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areese
10-26-2009, 12:26 PM
More agility this weekend. Couldn't BUY a freaking Q on Friday (well...we got 3 total, one for each dog). Salsa was evil, evil I say.
Although she did a BERRY hard gamble ( gamble is where the dog has to work away from the handler-handler can't cross a taped line and the dog must go out away from them and perform a sequence of obstacles)...I think it was the first real distance gamble she has done. But was just a hair over time so didn't qualify but it was awesome nonetheless!
Saturday they got everything except Owen Ween jumped a contact in Standard. dam. But he ran so fast and happy all weekend. Laika had such a fit friday only running once the club owner kindly let me see the maps for saturday so I could see if I could enter her in something else (I don't want her on contacts or weaves) so she got to run twice. Slightly happier. I also ran Lilly the cavalier saturday and we qualified in everything. It went on and on though....got home at 9:30 sat. night. I ran four dogs in the last class. Geez. It was a blast though.
http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Standard-Rnd-1-345c/10097545_A6RiA#693283273_tXDSs

http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Standard-Rnd-2-345c/10097856_TRskF#693310655_Z5S4L

http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Standard-Rnd-2-345c/10097856_TRskF#693310367_TYDmB
Alex's Mom
10-26-2009, 12:33 PM
:cheer2::cheer2: You guys!!! Great pics! Although when you look at the contact sheet side, our Bug kinda disappears :rotfl: Glad everyone had fun. You must be exhausted! :hug99::hug99:
areese
10-26-2009, 01:03 PM
QUOTE=Alex's Mom;353821]:cheer2::cheer2: You guys!!! Great pics! Although when you look at the contact sheet side, our Bug kinda disappears :rotfl: Glad everyone had fun. You must be exhausted! :hug99::hug99:[/QUOTE]

Yeah...I kinda look for the pic with no dog....:rotfl:
areese
10-26-2009, 01:08 PM
more...(the photographer is loading them now :))
http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Colors-Rnd-1-345c/10098838_iiMji#693390781_BoUnS

http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Colors-Rnd-1-345c/10098838_iiMji#693390347_2G3vh

Look at this cute dog!! It's a portuguese podengo
http://www.rayduttonphotography.com/Trials-2009/CPE/10-23-09-Colors-Rnd-1-12/10098770_3M7o4#693383070_W3AXp
RustysMom
10-26-2009, 01:23 PM
Amazing photos! one day I hope we'll be doing that!
Jacqueline
10-26-2009, 01:57 PM
Great as always. Taffy would love agility, but her mom cannot run. Not at all. I feel bad about that.
vferraro99
10-26-2009, 02:29 PM
Those are awesome pictures! I wish I had the time to dedicate to doing agility. I'm sure Sammy would be good at it (can three-legged dogs do agility? I mean, is it permitted?) Physically he is able to do it, he's extremely strong and muscular, very good at following lead and very fast.
areese
10-26-2009, 02:36 PM
Three-legged dogs are allowed in CPE...I've seen a couple of tripods running!
I believe they may have to have vet clearance. I don't know if other venues allow it.
I like CPE a lot. I think it stays true to the spirit of what agility should be. Having fun with your dog. They accomodate dogs with differences. If not for CPE, I couldn't let Laika do any agility so I am very grateful for it.
Jacqueline
10-26-2009, 03:12 PM
What kind of allowances do they make for the owners? Taffy runs like the wind. I can barely do a slow trot.
jenfer
10-26-2009, 03:16 PM
:congrats2: on the fun trial. :)

We are doing TDAA next month. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
areese
10-26-2009, 06:00 PM
What kind of allowances do they make for the owners? Taffy runs like the wind. I can barely do a slow trot.

People can get a time handicap...prob. again need a note from the dr. That is an extra 5 seconds on each run. Which doesn't sound like much but most runs are less than a minute and 5 seconds is quite a bit.
But a whole lot of people can't run very well. Then it's a matter of training...so your dog can run at a distance from you and be "steered" from behind or with voice commands. There are people in CPE "running" with artificial knees, braces on their knees....agility is hard on the knees due to the twisting when you run I guess. And the front crosses (pivoting 180 in front of the dog in order to change sides) Some people never do a front cross and do all rear crosses though. More common with a faster dog but I do almost all rears with Salsa as she drives ahead very well and sees the lines between obstacles herself it seems.
One woman runs her dog from a motorized cart thingy. Seriously.
Some venues, like teacup, don't require much running cuz the course is so small and the times are generous. UKC also rates accuracy more than speed and the times are really high. The handler runs a shorter course than the dog of course-running inside the curves and not having to do the obstacles of course. So being in prime physical shape isn't a necessity.
I do run multiple dogs at the same height which sometimes gets tiring. But even then...all in all it's running less than 3-4 minutes! But I do work out at home-tai-bo and shape boxing and other aerobic things.