Had a decent Rally class but have to tell the funny first.
Three other dogs were in Rally class tonight. All of the herding breed variety. The instructor was commenting on how calm the Terv was (Belgium Tervenan for the non-dog people).
I mentioned that it was much calmer than BC's and I'd had three. I then said, the reason I like my beagles is that they had an off switch, and Macy immediately dropped into a down, rolled over on her side, with her ears spread behind her. She did everything BUT fall asleep.
She actually quit working in the middle of a try at the Rally course, so I put the food away, and sat down and watched the other dogs.
We had a dog that was new to training, and the instructor was trying to talk her into clicker training. I offered to do a demo, since she volunteered me at the beginning of class to show the left about turn.
I did a few touches with Macy and the target, then tried the new dog. Ended up handing Macy to the instructor so Macy wouldn't grab the other dog, and then handed the stuff to the other student to try.
Man, oh man, did Macy hate that and she did a fabulous job at the next two passes.
Was a good night and I learned something really important.
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