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Obedience Trials - Novice
Novice
This is the first level of competition where the dog is judged on his ability to walk at heel with the handler on and off leash, stand and stay for a cursory examination by the judge, and come to the handler when called.
The first exercise in the individual pattern is heel-on-lead. The handler starts on a spot indicated by the judge and steps out when the judge says “Forward.” At the command “Halt,” the handler stops and the dog sits. The heel-on-lead pattern includes several halts, three changes of direction, and two changes of pace. The second part of the heel-on-lead exercise is the figure eight. Here the judge gives forward and halt commands while the handler and dog weave around two posts (ring stewards) in a figure eight pattern. One steward takes the dog’s leash after the figure eight, and the handler stands the dog for the judge’s examination, walks six feet away, and turns to face the dog. The dog must stay in position, without moving its feet, for the judge to touch his head, back, and rump with the handler standing six feet away. The judge then tells the handler to return and declares the exercise finished.
The heel-off-lead follows the pattern used for the exercise on lead. The final individual exercise is the recall. Again on the judge’s command, the handler sits the dog, walks across the ring, and calls the dog. The dog must come the first time it is called, sit in front of the handler, and then, on command, return to heel position.
Individual exercises are followed by group exercises to demonstrate the dog’s ability to sit-stay for one minute and down-stay for three minutes.
Each dog in Novice walks into the ring with a perfect score of 200. Judges deduct points for dogs that walk out of heel position, dogs that sit too slowly or not at all, and dogs that break position on the stand, sit, or down exercises. Judges also deduct points for handler errors, such as tugging on the leash or giving two or more commands for a single exercise. A dog scores zero for an exercise if he refuses to do it or if he walks away after being told to stay in place. If the handler-dog team has 170 or more points left after the judging, they earn a “leg” towards a Companion Dog title. Three legs under three different judges earns the Companion Dog or CD title.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
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September 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
36-Obedience Trials - Novice | Hounds Corner…
My dog is kind of old and seemed bored most of the time.. A friend suggested that I check out your site and get him a nice toy that my dog will be enticed to play with. Now that I am seeing him constantly busy and rolling over, I think the toy did the …
September 10th, 2008 at 5:08 am
36-Obedience Trials - Novice | Hounds Corner…
My dog is kind of old and seemed bored most of the time.. A friend suggested that I check out your site and get him a nice toy that my dog will be enticed to play with. Now that I am seeing him constantly busy and rolling over, I think the toy did the …
September 10th, 2008 at 5:08 am
36-Obedience Trials - Novice | Hounds Corner…
My dog is kind of old and seemed bored most of the time.. A friend suggested that I check out your site and get him a nice toy that my dog will be enticed to play with. Now that I am seeing him constantly busy and rolling over, I think the toy did the …
September 10th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Obedience Trials - Novice | Hounds Corner…
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September 10th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Obedience Trials - Novice | Hounds Corner…
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