For reasons too lengthy to explain here (short version- my father in law is real sick so my wife is out of state with him, for the last 2 weeks and probably for another 2), I've had to take Daisy and Gunnar to class together. The plan was my wife would handle Daisy and I'd handle Gunnar. Their classes are back to back, Daisy's first, Gunnars afterwards. My daughter, and this week, my son, have come with me just to occupy the dog that is not in class. Last week Gunnar behaved great with my daughter, just laid there and hung out. Last night with my son, Gunnar was anxious and was whining. They were on the other side of the field from us. At one point, my back is to him, and I hear the instructor "Dan, here comes Gunnar!". I look around he's on his way over to me. I guess he got tired of my son lol. So, I take him to the fence, tell him to lay down and stay, and there he remained for the rest of Daisy's class. He only moved one time, when I was facing him, Daisy was between us, she was in a stay, and I recalled her. He thought I meant him. So at that point, I'm telling him platz while still getting Daisy to return to me. They both did it! Gunnar pretty much stayed in his down for 45 minutes. Then we did his class, and they did a lot more OB than usual. A lot of it was long distance stuff, and we'd get far enough away that we were amongst the agility gear, and he was really getting amped up. At one point how we were lined up the sit table between us, so everytime I recalled him from a remote down he'd jump over the sit table! Finally, he got to do his agility, just a few passes through the gear. Both dogs were zonked when we got home. Daisy was flat laid out, stretched out to what seems like 7' long! 
This brings up an interesting topic- how do people with multiple dogs get them to do different things? Like in my example, Gunnar was to remain down, while Daisy was to recall. Should I use a different hand signal for Daisy? Or que them by name?
This brings up an interesting topic- how do people with multiple dogs get them to do different things? Like in my example, Gunnar was to remain down, while Daisy was to recall. Should I use a different hand signal for Daisy? Or que them by name?
