Azaan's Weekend Competing in AKC Rally Advanced


Azaan earned two 2nd place finishes at her AKC Rally Advanced competion this past weekend. She needs one more qualifying score to earn her title. In order to earn a title, a dog must earn qualifying scores at 3 events under 2 different judges. Azaan already has her AKC Rally Novice title.

AKC Rally Advanced is performed off leash, and the handler cannot touch their dog when they are in the ring. Azaan does pretty well, but not always! One of the stations is a figure 8 through some distractions. The distractions could be food, or a stuffed animal. If there is a stuffed animal in the ring, Azaan will rush over to play with it. Not good! I use toys as training aids when training, and Azaan loves to play. She is much more play and toy motivated than food motivated.

I hope to be able to get Azaan's Schutzhund BH. In the BH routine, the dog must heel off leash in a figure 8 around people. Azaan is much less distracted by people than toys.