Rally-O

The newest companion sport derives from Obedience and Agility. Dog trainer and Obedience enthusiast Bud Kramer blended elements of both to get the excitement of Agility and the practical skills of Obedience in a less intimidating form. Rally demonstrates how dogs can work as a team with humans to negotiate a course where Obedience skills are used on the go.

In Rally each team of dog and handler starts with 100 points with points deducted for handler errors, knocking over pylons, or failure to complete an exercise. The team must finish with at least 70 points for a qualifying score. Three qualifying scores under two different judges wins a dog a title. AKC has three Rally levels: Novice (Rally Novice or RN), Advanced (Rally Advanced or RA), and Excellent (Rally Excellent or RE). AKC titles are added to the end of a dog's registered name such as, Rosie Coyote RN RA RE RAE.

AKC Rally has a total of 48 exercises

Novice

• Right and Left Turns-there are regular 90 degree, 270 degree turns, and 360 turns
• About Turns-there is the regular About Turn,  a U Turn that turns to the left, and an About Turn-Left that turns the handler and dog into each other. (It resembles a dance move)
• Call fronts with finishes-call fronts have a left (swing) or right (around) finish and end with a halt (the dog sits) or a forward (you go on with no sit)
• Slow, Fast, Normal Paces-These are the same as Obedience.
• Moving Side Step Right-Take a step forward and to the right.
• Spirals-These are done around three cones circling one less cone each time. Spirals are either left or right.
• Straight Figure 8-weave with dog through four cones and then back through them.
• Serpentine-Like the Straight Figure 8, but you only go one way.
• 1, 2, & 3 Steps-There are two versions: call fronts as you step backwards, walking forward and the dog sits at each halt.
• Moving Down-you command the dog to down while heeling, then go on.
• Fast Forward from a Sit-Just like it sounds.
• Walk Arounds-You walk around your dog as they remain in a sit or down.

Advanced (All off-leash)

• All of the Novice exercises
• Pivots-about turn with a halt and a forward, U turn with a halt and a forward, 90 degree pivots to the right and left with a halt, and pivot by the handler to the right with a step where the dog is then called to heel.
• Jump runby-the dog is sent while walking to take a jump and then returns to walking handler.
• Stand w/Walk Around-Walk around your dog while it stays in stand.
• Offset Figure 8-Figure 8 performed around 4 bowls two of which contain food.
• Halt-Side Step Right-From a halt the team moves to the right one step and halts again.
• Halt-Call fronts-From a halt the dog is called to sit in front and then right or left finish.
• Halt, Sit, Down-Just like it sounds

Excellent (All off-leash)

• All Advanced exercises
• Halt, Stand-Three are two: one followed by a sit and one by a down.
• Moving Stand, Walk Around-No halt, the dog stands and remains standing as the handler walks around it.
• Backup 3 Steps-This is done while heeling, and the dog stays at heel. (another dance move)
• Honour-This is a sit or down, judge's choice, done in the ring as another dog runs the course

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