Two dogs, two people, obedience
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| Nothing stops you from working with both dogs outside of class. I solved the two dogs in advanced obedience class cost by putting one dog in the class and "homeschooling" the other. since the other one was in agility the trainer saw her everyweek and assumed she was taking obedience class elsewhere. I even over heard her once explaing to a new student why I was able to run her so well with her other issues , because she does obedience in another class. |
| Randy needs to pay attention in class and learn how to control the dogs himself. That's really what obedience classes are for, they teach you how to teach your dogs. If you switch dogs and allow Randy to be soft with them all that they will learn is that when they are with you it's all business but with him, the can walk all over him.
I've had this problem before.  |
For a new dog just learning, handler switching is hard on them. Especially as you say, you and Randy both approach things very differently. They learn best by consistancy - the repitition with praise reinforces as they learn stuff. If they don't consistently get the same message, they get confused, frustrated, or at least have really slow progress. (Imagine yourself at a new job, with 2 people orienting you to your new job. They both are telling you a different way to do the same task..  )
I would pair the dogs with you and Randy the way you think will be the most successful. Get through the learning process with them. Then, you can go back in a later class and switch dogs. I do think that taking them both to class is a wonderful idea!!  |
| I've heard that though it can be confusing for the dog to have two handlers, if each handler sticks to training his/her own separate things it can be ok. For example with Tucker, apparently it is ok if only I teach him to sit while only Brad teaches him down, because the consistency within each task remains the same.
Don't know if this is true though, as in the end it's been me to do the majority of Tucker's training. |
I have always heard it is consitency - no matter who is doing the training that matters. Just like kids if Dad soesn;t really mean it when he says sit, and mom does its hard for the puppy to know what is going on  |
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