Sentences with phrase «distractions at obedience»

There are many distractions at obedience trials, such as barking dogs and unfamiliar people, and dogs need to be trained to be obedient in spite of all that is happening around them.

Not exact matches

Bark Busters conduct the one - on - one training in your home, without the distraction of other dogs or the stress of being sent away for dog obedience training at a kennel.

In my experience, these types of leashes a.) tend to cause dogs to act more aggressively and to pull hard on the leash; b.) are more likely to trigger a fight with another dog since the dog that is straining at the end of the leash looks like it is in attack mode; c.) tend to be purchased by lazy and irresponsible dog owners who do not train their dogs to obey, and who tend to spoil their dogs, causing more aggression and bratty behavior; d.) undo most of the important aspects of your obedience training and leadership over your dog, especially obeying around distractions and coming when called, and over time they teach your dog to charge after other dogs, animals and even people; e.) are hard to control once the dog is at the end of the line, and can get caught in the leashes of other dogs, increasing the potential for a biting or attack incident; f.) do NOT cause the dog to get more exercise on the walk; g.) can cause a dog to run away from you, because if you accidentally drop the leash handle, many dogs will run from the plastic handle «chasing» them from behind and that could cause your dog to run into traffic and die; h.) have resulted in injuries to dogs and owners.

I've got her in some obedience classes to try to get her to heel better and listen around distractions (She pulls a lot still and I worry about her choking if I don't use a harness, which she hates and tries to chew off) and they recommended a gentle leader, which seems to help, and I don't worry she's going to choke herself at least.

At Doggie Do Good, Inc. we teach dogs Obedience with all types of distractions.

Agility — a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy Obedience Trials — Obedience competitions begin with exercises that attest to the dog's good manners — walking on a leash at the owner's side, standing to be touched by a stranger, sitting and lying down with distractions, and coming when called.

Finally, each dog is expected to stay in a lying down position away from its handler, despite distractions, at the other end of the obedience field, while another dog completes the above exercises.