I know derby's are usually doubles (Land & Water) but what are some other scenarios you've run into and glad you trained for while running a derby? I've got a 1.2 yr old Emmitt pup that is showing great strides in training daily but when we get to a test he gets so jacked its hard to harness all his energy. He's steady as a rock in training and will even honor in training but at a test there's times I feel like he might break (experience through a junior akc test, thankfully I could hold his collar). I train alone 99% of the time so I can't mimic that excitement level to really teach him to harness it.
We're following Lardy's program and doing force to pile now and he's doing an excellent job but excellent by my standards may be mediocre in a pro's mindset or training program.
I'd really like to see this dog excel and succeed but I've got limited resources and I work most weekends when training groups are getting together. I work 48 hr shifts and then I'm off for 3 days to train, so we do morning and evening sessions on the days I'm off.
What are some concepts and training that he should be 100% on before we enter our first derby?
Thanks for any info....
Zach T
We're following Lardy's program and doing force to pile now and he's doing an excellent job but excellent by my standards may be mediocre in a pro's mindset or training program.
I'd really like to see this dog excel and succeed but I've got limited resources and I work most weekends when training groups are getting together. I work 48 hr shifts and then I'm off for 3 days to train, so we do morning and evening sessions on the days I'm off.
What are some concepts and training that he should be 100% on before we enter our first derby?
Thanks for any info....
Zach T