Bouvier Des Flandres puppy shows an excellent result
Chepam Valentina (Isabella) came first in class in the Saturday morning, June 21st, trials with The Barbados Dog Training Club’s Beginner Obedience Course. This course is just a basic one and the dogs on it are kept on leash for the trials.
I understand a Labrador came first in the Thursday class trials.
Izzy will be 6 months old on July 2nd so this is a great start as she is still a very young puppy.
The exercises are broken down into: heel on leash with the figure 8 and halts and turns and different speeds, the stand for examination, the recall, the long sit and the long down.
Because there were so many participants on the class, I think close to 30, the class was broken into an evening class and a Saturday morning class. We did the Saturday morning class.
Her score was 195.5/200. She got a little trophy and lots of hugs.
I plan to go on to the advanced obedience and also put her on a beginner’s (she is the beginner, not me) agility class in September. Only very low jumps but she can enjoy the tunnels and other obstacles.
Talking to other participants on the dog/puppy training class, everyone seemed pleased with the results they had achieved from attending the classes.
I was pleased to see The Barbados Dog Training Club award a little trophy to the most improved dog on the classes. It was a Rottie puppy who was full of energy and his handler Mark must have been very pleased with what they achieved. I hope Mark continues to work with this Rottie.
Doing a basic obedience class can help with a lot of behaviour issues, jumping on people (tell the dog sit), being difficult at the vet, (tell the dog stand and stay), taking the dog for a walk (the heel command) and obviously going on to a more advanced course will strengthen the bond as it will have the off leash exercises, especially the recall, heel and stay exercises.
With the trials at the end of the course, participants got the opportunity to test how they and their puppy/dog have progressed with the training. To me, this is positive, as they can then see, at the end of the classes what they should still continue to work on.
The participants I talked with all seemed happy and pleased with their progress and that is important. The B’dos. Dog Training Club gets a lot of repeat clients and referrals from its clients for these group training obedience classes. Positive results in dog and puppy obedience training are important.
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