Competition Obedience Homework Week 1 (Patreon)

Hey Ya'll!

So this week Denver started his first (and my first!) Competition Obedience class with the goal of eventually earning our CD (and we'll see where we go from there!).

Service dog training is very different than competition obedience, in that service dogs need accurate but generally not precise behaviors, but they need to be able to sustain those behaviors over long durations. In competition obedience we're looking for shorter duration, precise behavior. Definitely something I struggle with more because I have less experience with it. Plus, in competition obedience, you can't talk to your dog. So hard!

Anyways, here's my first week of homework. We can only get better from here! 😂

Exercises:

• Sticky Nose Touch

• Standing Platform Work

• Adding Verbal Cue to Twist

• Lured Sustained Trot

• Introducing "Flick" Reward Cue