Rally Obedience Training Classes
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Wednesday 7th March 2012 - 6.30pm |
What is Rally Obedience?
Rally Obedience, Rally-O, is a new sport being launched in the United Kingdom, it is based on the sport originally created by Charles Kramer in the USA ten years ago.
The sport aims to bring a fun new challenge to pet dog owners. As well as being fun for both dog and handler it is easy to do, all you need to take part is some basic obedience.
Set obedience-style exercises are written out on signs (referred to as stations) and placed on numbered cones for the team to negotiate their way around. Whilst completing the 14 - 16 stations (Level 1) in the course the teams aim is to lose as few points as possible.
There are three levels of difficulty to compete in, determined by course layout, length and station exercise. With 75 different signs of varied difficulty level there is lots to work towards.
We aim to take you from beginner level onwards as far as you wish to go, right up to competition level if the urge takes you. Our main aim though is that you have lots of fun with your dog.
Rally Basics:
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Judging starts after you have passed the start cone and ends once you have passed the finish cone.
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Always walk to the left hand side of the cones (so that the cones are on your right) unless you are performing a slalom or left spiral).
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Perform the stations just in front and to the left of the cone before moving on to the next station.
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Left and right turns in Talking Dogs Rally should be done as an arc.
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Left and right turns in APDT Rally should be done sharply.
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Don't make circle stations too large.
Course structure:
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6 week course
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1 hour once a week