Re: Obedience Classes

In Reply to: Obedience Classes
Posted by:  Janice Jackson
Posted on:  April 25, 2001 at 12:17:15

: I have a two year old JRT who is in his second obedience class. His first class went fairly well, but he seems to be getting worse each class he takes. He has no attention span at all and barks and jumps at the other handlers and dogs. He is also taking agilty classes and does pretty well with that. Should I keep going with the obedience class, or consentrate only on the agility class? I am not interested in showing in obedience, just agility, but I wanted to have better control of him and I thought the obedience classes would help. Now I am not so sure. He is really good at his obedience exercises at home, but get him around other dogs and he goes nuts. He has even tried to bite my hand when I correct him in obedience classes. He does not do this in agility. Any help would be appreciated.

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Hi Janice,

Have you talked with your instructors about this? They may be able to give you some special exercises to help with his attention span when in class. Also, I have to ask just how you are correcting him wiht your hand. My instruction has always been to correct with the leash and training collar. My hands are never close to the dogs mouth to get nipped.