Rally Obedience

Rally-O (Rally Obedience) Levels 1 and 2

Cost:  $200 per dog plus HST

Start Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00PM (Only Rally Level 1 is offered this time)

Duration:  5 sessions (February 25, March 3, 10, 17, 24)

Maximum number of students: 4 dogs and their handlers. (Sorry we sold out!!!)

Prerequisites:  Please see subsections between (Rally Level 1 vs Rally Level 2)

Rally Obedience is a relatively new dog sport that incorporates aspects of competitive obedience and agility.  Handler and dog make their way through a course with a series of stations.  Each station has a behavior such as sit, down, stand, or heel (i.e. 180 degree turn), and more advanced courses feature behaviors such as figure 8s, weaves, and jumps.  In novice levels, the dog is on leash and the owner is allowed to talk and interact with their dog, making it an easy dog sport to get into!

What you and your dog will get from Rally-O:

  • Knowledge and ability to prepare your dog for a Rally-Obedience trial so your dog can earn his or her Rally Novice (RN) title.  After that, Rally Advanced (RA) and Rally Excellent (RE) titles can be earned!
  • A dog that is a DREAM to walk.  Rally-O is all about excellent heelwork, so there is no better way to teach your dog to be an incredible loose leash walker than to teach an outstanding heel.
  • A tired and happy dog.

Our Rally-O class will be taught by Mirkka Koivusalo of Mindful Behaviors, originally from Finland, now living in Toronto.  She is an accomplished competitor in obedience, tracking, and search and rescue, and is also a colleague of mine from the Karen Pryor Academy - meaning all behaviors will be taught with a clicker, using capturing and shaping methods (no food lures here!)

Rally Level 1

Get started on your path to Rally Obedience!

Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Skills at When Hounds Fly. Other schools equivalents are accepted at our discretion (please check), but all handlers and dogs must be clicker savvy and motivated to work.

Behaviors Introduced:

  • Finish (using Silvia Trkman's Hind-End Rotation method)
  • Heel
  • Front
  • Sit, Down, Stand

 

Rally Level 2

Ready to take your Obedience behaviors to the next level? Get ready for trial calibre performances with Rally Level 2.

Prerequisites: Completion of Rally 1 at When Hounds Fly. Equivalents accepted at our discretion (please check), but all handlers and dogs must be clicker savvy and motivated to work. Dogs should have basic levels of the following behaviors: Finish/hind-end rotation (dog rotates on perch - we will fade out the perch in this class and put finish on verbal cue), front, heel, sit on cue, down on cue.

Behaviors and training concepts introduced or polished:

  • Finish/Hind-End Rotation - Perch faded out, Behavior on verbal cue
  • Front - transfer to verbal cue, add distance
  • Heelwork - precision on various turns, on verbal cue
  • Stimulus Control for Heel/Finish, Front, Sit, Down, Stand
  • Behavior Chains for long durations without primary reinforcements (no treats allowed in the ring!)
  • Precision for reinforcement delivery

Here's an example of a Rally Course practice featuring Emily Fisher (one of our instructors) with Elsie:

 

For additional details on class policies, please read this: Policies Page.

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