this smell and suggested we use our extra command as we started the about turn. It worked and both of us had nice about turns
- On the stand for exam, stand your dog, settle them, take a pause and ENSURE YOU ARE STANDING IN HEEL POSITION, then say stay and walk away. Many handlers got dinged for not ensuring they were in heel position before leaving. Again, this isn't timed. Pause and get it right
- Did your dog blow off the front and go straight to finish? Did the judge give you the finish command anyway? Is your dog straight? No? Then give them the finish command or their "get in place" command. The judge is giving you an opportunity to fix a crooked sit. It could make the difference between losing 3 pts and 5 pts.
- Novice group down stays: The judges commands are: "Prepare Your Dog for the Long Down"; "Are you ready?"; "Down Your Dog", "Leave Your Dog" Waite to down your dog until the judge tells you to down your dog. The prepare your dog part is to make sure you are in position and ready for the exercise.
Mostly, just have fun. Enjoy the journey. In the end, people remember the dog, not the titles, not the scores. Long ago I had "Mr Perfect". He was such a talented dog and very consistent. He left me 13 years ago. Recently I read the journal I kept while showing him. It documented one training issue after another and a whole host of issues that we had. I had forgotten all of it and only remembered the love and joy that I had showing that dog. He truly was "Mr Perfect" to me.