lv4dogs
12-06-2005, 10:28 AM
I've been thinking about not showing Kaige in obedience. He is still doing really good in class... well so far. We had a week off due to Thanksgiving and we didn't go this past Sat as he scratched his eye & had an upset tummy. He's fine now though.
Anyways I originally got him for agility (and to be my best friends of course) I just thought since he was doing so well in class that we would go ahead & show in obedience first. I figured it would be fun & it would give us something to do while we wait until he's old enough to show in agility. And of course it would be neat for him to earn titles in different sports.
But after thinking about it he won't really be ready to show in obedience until at least sometime next year which is when he'd be old enough to start training in agility. Once he starts training in agility he probably won't want to do obedience anyways as it is pretty boring compared to agility, especially from a dogs point of view.
I have noticed that although he is doing good at obedience, the obedience skills that my other 2 dogs have are impacting him. My other 2 dogs are well behaved and know their commands it's just that they don't listen as well & I don't inforce it because I never planned on showing them. I also use different hand signals for them, as I didn't know the correct hand signals when I got Nanook so I made up my own... when I got Raustyk to make it easier I taught her the same hand signals I taught Nanook. Now that Nanook is older and his eyesight & hearing are failing him I've had to revise some hadn signals for him. I can just see it in Kaige, for example I give Nanook his hand signal for down & Kaige looks all confused that his is different. Luckily Kaige still listens to his. I just don't know how much of an impact this make down the road.
We'd still go to another obedience class or 2, I'd like him to complete at least Advanced 2 and earn his CGC, I just don't think we are going to show.
He's also starting to show a very intense reaction to tennis balls so I'm thinking maybe flyball too. I'd LOVE to show him in frisbee as well but unfortunatly it is not popular at all in my area.
Even though I know that Kaige AND I are not ALL THAT interested in obedience AND that I didn't even think about showing in obedience until a couple months ago for some reason I feel like I am failing him &/or me for changing my mind. I don't know why but I am. I don't know how that could be a sign given the reasons that we weren't even planning this nor are we that interested in it.
I just posted this because it was on my mind. I don't have any questions or anything but if you want to add anything please feel free to.
Anyways I originally got him for agility (and to be my best friends of course) I just thought since he was doing so well in class that we would go ahead & show in obedience first. I figured it would be fun & it would give us something to do while we wait until he's old enough to show in agility. And of course it would be neat for him to earn titles in different sports.
But after thinking about it he won't really be ready to show in obedience until at least sometime next year which is when he'd be old enough to start training in agility. Once he starts training in agility he probably won't want to do obedience anyways as it is pretty boring compared to agility, especially from a dogs point of view.
I have noticed that although he is doing good at obedience, the obedience skills that my other 2 dogs have are impacting him. My other 2 dogs are well behaved and know their commands it's just that they don't listen as well & I don't inforce it because I never planned on showing them. I also use different hand signals for them, as I didn't know the correct hand signals when I got Nanook so I made up my own... when I got Raustyk to make it easier I taught her the same hand signals I taught Nanook. Now that Nanook is older and his eyesight & hearing are failing him I've had to revise some hadn signals for him. I can just see it in Kaige, for example I give Nanook his hand signal for down & Kaige looks all confused that his is different. Luckily Kaige still listens to his. I just don't know how much of an impact this make down the road.
We'd still go to another obedience class or 2, I'd like him to complete at least Advanced 2 and earn his CGC, I just don't think we are going to show.
He's also starting to show a very intense reaction to tennis balls so I'm thinking maybe flyball too. I'd LOVE to show him in frisbee as well but unfortunatly it is not popular at all in my area.
Even though I know that Kaige AND I are not ALL THAT interested in obedience AND that I didn't even think about showing in obedience until a couple months ago for some reason I feel like I am failing him &/or me for changing my mind. I don't know why but I am. I don't know how that could be a sign given the reasons that we weren't even planning this nor are we that interested in it.
I just posted this because it was on my mind. I don't have any questions or anything but if you want to add anything please feel free to.