Then we spent the afternoon in Rally classes. Walker is starting an APDT Rally Level 2 class and Hayley is starting her second session of Rally Level 3 class.
Walker really impressed me with his focus. He is bright and enjoys training but we have to walk the fine line between being excited about training and being overstimulated, especially in novel environments with lots of distractions. I'm looking forward to working towards his Level 2 title!
Hayley is progressing nicely. Level 3 is HARD, much, much harder than Level 2. She's doing great at "moving stand" exercises but since "stand" has been so highly reinforced with all the "stand" exercises in Level 3 classes she's offering stands often, even when I don't necessarily want them. It's an easy fix though, just have to reinforce non-"stand" exercises too. We still have lots of work to do on backing up STRAIGHT and the retrieve...but that's what class is for, practicing and having fun. Hayley LOVES rally and wags her tail all class long. I'm hoping that we'll be ready to compete in Level 3 this Spring.
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