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Winter Classes
Monday evening classes begin Jan. 20. Wednesday and Thursday evening classes begin the week of Jan. 27 New classes include:
Attention Games & Heeling Part 2
Polishing Novice/Into to Open
Rally I / Beg. Novice
Family Manners II
And of course on-going Novice Ring Prep/Beg. Open, Open/Utility and Rally Attention Games & Handling Skills are on the schedule.
Wednesday daytime classes begin. Jan. 22
Friday daytime classes begin Jan. 31.
New Friday class:
Attention Games &Heeling, Fridays at 12 noon.
The complete class schedule and registration information can be found at www.blueribbondogsportscoaching.com
BRDS is giving the AKC CGC and CGCA tests on Thursday Jan. 23. FMI please contact me at lsperco@verizon.net
Don't forget that Sandi has Rally run-thrus and CDSP run-thrus every Thursday morning at Golden Rule School for Dogs. |
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Lisa Butz & Maggie - CD-C with first place and High in Trial
Jeanne Kollmer & Carol - RL1 leg with second place
Vic Garcia & Zak - RL1 leg with second place
Val Bernhardt & Jenny - CDX-C with all first place wins
Val Bernhardt & Rocky - first RL1 leg, first RE leg
Kathy Kaminski & Jackson - RL2X leg, RLVX leg with first place
Judy Sullivan & Lola - ninth CD-CCh leg
Kris Marino & Koda - RLP leg with first place
Bobbie Wood & Emmy - CD-CCH leg with third place
Bobbie Wood & Maestro - CD-CCh leg with fourth place
Joy Scally & William - fourth ARCHX leg
Barbara Hartnig & Yogi - ninth ARCHEX leg with third place
Sandi Ver Sprill & Jasmine - CDX-C leg
Sandi Ver Sprill & Pippa - CD-C leg with first place |
NEW OBEDIENCE TRIAL CHAMPION
CAROLINE LE BEL & SCOUT
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Closing The Gap
It's The Little Things That Count
Heel means heel.
Heeling nicely to the line sets the tone for all that happens at the line. If you allow your dog to pull or get out ahead of you when going to the line in training, your dog will drag or race you to the line at a test. Close the gap now and make sure you and your dog are going to the line as a team; not competitors in a foot race.
Sit means sit.
Training is exciting and tests are thrilling. And it's oh so very hard for some dogs to sit still while those bumpers or birds are going down. Sit does not mean sit and then creep forward a little bit and sit again...and again and again. If you allow creeping during training, creeping will turn into a full- fledged break at a test.
For young dogs using a platform teaches WHERE to sit and makes it easier for the dog to stay in a sit. Using a platform in training with more advanced dogs serves as a reminder. If your dog creeps or breaks during training, make sure you've told your gunner to pick up the bumper or bird. Close the gap now and minimize the chance that your dog will creep or break at a test.
The Little Things Count In The Ring Too...
Setting Up
Getting your dog focused and set up for an exercise sets the tone for the entire exercise. In class and in training, get into the habit of setting up for whatever it is you are working on with your dog's attention fully focused on you and your attention fully focused on your dog.
Give each exercise a name and use it when setting up; identifying what you are going to do in practice and doing the same in the ring teaches your dog to shift gears and know what is going to happen. If you simply walk into the ring or practice area while in class or training you cannot expect your dog to walk into the ring at a trial focused on you. Close the gap now and be confident you and your dog will be entering the ring as a team.
Transitions
"Exercise finished" does not mean your dog is off duty, nor does it mean you are off duty. How you and your dog move from one exercise to the next is as important as performing the exercise. In class and in training, if you allow your dog to sniff and/or wander around the ring when not working, your dog will think it's perfectly acceptable to do the same thing at a trial.
Make sure you start each training session with all the 'equipment' you need right there with you, just as you would at a trial. If you are practicing your transition from say the DOR to the ROF be sure you haven't left your dumbbell in your training bag.
Use your attention games during transitions; the pocket tap and hand target are perfectly 'legal' in the ring during transitions so get into the habit of playing them in training. Close the gap now and both you and your dog will be focused and confident in the ring.
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The Navesink River Hunting Retriever Club Sunday training sessions start back up on Feb. 16. For details:
www.navesinkriver-hrc.com/ |
