Tonight was Midas’s last Rally Class. We had a couple of new signs:
Midas knows the Back command but always at either a right-angle to me or facing me and straight in the opposite direction. This was a little difficult for him because he was supposed to stay in the heel position and back straight up with me. Easily done with a treat to guide though.
This one was easy and we had no difficulties.
We worked on his flat collar the whole time. The first time through the course was much more successful than the second time. The second time he couldn’t keep his nose off the floor and he wasn’t as focused. Part of the reason is that one of the ladies in my class is constantly trailing treats behind her – making it distracting for the next dog on the course.
We had another jump in this course, he did really well coming right back into the heel position:
Our serpentine weaves through the cones went really well:
This was our second time through, he wasn’t paying attention and instead of sweet-talking him for ignoring me, I started to pop his collar – he started paying attention better:
Our favorite sign is when he is called to Front and then Swings back into position:
We had this sign again:
He did much better with just a treat:
Midas’s “younger brother”:
The Portuguese Water Dog I love:
A great ending to our second round…we will be entering the third round next week I think. 