Rally O?

[maloneandme]

Have any Canadians put their labs into Rally Obedience? Description as follows:

"Rally Obedience goes beyond basic heeling by interspersing over forty obedience movements with the sits, turns and paces of traditional heeling. It also requires a brisk pace, positive attitude and happy demeanor. "

I have Malone tentatively signed up for Rally O for January, when he'll be 8 months old. He'll be in the Novice Group, which doesn't involve any jumping. Sounds like it's basically obedience training, which he can DEFINITELY keep improving on. ha ha!

[MicksMom]

We're in the States, but are doing AKC Rally now. It's loads of fun. And, yes- it's pretty much fine tuning obedience skills. Actually, a lot of the excercises are things I did on my own when I was training our previous Lab back in the '90s. Have fun!

[kaytris]

I believe Henery'sMom and Baloo both do rally with their labs...

[maloneandme]

Cool, thanks! I will maybe try contacting them with questions! or if any Rally O peeps wanna weigh in, please do!

[Milesmom]

I think Rally is great for starting a young dog. Miles and I did lots of rally until about a year ago.

[raptorlabs]

We love all flavors of Rally, AKC, UKC, APDT. ITs great for a puppy/young dog, good start on obedience. Merlin got his RN when he was about 9 months old (on the same day as his mom did)... we love it!

Barb and the Raptorz, Hawke, Kestrel and Merlin
Raptor Labs home of:
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ARCHX,UCD, URO1 Burri's Celestial Kestrel,CD,RE,NA,NAP,NJP,NF,FFX-AG,CL-3,RL1X2,RL2X3,RL3X,TDI,CGC,CC
ARCHX,UCD Grampian Raptor Mystique CD,RE,NAP,NJP,NFP,RL1X2,RL2X2,RL3X2,PJ1,CTL1,TDI,C GC,CC

[Belles mom]

I do AKC and UKC Rally with my kids and HIGHLY recommend it for folks wanting to get into any style of competition obedience. CKC is not a lot different than what the state side version requires. Whether you use Rally as a venue in and of itself, or as a progression to "traditional" obedience, it will provide you with an extraordinary experience!

GO FOR IT!!!

[maloneandme]

Rightio! We start RallyO tonight... hopefully Malone won't be too crazy :P

[Milesmom]

Have fun!

[maloneandme]

Thanks Ann!!
Yup, it was super fun!
I was very proud of Malone and his loose-leash walking, hubby and I have been working hard at that and its paying off.
We learned about 5 different signs for Rally.

This week we have to practice:

"Sit, Down, Walk around" (must walk around dog while they 'stay')
teach Malone to 'stand'
"Sit Down Sit" (teaching Malone to go back into a sit, after the down)