wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 shoey your never annoying and anyway i like playing with your dogs their fun your doing great just have fun and if it isnt fun do soemthing to make it funforget all th formality and let your hair down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 :D Indi dog you sound so much like me!!! Walking wonky etc Yep, thats it, from now on I don't care if anyone thinks I'm not being serious about it Unless the dogs are having fun I'm not doing it (without distracting the other people of course) Stella, you are the best Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) hehe thankyou its true bugger what they think do whats best for you and yours and if someone elses dog wants to play then maybe their owner should take a leaf out of your book hehe only kidding we have t be a bit fair to the masses i throw food and play tug in classes i just stay to one side and turn my back to the group when i do so as not to be too distracting. Maybe i'll come join you sunday and we'll cause a huge racous lol Edited August 31, 2006 by caninecoach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Yeah cool, come in class with me and Eddie on Sunday!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 hehe i may well do or maybe i will pinch your dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 id say we could swap dogs but connors a sooky lala and wont even go with OH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 And not to mention that Eddie would probably never speak to me again if I took off with his bully!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 ahh yes didnt think of that anyway we'll have some fun sunday im sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Great, looking forward to it, and getting into some more agility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Once had an experienced trialler with multiple titled dogs say to me that she never worked her dogs in a class situation. She only takes her dogs to dog club for the distractions it supplies and to help socialize them. When you're in the ring, you're in there by yourself, so why do you need to practice heeling with other dogs? The only thing you need to practice with other dogs is drop and sit stays. The beauty about practicing by yourself is that neither you nor your dog get distracted from the job at hand by other goings on in the class, you get to proof behaviours in a different location and have more control over the level of distraction, you can do what ever you like to reward your dog without worrying about distracting the rest of the class. This works out perfectly for me because, I like to reward with toys sometimes, and sometimes I want more frequent 'exercise completes' during our practice. It allows me to do a short work out or a longer one. I can just go into the ring and without doing anything else, just do a quick fast/slow/fast/slow and just reward my girl for her focus. Also we always have an obedience ring at our club set up to practice in, so that if you need a hand, you just grab another trialler to do a ring run out for you and ask for pointers. Its amazing the difference that this has made in my confidence in a trial situation (don't think I need the can of bourbon and coke before I go in now!)...the freedom to work on what we need at a given time without complying to a class directive. I believe that this will help prevent my girl getting ring sour...she never knows what to expect when we go into the ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Rom, I have been thinking about class lately, and the benefits and drawbacks Only thing I like about class is the group stays but I guess this is something you can practise with only 1 or 2 other dogs for a short period anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Pom you are exactly right i dotnt bother with classes anymore mayeb the odd one just to use the class as a distraction. For soem tough they need the class to learn how to teach the exercises so i guess i can see how it becomes a habit to do a class each week with my first dog i found a good private trianer and mentor as has been suggested i found my dogs learned faster and we had heaps more confidence We started using the club as you say for distraction and equipment and have done ever since. I like being able to reward when i need to with out worrying about the other people in class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 LOL rescue remedy also helps lol some for you, although for my nervy kira she got a drop or two also !!! Mum had her first trial 2 weeks ago and she was wound sooo tight!!! but it does get better :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) Yeah that is my only concern with not doing classes, not knowing what and how to teach the new things Maybe I should do a class once a month, and train separate the other 3 weeks or something? Sparty, I might try it this week!!! Edited August 31, 2006 by shoemonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 shoey can you get to frankston on a saturday or is it too far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 No not too far, have replied to your pm :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 just so your aware im really tough and demand a lot rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Are you are scary as your dog? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres my rock Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) scarier heaps scarier and my dog is scarey just ask eddie he'll tell you Edited August 31, 2006 by caninecoach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 :p Eddie says Connor is a prahrana dressed in one of those fluffy bsl suits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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