Rally Obedience
Last weekend I attended a UKC Rally Obedience trial with Josey (Glory and Thunder puppy) and her owner Tom. Tom has been taking Josey to RO training for the past 8 weeks. Sunday was their first competition at 7 months old.
What is Rally Obedience?
An exciting competitive event open to all dogs: purebred, mixed breeds and rescue dogs of all types and ages. All dogs can benefit from the training and fun of Rally Obedience! Rally Obedience is a fun, fast-paced demonstration of a dog and handler’s ability to perform basic obedience exercises; as well as offering an opportunity to showcase teamwork between you and your dog. – ukcdogs.com
The map of the first trial
The start
Heeling
Sit
360 turn
Rally Obedience offers an opportunity to showcase teamwork between you and your dog through a series of exercises. Teams follow a course of signs in a ring which indicate an obedience routine based on their skill level. ukcdogs.com
Heeling
Left turn
Weave around the cones
Still going around the cones
Sit, Down
Then come up to a sit again
Heeling
360 to the right
Stand then heel
Winner winner chicken dinner
The map of the second trial
Two happy peeps
One tired girl after 2 trials
Tom and Josey completed two trials with passing scores. You need a score of 70 or higher in order to pass. Tom and Josey received a score of 86 and 88 on the trials. The scoring system is based on 100 points. You start out with a 100 points a judge watches you and scores you. If you do it perfect then you end with a 100 points. If you don’t do things perfectly like you don’t have a loose leash the judge will deduct points, a loos leash is a 1 point deduction. If your dog is at a front command and you then put it in a heel position while not standing still you will loose 3 points, ect. At the end the judge will add up your points and give you your score. They also time the event so in case there is a tie in points they will take the fastest time for the placement 1-4. Tom and Josey ended up with 2 out of the 3 legs they need for their RO1 title.
It was a fun day, something that I would try doing when I have more money and time!
Congrats Tom and Josey you did Sand Spring Chesapeakes proud!
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Congrats Josey… I bet Glory and Thunder are super proud now too :o) I wish I had more time to do so much things I would like to do… butt :o(…please call me if time is on offer somewhere :o)
Love Rally, it is great for young and old dogs alike. Great description of the action JoAnn.
That looks like so much fun! Might have to look into that for Jaxson….
Mom hates obedience, but Rally is the one thing she has considered doing. She actually did give it a try with Bailie, but everyone was so advanced, they looked like fools so they never went back. It is a fun way to work with obedience. Maybe one day if we have more time.
Nice work Josie! What a pretty girl 🙂
Way to go, Josie! It is so cool that you are friends with your puppies people. ☺
Congrats to them. That is a wonderful accomplishment for a young dog/novice handler. I hope they will also try AKC Rally-O. 🙂
Congratulations to her! Barley and I took a rally class because it was part of the obedience sequence at our training center, but Barley found it really boring–she’d do what I asked of her the first time out, but then on our second or third turn, she’d start refusing to do things and just look at me like “you already know I can sit, why are you asking me to do this again?” I was kind of bummed because I thought it was something we could actually be good at–but now we just try to incorporate some of those things into our walks–like 360 turns in random places or weaving through things along a trail–to keep things more interesting 🙂
Go Josey – what a good girl – good genes I guess.
Great job, Josey and Tom! That looks like a great way to make obedience more fun. I had actually heard of this sport, but really didn’t know what it was all about. Thanks for teaching us!
Yay for Tom & Josey! Rally sounds similar to some of the requirements of a Canine Good Citizen test!
Great job Tom and Josey!!