liamsmom
Super Boxer
Hi all. Just had to share with you..............
Last night in obedience class we were working on a bunch of things. on leash...off leash...down stay...sit stay......recalls, etc. i worked with Moby off leash for a good part of the class. then i put him on lead when the trainer was rolling the jumps into the ring. well....Moby loves the jumps but he contained himself while they were rolling into the ring. then.......i dropped his leash by mistake and it was like he knew. he picked his leash up in his mouth and proceeded to do high speed laps around the ring.....driving everyone else's dogs crazy. they were all barking at him jumping up and down and causing a major scene. all the while Moby was just running around like a nut. neither I nor our trainer could get a hold of him. he's deaf and since he wasn't looking at me i couldn't give him the sign for anything. no sit..no come..no wait...nothing. I was standing in the middle of the ring totally helpless. all the while hoping that he would jump on another dog to play and get that dog upset with him. i would cringe everytime he got close to another dog because i didn't know if Moby was going to jump on it in play and receive a not so friendly response. finally he looked at me long enough for me to get his attention with a toy and he came to get the toy. UGH.
does anyone have any suggestions for times like this????? i was at total loss and so was our trainer. being that Moby is deaf......verbal commands aren't an option. but at the same time for his safety and the safety of the other dogs in class...........he can't do this!!! i was so totally embarressed since i usually have very good control over Moby. all this after an 20 year-AKC judge that attends our training center with his dog just got finished telling me how beautifully Moby is doing with learning everything. he said he is so totally impressed with my hand signals and Moby's attention.
WONDER WHAT HE THOUGHT OF MOBY'S HIGH SPEED LAPS AROUND THE RING.
Last night in obedience class we were working on a bunch of things. on leash...off leash...down stay...sit stay......recalls, etc. i worked with Moby off leash for a good part of the class. then i put him on lead when the trainer was rolling the jumps into the ring. well....Moby loves the jumps but he contained himself while they were rolling into the ring. then.......i dropped his leash by mistake and it was like he knew. he picked his leash up in his mouth and proceeded to do high speed laps around the ring.....driving everyone else's dogs crazy. they were all barking at him jumping up and down and causing a major scene. all the while Moby was just running around like a nut. neither I nor our trainer could get a hold of him. he's deaf and since he wasn't looking at me i couldn't give him the sign for anything. no sit..no come..no wait...nothing. I was standing in the middle of the ring totally helpless. all the while hoping that he would jump on another dog to play and get that dog upset with him. i would cringe everytime he got close to another dog because i didn't know if Moby was going to jump on it in play and receive a not so friendly response. finally he looked at me long enough for me to get his attention with a toy and he came to get the toy. UGH.
does anyone have any suggestions for times like this????? i was at total loss and so was our trainer. being that Moby is deaf......verbal commands aren't an option. but at the same time for his safety and the safety of the other dogs in class...........he can't do this!!! i was so totally embarressed since i usually have very good control over Moby. all this after an 20 year-AKC judge that attends our training center with his dog just got finished telling me how beautifully Moby is doing with learning everything. he said he is so totally impressed with my hand signals and Moby's attention.
WONDER WHAT HE THOUGHT OF MOBY'S HIGH SPEED LAPS AROUND THE RING. 
