Well, Sprout, my dog, and I have been showing in agility, showmanship, and obedience for the past year in 4-H
Sprout is a natural at showmanship. We both love it.
And with agility, weve never gotten any faults, but he just dosent have the speed, but were working on it..
And with Obedience.. he does excellent..
were going up to Novice Off-Leash this year in showing in obedience.. which should be a good thing, because Sprout always stays with me, and dosent try running away
At shows he always seems to know that were showing, so he goes out in the ring and does his best, no matter how much we've practiced..
But at home he refuses to practice with me!
He lets me practice showmanship with him, and do tricks and stuff, but once we get to the obedience training, he lags, MAJOR behind!!
He's at least 3 feet behind me, every time!
So I call him, and he dosent move forward! So I end up dragging him, which Im not supposed to do!
Both him and I get frustrated and its useless even trying anymore, because he just dosent stay with me!
And when he does decide to walk he is about 3 feet behind me and when I stop, he sits and everything, but hes supposed to be right at my side!
At new places, like, at the park, petsmart, etc. He does great, because its a new place and he's more perky, but at home he's just a wreck
Any suggestions? Theyre needed majorly
Thanks
Sprout is a natural at showmanship. We both love it.
And with agility, weve never gotten any faults, but he just dosent have the speed, but were working on it..
And with Obedience.. he does excellent..
were going up to Novice Off-Leash this year in showing in obedience.. which should be a good thing, because Sprout always stays with me, and dosent try running away
At shows he always seems to know that were showing, so he goes out in the ring and does his best, no matter how much we've practiced..
But at home he refuses to practice with me!
He lets me practice showmanship with him, and do tricks and stuff, but once we get to the obedience training, he lags, MAJOR behind!!
He's at least 3 feet behind me, every time!
So I call him, and he dosent move forward! So I end up dragging him, which Im not supposed to do!
Both him and I get frustrated and its useless even trying anymore, because he just dosent stay with me!
And when he does decide to walk he is about 3 feet behind me and when I stop, he sits and everything, but hes supposed to be right at my side!
At new places, like, at the park, petsmart, etc. He does great, because its a new place and he's more perky, but at home he's just a wreck
Any suggestions? Theyre needed majorly
Thanks