tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post4232898762231530560..comments2023-04-21T13:28:54.967-04:00Comments on Welcome to Kirby's World: Our first rally class!Kirby, CGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845583293526183881noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-16477238012263794652011-03-08T22:04:58.390-05:002011-03-08T22:04:58.390-05:00WOOF! Dillon here...duuuuude way to go on Rally! ...WOOF! Dillon here...duuuuude way to go on Rally! You are a smart little guy. I know basic stuff but it seems to be enough for me, I am too old to learn more. WOOF WOOF! I still know more than those cats I live with (so there, dogs ARE smarter than cats!) WOOF!<br />Good luck with the halti collar, my momma keeps talking about a non-pull thingy, but I dont know why cause pulling her down the road works wonderful for me...hmmm...what could be wrong with that??<br />Lots of slobbers,<br />Dillon, your lab friend in the East!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-57937277394767225552011-03-08T20:19:57.081-05:002011-03-08T20:19:57.081-05:00Kirby is adorable as always!Kirby is adorable as always!Pup Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539666792034242448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-59215793562420125632011-03-08T15:22:05.067-05:002011-03-08T15:22:05.067-05:00KIRBY - THANKS FOR THE FRUITABLES YOU SENT FOR MY ...KIRBY - THANKS FOR THE FRUITABLES YOU SENT FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!! THEY ARE YUMMY! I HAD A SUPER DAY WITH MY MOM & DAD. SEE YOU SOON. WOOF! OLLIEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-83391554679741034642011-03-08T14:56:02.908-05:002011-03-08T14:56:02.908-05:00Awesome! My Kirby loves Rally and we plan on comp...Awesome! My Kirby loves Rally and we plan on competing later this year. One thing we learned was when Kirby went to the class he wore a certain collar and leash so he knew it was work time. Everything is so focused with commands so I always had his full attention. Your Kirby will catch on quick. It's kinda wierd cos all these people and their dogs are in the same room but everyone is working on this or that exercize. None of the dogs even attempted to play until after class. They just seem to know! <br /><br />Kirby and I love your blog so we have an award for you! Come fetch it!Debby and Kirby the Dorkiehttp://www.kirbythedorkie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-77046917225953400262011-03-07T10:15:14.070-05:002011-03-07T10:15:14.070-05:00Hi Kirby, nice to meet you.
Rally-O is a lot of f...Hi Kirby, nice to meet you.<br /><br />Rally-O is a lot of fun but too bad there's no such sport in our country, Malaysia. We only have the typical, boring Obedience, Agility, Flyball & Schutzhund.<br /><br />My hoomie Melissa has used a Halti on me before when I was still in Puppy OB class at 3 1/2 - 5 months old. Melissa DEFINITELY had a lot of control over my head with that Halti thing so I wasn't able to pull anymore. It worked on me however, whenever I wore it, it just made me very depressed. I no longer enjoyed my lessons, I was very obedient tho, obeyed each & every command but it was uncomfortable & I just basically hated it. Totally took the spirit out of me & it took a VERY long time for me to get used to that Halti thing on my face. <br /><br />The downfall with using a Halti is, once you take it off when you have to like when you're entering a trial (you're not allowed to wear a Halti - only soft, choke or prong collar is allowed), that's when you'll start making lots of mistakes. It has happened to me. I KNEW Melissa had NO control over my head anymore when she could not use that Halti thing on me (yes, I'm a smart doggie!) so I was forging, lagging, doing crooked sits, finish, etc during my 1st ever trial. From that day onwards, Melissa stopped using the Halti (hooray!) & I was back on a choke collar. I got a lot of corrections from her. It was like she had to start all over again with the training. HEE HEE<br /><br />For the "watch" command, Melissa would put a small piece of food in her mouth. When she asks me watch her, I would look right at her mouth because I KNOW when I do that, food will come flying out of her mouth & right into mine. Melissa says there's no need for me to look right into her eyes. Just as long I look at her face, any part of her face, it is good enough.<br /><br />Anyway, good luck with the training!Amber-Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183603626694384497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-37636096097370352742011-03-06T21:46:57.717-05:002011-03-06T21:46:57.717-05:00I have never heard of Rally. Sounds like it is an...I have never heard of Rally. Sounds like it is an excellant class and will help both of you. I am really impressed with the watch command. I've used it before, but not serious enough. Though I use eye contact all the time. <br /><br />I tried to use a haltie, but my dogs have Husky blood and are born to pull, not to mention I let them, so it didn't matter what I used, I was going to have a hard time. But I have heard many people have great success with them. I would like to pull mine back out to work with my most dominant dog. But I will say this, when we ran into any problems, like other dogs or people on our walks, I had total control of the situation with a haltie. That part was great. I imagine your little guy would do great with one. <br /><br />And yeah for Kirby!! I'm so proud of him for listening to you and not reacting. That is so wonderful. He must be such a joy to work with, especially the progress you've made with him. You must a proud mom!! <br /><br />Keep up the good work!!24 Paws of Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574070591449171093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-76156826522426151602011-03-06T21:41:37.467-05:002011-03-06T21:41:37.467-05:00I've never used a head halter (Maisy hates wea...I've never used a head halter (Maisy hates wearing things, even winter coats), but this video is a nice intro to teaching a dog to love their head halter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wakterNyUg<br /><br />PS-Kirby is super cute.Crystal (Thompson) Barrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738188430244886019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223017905823030593.post-67122429384133095462011-03-06T09:32:13.975-05:002011-03-06T09:32:13.975-05:00Some thoughts:
Eye contact is a wonderful thing, ...Some thoughts:<br /><br />Eye contact is a wonderful thing, and I've certainly used it to combat Marge's own (slight) dog reactivity. However, I've also used exercises from the book, Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt, specially the "Look at That" game. What you do with this game is click & treat the dog for looking calmly (without barking) at the thing that sets him off. You should also enforce and reinforce eye contact on you, but the rationale is that a reactive dog is actually scared of the other dogs (usually, anyway), and by requiring ONLY eye contact, you are not permitting him to look at/get any information about the scary thing. Kind of like if you were afraid of snakes and you knew there was a snake behind you, but you weren't allowed to look at it.<br /><br />The book is pretty geared towards agility, but has some really good calming exercises for just about any dog.<br /><br />I know of one reactive dog (Tula - who has a blog) who has used head halti's with success. Another good blog about dog reactivity is Reactive Champion (a dog who does Rally!). You can find the links to both blogs on my page.<br /><br />I'm so happy that you can Kirby are giving Rally a try - I find that it's so fun and rewarding to do. I find it much more relaxing than agility trials, too (too bad my dog is such a sucker for agility - I wouldn't mind doing Rally every weekend instead!)Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146649374510678844noreply@blogger.com