Start your Rally journey here!
This series of classes introduces the fun activity of Rally to you and your dog.
Rally 101
This introductory class presents the basic skills needed for success in the Rally ring, including attentive heeling, pace changes, position changes, fronts and finishes, and pivot work. Using fun, positive training techniques, this class will build teamwork between handler and dog in a supportive environment. This class gets you ready for our next level, Rally 102, where you’ll learn the Novice level signs/exercises and will start running mini courses.
If you’re ready to get started, but you’re not finding a Rally 101 class that fits your schedule, you may book Private Lessons with one of the Rally trainers to work through the same material.
Rally 102
This next level class introduces the Rally Novice Stations, all of which are performed on-leash. Building on the skills developed in the Rally 101 class, you will begin chaining behaviors together to follow a course. This class will provide an opportunity to continue working (and playing!) as a team. Basic ring procedures for Rally trials will be discussed, but the mental and physical exercise involved in performing the stations is equally fun for students who prefer not to compete.
- Enrollment – six consecutive weekly 50-minute class meetings at your designated day/time.
- Make-ups for missed classes are available as private lessons for an additional fee ($70 / half hour).
- Class Fee – $252
- Rally 101 – Successful completion of Manners 2
- Rally 102 – Successful completion of Rally 101
- If your dog is younger than 1 year, and they haven’t been in facility in 2 months or more, a new Class Readiness Evaluation is required.
- If your dog is older than 1 year, and they haven’t been in the facility in 6 months or more, a new Class Readiness Evaluation is required.
Your Instructors
Rally Trainer
Diane Cocchiara CPDT-KA
Diane Cocchiara joined WAGD in 2018. She teaches Rally, Pet Manners and Private Lessons. She also sometimes jumps in to help with Great Dog Day School. She completed her Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations course in 2018 and WAGD Trainer Education Program in 2019. She now is certified through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers and an AKC Evaluator. Diane is an approved competition judge for WCRL Rally.
Diane has two dogs of her own, Eugene a Lab/Hound mix and Arnold a feisty little Pembroke Welsh Corgi. They enjoy a variety of sports together including agility, rally, dock diving and tricks.
Diane graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Oklahoma (Boomer!) and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University. Soon after graduation a foster puppy fell into her arms, dog training became a new passion and life never was the same since!
Eugene: Rally – RL1X, RL2, FL1 Tricks – TKI
Arnold: Agility: ACT1J, P1J Dock Diving: GNJCH Rally: RL1 Tricks: TKI