Class three
Your third class is scheduled for this Tuesday January 30 at 6:00 pm.
Things (other than dog and treats) that will be useful to bring:
Feed Bin, bucket or cone, clips
Your rubber feed bin (non-slip platform up to 4 inches tall), cone/five gallon bucket and clip/clothespeg from last week.
Bowls
Five or six food dishes (metal or plastic,
A mat or raised bed
With a chewy toy or licky mat to keep dog occupied
Exercises this week
Rotate on perch in heel position
Rotate on perch with handler only moving maximum 1/4 turns at a time.
One step and sit
We will practice one-step-and-sit paying particular attention to reward location
Forward and back in heel position along a wall.
Send around and back to pot
This week’s step will be to teach your dog a to go around an upright object and return to two feet up on pivot pot.
Nose touch to clip attached to your front while you sit in chair
The dogs will start their nose-touch-to-clip: first while it is in your hand and then while it is clipped to your front.
Next step for pivot pot heel position - finding heel
We will not be working through these steps this week, but may start them.