| Re: Obedience Vs. Conformation I am still kinda new at doing both too, but one thing I have found that kinda helped Akasha and Keil is using different collars for obedience and conformation. Right now we are just using a flat buckle collar for obedience and the thin choke chain for conformation. I was using a prong for obedience but we switched back to the flat buckle collar when we started with our new trainer several months ago. I can use the flat buckle collar in the obedience ring. I also have a choke collar that is a little thicker that I can use if I need to.
Akasha and Keil are starting to get better about not sitting for our handler anymore. They used to automatically sit and always watched her. I think the fact that she does strictly conformation with them and I do strictly obedience helps them differentiate (sp?) between the two. I don't know what I will do if I start showing conformation myself. Hopefully someone who does both will give you some better advice than I can. I would love to know how they do it also. ;)
__________________ Carol
Akasha, CDX, SchHA, BH, OBI, AD, RE, TDI, TC, CGC
Keil, CDX, BH, RE, AD, TDI, TC, CGC
*Kaleb* Esmonds Shoot To Thrill, RA, CGC |