Phase 6

Glazey is flying through her formal training as she is now in PHASE 6!

Phase 5:

-Challenging animal and food distractions

-Continuation of obedience and preliminary obedience testing

-Preliminary Blindfold Testing: Instructor under blindfold works dog on a suburban route, distance of about 14 blocks. Glaze has passed this and will now progress to Advanced Guidework Training.

In PHASE 6:

-Difficult distractions detected and worked

-Introduction to new handlers and instructors

-Routes progress to downtown urban areas

-Advanced clearance problems are introduced and situations are set up to teach the dog to disobey a command for the sake of safety (ie. dog will not progress even if handler has given forward command if there is a car approaching or if they have come to stairs the handler has not found)

I am amazed that Glaze has progressed so quickly. In the new expedited training groups she has gotten more than half way through her phases in just 4 weeks! I am so proud of her.