On the judge's signal, the dog is commanded to "go out." This means the dog goes to the opposite side of the ring from the handler then turns around and sits. To the side of the handler, and in front of the dog on each side of the ring is one high jump made of solid wood, and a bar jump both at the appropriate height for the dog set at shoulder height. The judge will then say which jump he or she wants the handler to call the dog over with an arm signal and voice command, and the dog is expected to be paying enough attention to the arm signal to jump the desired jump. This exercise is repeated for whichever jump the judge did not send the dog over during the first time to perform that exercise. Turbo Dynamic URL After all that is completed, the judge informs the handler whether he or she and his or her dog received a qualifying score or not.

Competitive Obedience is a very demanding, thrilling and disappointing, depending on how your dog does. It requires hours of training and refresher training, especially at the higher levels where the handler would want to have his or her dog performing in a crisp, quick, accurate manner in both Open and Utility. There is a lot of personal prestige in having a dog that is the one to beat, especially on an ongoing basis. Board Commander Competitive Obedience is dominated by female handlers, with a good 97% of the handlers being women. Even if you only make it to eight to ten obedience trials like I do, it is easy to really rack up the miles on your vehicle. That is true, even if you stay within at least a two-state area.