Amy & Bernie's Blog – April 2011 Archive (3)

Week 3: Obedience class review

This week we were working on being in "the heel zone" as I call it, basically the dog's snout stays near your knees, there's a little wiggle room but not much. If he's in "the heel zone" you can easily go left, right or stop and your dog is in position to know exactly what you're doing and adjust himself accordingly.

This is tough. We're getting better, and it's not Bern, it's us. 90% of the time a simple heel with him not pulling and…

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Added by Amy & Bernie on April 20, 2011 at 10:10am — 3 Comments

Week 2: Obedience class review

The second week was good, and challenging. Bernie's heeling has gotten SO much better. I can't believe it, he never pulls anymore. He's like a different dog. But we can't stop there!

The second week we worked on the 'proper heel' - which means Bernie's snout was in line with our knees, give or take an inch, but not more than that. That part was tougher, partly because we were so thrilled he was heeling in general, but we got ourselves in shape and stuck to it. In addition to the…

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Added by Amy & Bernie on April 14, 2011 at 10:29am — 2 Comments

Week 1: Obedience class review

The first week went well, Bernie is conscientious of us when walking. Practice really does pay off.

We stuck to the 10 minute training blocks, but were able to do 2-3 per day, it worked great for us.

And tonight in class we had to "prove" we worked with him all week.

Bernie did okay, but not great. We think it's in part due to the sociable Doodle nature and the fact that he's 10 months old...but he did better after the…

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Added by Amy & Bernie on April 5, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments