AKC Call Front Exercises
Here is a great video of teaching dogs to do fronts on a platform. You can see how they become magnetized to the platform, giving you a dog that sits straight in front, without any problems. Fronts using Platform . If your dog is not magnetized to a Platform, here is how to shape them . There are 8 AKC Rally signs that start off with a Call Front. 6 of them are in the Novice class, and 2 of them are in the Master class. I'll be discussing the Novice Call Front exercises in this blog. You may take several steps back on all of these call front signs. This gives your dog the opportunity to give you a straight front. Always remember that in the Novice class, ALL of these "Call Front" exercises begin with your dog immediately coming to Front and sitting in Front facing you. Here is a video showing all 6 AKC Rally Novice Call Front signs. The demo dog is my 11 3/4 yr. old Casey. Pay attention to how I am not rushing the signs or the dog. Take your time on these sig