It looks like she has a super nice understanding of her position signals. And what a wonderful stay.
Hold off on your heelwork and left finishes for now. The exercises going forward are going to clean up her understanding of how to scoot her butt in and get close to you, consistently, without help. You actually wouldn't necessarily lose points for her rear not being straight in line with you in Rally, but you would for any other competitive obedience sport. But also you're not allowed to step backwards for Rally left finishes. So, we teach the dog how to get there themselves. The clarity of what precise heel position really means is good for training, too. You're about to dive into that in Level 2!
Woohoo! Go Luna!
It looks like she has a super nice understanding of her position signals. And what a wonderful stay.
Hold off on your heelwork and left finishes for now. The exercises going forward are going to clean up her understanding of how to scoot her butt in and get close to you, consistently, without help. You actually wouldn't necessarily lose points for her rear not being straight in line with you in Rally, but you would for any other competitive obedience sport. But also you're not allowed to step backwards for Rally left finishes. So, we teach the dog how to get there themselves. The clarity of what precise heel position really means is good for training, too. You're about to dive into that in Level 2!