Post by orpheous87 on Mar 29, 2013 21:11:50 GMT
Pepper goes to training classes every now and again, but because Ellie is a bit more highly strung I thought she'd benefit more from structured training.
I will eventually do the test with Pepper though.
Thank you Sarahhound and Longhope! Yes, I agree Longhope, the test is definitely about us just as much as the dogs. If we get stressed and worried, it can affect the dogs as well. But, for me, because we were all under the impression that we were doing a practice run, I was much more relaxed and not worried about messing something up because I thought we had another chance! And, if we had messed up, I think we would have got another chance.
One of the dogs in our class, Halle, was wearing a head collar and during the stay, it made her fidget about so our instructor told the owner to have another go while we were having a tea break. This time, Halle stayed perfectly still despite one of the other dogs in the class playing with a squeaky rabbit toy just across the room from her! Obviously that was just to show the examiner that she could do it without moving at all.
And during the control at door/gate exercise, the Cocker Spaniel who was afraid of the examiner originally wouldn't sit and wait at the gate because he could see the examiner through it. So after we'd done the grooming exercise, our trainer put the gate back out and got his owner to take him back through the gate but walking away from the examiner which worked much better!
I will eventually do the test with Pepper though.
Thank you Sarahhound and Longhope! Yes, I agree Longhope, the test is definitely about us just as much as the dogs. If we get stressed and worried, it can affect the dogs as well. But, for me, because we were all under the impression that we were doing a practice run, I was much more relaxed and not worried about messing something up because I thought we had another chance! And, if we had messed up, I think we would have got another chance.
One of the dogs in our class, Halle, was wearing a head collar and during the stay, it made her fidget about so our instructor told the owner to have another go while we were having a tea break. This time, Halle stayed perfectly still despite one of the other dogs in the class playing with a squeaky rabbit toy just across the room from her! Obviously that was just to show the examiner that she could do it without moving at all.
And during the control at door/gate exercise, the Cocker Spaniel who was afraid of the examiner originally wouldn't sit and wait at the gate because he could see the examiner through it. So after we'd done the grooming exercise, our trainer put the gate back out and got his owner to take him back through the gate but walking away from the examiner which worked much better!