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Hi, are you triaining for UDX ? If so try slowing down and verbalize the position/s that you want from your dog and as soon as they comply, heavily praise your dog.. Remember that you can use either a voice or signal for the positions but not together in this exercise Thankyou, I hope to get to UDX eventually but haven't even started trialling yet - hopefully May. He is not my first dog (although it's been so many years ago that CCD and UDX weren't even invented) so I have been teaching him what I felt went together well eg retrieving, scent discrimination and seek back; drop on recall and distance control etc. (He's a BC - what can I say? Nothing's too difficult, and I'm not biased in the least ) Apart from out of sight stays and directed jumping, he's doing all the exercises up to UD but not to trialling standard yet. I tried the positions in motion today and it was pretty easy. Leaving him was a breeze; he needed a prompt to come with me when collecting him. The hardest part was me - getting my left leg perfectly postioned for him when collecting him. I think we'll have this nailed in a couple of weeks.

That sounds nice and easy and I didn't even think of it. Will give it a go tomorrow. Thanks

Can anyone tell me how to train for positions in motion please?

Thankyou for your advice. Yes, it is ultimately to get a good heel performance for obedience trials.

On Jan 16 I attended an evening obedience trial at Hillsborough near Newcastle. There was a man trialling a border collie which heeled beautifully so I chatted with him about his training method. He explained that he teaches the dog to touch his hand at first, then moves on from there. If that man is out there, or if anyone else has any experience of this method, I'd really like to learn how to do it. I got all excited and came home to teach my dog, who now touches my hand on command but I don't know where to go to from there. :rolleyes:

Hi everyone, Morisset showground is a good area to train although it does not have lights. I am going to try and get there every Monday at around 4.30pm and would be happy if others would like to join me to be training distractions for eachother.

I got a rotty from the pound five years ago - same problem - skinny to start with and arrived with the nasty poo eating habit. I feed Science Diet mainly with bones and treats thrown in, she's wormed regularly and in perfect health except for hip dysplasia. Sorry to say that after five years the habit is still there. She got so good at it that she holds her morning poo in until I'm out of sight then if I'm not quick enough, autorecycles! Yeh, it looks gross but I've given up stressing over it and it doesn't seem to be detrimental to her health.

Hi all, Thanks for responding to my request. So far we have two things to investigate - one is a Monday evening session at the dog section of Morisset showground - just have to check out the lighting situation, and the other is an off leash park at Rathmines of a Saturday afternoon, and we need to see how busy that gets to know whether it's an option or not for training purposes. All suggestions are welcome.

Is there anyone out there who would be interested in getting together to practice obedience in the Morisset area? What I have in mind is not to learn how to train our dogs but to practice together using whatever method we want and benefit from the distraction of the other dog. I am finding that training with a club is too limiting in that they won't allow you to use any other method than the one they support and if that doesn't work for your dog, bad luck - your dog learns that whilst at training, you can't control him. I am very serious about our training as I want to trial my dog, so if there are others out there in my area, on the same wavelength, please let me know.