Akc Obedience Videos

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Foster at an AKC Obedience Show (Open A)

Akc Obedience Q&A

How much should I be practicing to compete in AKC and UKC obedience and agility?

My Sheltie is now a year and a half and I'd like to start competing with her in a month or two. Do you think 15 min. 2x a day for obedience is enough plus a private lesson with a trainer atleast every other week is good? There is also an "Open Obedience" at a nearby dog training club where you can practice like you are at a show. Would that be helpful? I'd say her biggest problem (like most dogs) is heeling. She only looks at me about half of the time instead of the whole time and she isn't close enough to me. I'm taking an agilty class once a week and can go to a club and $75 for 6. Isn't there some way to make something similar to practice with? Thanks for any info. She is ready to compete now but I want to try to place and not just qualify!

Any practice you can get in, as long as you aren't boring the dog, is good. If you don't have heeling down, you got nothing. A dog isn't ready for obedience without 100% solid heeling before you get in a ring -- once you get in a ring, your nerves are on edge, the dog is excited and if they are not well trained, they will screw up -- basically you have to have a well proofed dog if you want to be competetive - proofed and trained with enthusiasm. I haven't competed in agility - trained a little in it but just haven't had a desire to compete but have competed in obedience for decades and schutzhund for a few years and training is training - the dog needs to be fully trained - know precisely what it is you want it to do regardless of what else is going on in the world around it -- and the training and working has to be so much fun that the dog will enthusiastically work. I think likely the same is true for competing in agility and I would expect my dogs to be 100% way before I considered stepping into an agility ring. You can make obstacles to work on in your own yard or do obedience in your own area but basically if you can't take the dog out to someplace that will be very distracting and obedy 100% with enthusiasm, I wouldn't consider going in competition with her. From your description, she is not close to being ready to compete and place except maybe by accident.

Monty: No one tries to 'gain fame' by training and competing with their dogs! Grow a brain... there are thousands of dogs who compete and place and place high in various venues but they aren't 'famous' -- it isn't about that but obviously you don't know, do you? It is about dogs want and need to do something -- if you did nothing in your life but eat, sleep and be patted on the head and be 'loved' by some other species, your life would be pretty pathetic -- same with a dog. They are canines and as such have various drives and instincts that are ingrained in them and they, unlike a lot of people, have something called 'work ethic' -- they actually ENJOY being useful and doing stuff for the people in their lives. Your lack of knowledge regarding canines and training is abysmal - get a stuffed dog if you just want to 'love' something for your own gratification and without any concern about the actual needs of the animal.

Akc Obedience Videos

Kohl AKC obedience CD leg1

Foster at an AKC Obedience Show (Open A)

Akc Obedience Q&A

What options are mixed breed dog obedience or agility competition?

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