Rally really is much tougher than people think. Especially when the dog goes off-lead. My dog gets distracted easily and is much more interested in the fuzzy on the floor than heeling nicely, or backing up, or …
(The photo is Booker – just to break up the text! It’s not a picture from a competition.)
So when I train, I work on focus first and then the skills needed for the signs.
And since I can’t remember from one training session to the next the skills that I work on, I use my Rally Training Log.
Did I work on pivots? Backing up? Spirals? Spins? Turns? I can look back in my Log and know for sure – and see what needed extra attention.