Jack likes to move loose lead while showing, but I don't feel i have the control I need. The other problem is, if I have the lead is held tight he tends to not show well. He won't hold his head up.
I can always get him to move properly at home tight or loose, but at a show he tends to act up. I don't know if he is ring smart, he may well be, or if he just has alot of pent up energy but he has been improving alot lately. I always use a novel bait that he only gets when in the ring at a show so that he is interested.
It didn't help that there was a girl in season this weekend, I am sure, because he constantly wanted to sniff the ground while we were in the ring.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how to get him to move with his head up and be happy, I would greatly appreciate it.
PS. Unfortunately the one option I don't have, which would really help, is to take him to conformation classes (or any type of classes for that matter) because I work second shift and the classes are only offered at night.
I can always get him to move properly at home tight or loose, but at a show he tends to act up. I don't know if he is ring smart, he may well be, or if he just has alot of pent up energy but he has been improving alot lately. I always use a novel bait that he only gets when in the ring at a show so that he is interested.
It didn't help that there was a girl in season this weekend, I am sure, because he constantly wanted to sniff the ground while we were in the ring.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how to get him to move with his head up and be happy, I would greatly appreciate it.
PS. Unfortunately the one option I don't have, which would really help, is to take him to conformation classes (or any type of classes for that matter) because I work second shift and the classes are only offered at night.