Gold Coast Dog Obedience

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Rally Obedience

Rally Obedience is a fun new form of obedience competition in which the handler can talk to and encourage their dog as much as they wish.  The dog and handler heel their way around a course of signs, performing each exercise when they come to it.  Courses are different at each trial and each level of competition, providing a lot of variety and new challenges.  Rally is a good way to build teamwork and focus to prepare for subsequent obedience competition, and is also an enjoyable new activity for experienced obedience competitors

At Novice level, all exercises are on lead and there are 10-15 signs.  Three qualifying scores (70+ out of 100) are required to obtain the Rally Novice (RN) title.  Advanced and Excellent levels follow.  These are performed off lead, have more signs on the course, and there is a wider range of exercises for judges to choose from in constructing courses. 

Rally has been formally adopted as a sport by the ANKC with trials starting this year (2012). Several club members have been training for the last year and will commence trialing this year. Trials will also be hosted by our club.  Two club members have been training to become Rally judges. 

Rally training is offered by the club most Wednesday nights.  The class is for club members and is open to dogs who have  good heeling and are working at Class 3 standard or above.

This link takes you to the rules for Rally and an explanation of the signs.