I'm thinking about taking a rally class with Keegan, but I don't know a whole lot about it. I know there are a lot of people on this forum who do, though!
What are the prerequisites for beginner rally? I know there are sit, down, heel.... what else?
Is there an age limit to trial? Keegan's only 5 months... I know we won't be trialing next week or anything, but I'd like to get an idea if they have to be a year old or something.
One of my biggest goals with Keegan is to do AKC Obedience with him, and I've heard that Rally is kind of an intro to obedience work. Is that true? I don't know much at all about Obedience either, so if someone's done both, can you tell me if the two contradict each other or anything? I mean, of course I could train certain behaviors for Rally and other behaviors for Obedience, but if there's any glaring differences it might be good to know about those ahead of time.
I've noticed most rally trainers do "Rally for Fun!"... I mean, of COURSE it should be fun, but I know in agility, you're not going to get your MACH without having a good foundation course, which a lot of "Agility for Fun!" courses are not good at. Is it the same in Rally?
I'm super competetive with everything, so if I start I'll HAVE to try to get the highest title. I just kind of want to know what I'm getting into.
TIA!
What are the prerequisites for beginner rally? I know there are sit, down, heel.... what else?
Is there an age limit to trial? Keegan's only 5 months... I know we won't be trialing next week or anything, but I'd like to get an idea if they have to be a year old or something.
One of my biggest goals with Keegan is to do AKC Obedience with him, and I've heard that Rally is kind of an intro to obedience work. Is that true? I don't know much at all about Obedience either, so if someone's done both, can you tell me if the two contradict each other or anything? I mean, of course I could train certain behaviors for Rally and other behaviors for Obedience, but if there's any glaring differences it might be good to know about those ahead of time.
I've noticed most rally trainers do "Rally for Fun!"... I mean, of COURSE it should be fun, but I know in agility, you're not going to get your MACH without having a good foundation course, which a lot of "Agility for Fun!" courses are not good at. Is it the same in Rally?
I'm super competetive with everything, so if I start I'll HAVE to try to get the highest title. I just kind of want to know what I'm getting into.
TIA!