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From Quick Guide: All About Dog Training
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Summary: Training for a dog show should include professional confirmation classes, lots of handling by friends and strangers and work to get the dog comfortable working with distractions. Handle a show dog frequently to get it used to having his or her ears, mouth and paws touched and consider other tips from a professional dog trainer in this free video on dog obedience.
Heidi Dixner is the owner of Red Rover Pet Services in Nashville, Tenn. She has worked with poodles for nearly 30 years, and she actively participates in breed rescue. Dixner has been...read more
"When you're training your dog for a show, this is a good time to get help from a professional. Check in your area for confirmation classes. Dog training clubs usually do offer such options. It's important that your dog be very comfortable being handled. You want your dog to be able to handle a judge or a stranger you know, handling their ears, and their tail and everything so you want to be doing a lot of touching and making sure your dog is comfortable with that. Working up slowly to a stranger, doing, a friend doing the touching, and then a stranger doing the touching. Be very careful to keep everybody concerned if your dog is at all concerned. The other thing that's really important in a show atmosphere is that your dog be comfortable working with a lot of distractions, so usually a lot of people and other dogs present. And so you want your dog to be very good at focusing on you and screening out all of those other distractions."
eHow Article: How to Train a Dog for a Show
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