In competions the harmony between you and your dog will be assessed. That means: you should be a good team that understand each other. Praise and pat your dog when he does something correctly.

• Sei leise! Dein Hund hört Dich nicht besser, wenn Du lauter bist. Du solltest nicht andere Juniorhandler stören.
• Erlaubt ist zwar Sprache, aber alle anderen Geräusche sind verboten. Also niemals mit der Zunge schnalzen oder ähnliches. Clicker, Quietschtiere oder ähnliches sind beim Juniorhandling strikt verboten.
• Zurufe oder Geräusche von außen - wenn etwa Deine Eltern den Hund rufen - gelten als "Double-Handling" und sind ebenfalls strikt verboten.

Your Voice

It is an important instrument to motivate your dog. You may naturally talk, entice and praise your dog.But:

• do this quietly, your dog will not hear better if you are loud. You should not disturb other Junior Handlers.

• Speech is allowed but any other sounds are vorbidden. So never click your tonque or anything similar. Clickers, squeaky toys etc are strictly verbidden in Junior Handling.
  

• Calling or any noises from outside the ring – if maybe your parents call the dog – count as „double handling“ and is also strictly vorbidden.

Commands help your dog before any direction changes or turns. This way you avoid the dog „running into the lead“.

• Frag nach dem Namen des Hundes. Du kannst ihn beim Namen rufen, statt ihm Kommandos zu geben, die er vielleicht gar nicht kennt.
• Stell Dich dem Hund vor. Auch er hat ja plötzlich einen ganz fremden Menschen an seiner Seite. Lass ihn an Deinen Handflächen schnuppern. Sprich mit ihm.

Exchanging dogs

It could be that the judge gives you an unknown dog. It is not easy to immediately adjust to the new dog. Here are two tips:

• Ask what the dogs name is. You can call it by name instead of using commands that maybe it does not know. 
• Introduce yourself to the dog. It too has a completely strange person at it's side. Let it sniff your hands . Talk to it.

Treats

The bits of treats that fall on the floor distract other dogs. Therefore in Junior handling, for reasons of fairness, it is strictly vorbidden to motivate or reward the dog with treats.  

Problems with the dog

It can naturally happen that the dog simply does not want to or is obstinate. Your dog is not a machine, that must always work.

You must try  positively motivate it.  That means: never pull onthe lead, shout or even hit it. Take your time!  You will only get a bad result if you mishandle the dog.