The 1st obedience test by The Danish Spaniel Klub is the first test you can go to hosted by The Danish Spaniel Klub.

It is a very small and easy test and it is recommeded for young dogs with little or no obedince practice at all.

You and your dog has to go through this track:

Between each point there is 50 meters.

The test contains these 4 exercises:

You have to walk from (1) over (2) to (3) with the dog on a leash at your left side. At (3) the dog has to sit. You remove the leash and walks it from (3) over (4) to (5) with the dog at your left side. At (5) the dog has to lie down. You walk back to (1) and when the judge signals you call you dog back to you. You dog has to sit beside you without a leash. Now you throw a dummy about 15 meters towards (2) and you command your dog to fetch it and return to sit at your left side.

For each of the exercises you can get a maximum of 10 point.
The maximum score you can get for a passing the 4 exercises with no errors are 40 points.

If zero is scored in one or more of the exercises, no price is given.

My dog at her first obedience test

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Updated 25 April 1997