The dogs will be able to transition easily, but the handlers are going to need to get out of the Rally-O mind frame when entering an obedience ring. Much less talking, no body language aside from hand signals (in Rally-O you can stear with your body to encourage very intricate heeling patterns), etc.
Lilies in the late July heat, Lemnos, Greece. The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.
Hot, sultry summer weather; also, a period of stagnation. For example, It's hard to get much work done during the dog days, or Every winter there's a week or two of dog days when sales drop dramatically. The term alludes to the period between early July and early September, when Sirius, the so-called Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun.