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Intro to Rally
Rally is a sport in which the dog and handler complete an obstacle course of sorts, using marked stations to practice various obedience skills. The dog / handler team proceed at their own pace through the course completing each skill for points. Speed of completion is secondary to precision on the course. Each week offers a new course, with a few novel skills.
Team-work at its best
Benefits:
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Build strong communication skills,including attention and focus
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Learn to work as a team
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Fun exercise to perfect leash walking
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Sharpen basic skills, such as sit, down, stay, come in a new way
The team moves at a brisk, but normal, pace with the dog under control at the handler's left side. The dog and handler should work together to follow the course in numerical order with a loose leash. Signs may include skills such as: Down – handler walk around dog, Weave around a series of cones, Front and dog go around handler, among other cues.
Handlers are encouraged to talk to their dogs throughout the course, use praise, hand clapping, verbal cues, hand gestures and signals. Repeating cues or signals is not penalized.
Penalties are given for sharp leash corrections, loud, harsh verbal corrections, yelling at the dog, or touching the dog. Rally promotes fun and enjoyment for dogs and handlers at all levels, and is a great way to keep basic skills sharp.
Sharpen your skills
with fun and games classes!
Fun Scent Games is a class designed to strengthen your dog's most important sense. In our Level I class, your dog will sniff for food hidden in boxes and other places. As your dog progresses through the course, it will learn specific scents. You'll be amazed at how greatly your dog will learn to use its keen sense of smell! This class helps build conficndece as the dog learns to trust his nose!
Sniff It! - Fun Scent Games
Click 'R Treat - Canine Circus your dog to do tricks is fun for both dog and handler. Using a combination of lure and shaping, more complex behaviors are built by training a dog to do a behavior in small incremental steps rather than all at once. The dog learns to perform a new behavior by learning smaller parts first. The same way a lump of clay becomes a vase over time, so the trick is built! The tricks you create are limited only by your dogs' physical capabilities and your own imagination!
Tricks Class is held at the WAPC location only - 190 Costello Dr