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Obedience and Rally Time for Jasmine
After we finish our May/June classes and do some proofing and run thrus, I am planning to get our BN, RN and CD titles this fall.
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Jasmine Around Town
Socialization is very important for all puppies, but especially for welshies since they tend to be reserved.
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Our First Two Weekends of Rally and Obedience Trials
Last weekend in Harrisonburg, VA, Tucker and I went to our very first rally and obedience trials. On Saturday we had Beginners Novice Obedience and Rally Novice and Sunday we only had Beginners Novice. Our first Beginners Novice trial went well.
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A New Obedience Game
The game I'm simply going to call the sit-down-stand game. I'm sure I'm probably not the first one to try this, but I'm going to start Tucker with just sit and stand because he knows both. I'll give him the sit command, say "good" (his marker), reward him and release him with the word "break."
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Consistency is The Key to Training Success
When I remember to make them sit at each door they get better at figuring out that that's what they need to do. If I forget to make them sit at the door, they get confused. I'm figuring out that the more consistent I am the more clear they are on what they need to do to get their reinforcement, which is to be allowed to go through the door.
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Going Back to Obedience Training – Days One and Two
We are on day two of obedience classes with Raiden at All Dog Adventures. They have a unique flextime obedience program in which you pay for classes in months and…