Competitive Obedience Training for the Small Dog by Barbara Cecil & Gerianne Darnell

Author:Barbara Cecil & Gerianne Darnell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dogwise
Published: 1994-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

“Some athletes rely on mental techniques as a gimmick to fool themselves into thinking they can compete without any stress. Nothing can ever take the place of just plain hard physical practice.”

Marathoner Alberto Salazar

Chapter 10

THE FOUR STANDS

There are four “stand” exercises in obedience. (Bet you thought there were only three!) They are the stand for measurement upon entering the ring in Open and Utility, the Novice Stand for Examination, and the Utility stands in the Signal Exercise and the Moving Stand and Examination.

STAND FOR MEASUREMENT

If you don’t think being measured is a “real” exercise for your dog, think again! He is in the ring, and his leash has been removed. His handler, approached by an intimidating stranger, switches into performance mode. She makes her dog pose so that the stranger can then stand over the dog and dominate him with a lethal-looking stick! And if the measurement doesn’t go well, the first formal exercise, heeling, can be sent home in a handbasket.

Moral: Teach and practice the measurement process. Give anyone you can recruit a folding ruler and doggy treats. Ask her to play judge by giving the dog a treat, measuring him, and then giving him another treat. When your dog can gracefully accept being measured, incorporate it into your practice by having each person who measures your dog then call the first part of a heeling pattern. Don’t fail to take the stand for measurement seriously. Your dog does!

NOVICE STAND FOR EXAMINATION

The easiest time to teach the Stand for Exam is when your dog knows, through practice on the Sit Stay and Down Stay, that “Stay” means “Don’t Move!” If the dog really understands stay, you should be able to leave him in any position and feel confident that he will not move until released.

There are two acceptable methods of teaching a small dog the stand. With the first method, the dog is physically placed in a stand from a sit.

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