Minnie, agility star!

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KarenCurtis said:
Well, I guess practice pays off!! Minnie and I practice every day, I've got three jumps, six weave polls, and just set up her 15 ft tunnel today, which she loves! That's all the equipment I can fit in my small yard. Every Tuesday we go to the agility instructors house, we have become friends also. Her yard is an agility course, always changing. She's got everything. This was the course we executed perfectly; started at the tire, then three jumps spaced pretty far apart in a half circle shape, a front cross to the fourth jump to the left, four more jumps to the tunnel at the other end of the yard (it's big) out of the tunnel up the A frame in a straight line to the final jump. Brag!!!!!!! I'm working on distance with the jumps, so I don't have to run so much. Old ladies can do this too.
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It's really great that you can work with her. I had Devon in the second agility class before all this covid stuff started and he was showing real promise (he won the little informal contest they had at the end of the class even against dogs that had been through it several times), but alas that was over six months ago. I've got the space in the yard but never setup anything for him, thinking that all this would be over soon and things would be getting back to normal, but that's not looking like it's going to be the case now.

Also, the dog training place has indicated that without some hefty donations from the formal members (I hadn't taken enough classes yet to be considered for membership so I don't know what "hefty" means), it's likely to go under. :(
 
SRW said:
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It's really great that you can work with her. I had Devon in the second agility class before all this covid stuff started and he was showing real promise (he won the little informal contest they had at the end of the class even against dogs that had been through it several times), but alas that was over six months ago. I've got the space in the yard but never setup anything for him, thinking that all this would be over soon and things would be getting back to normal, but that's not looking like it's going to be the case now.

Also, the dog training place has indicated that without some hefty donations from the formal members (I hadn't taken enough classes yet to be considered for membership so I don't know what "hefty" means), it's likely to go under. :(
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Yes we are lucky!! That's too bad about your training place. It's very upsetting when businesses have to close.
 
take your tripod and set it up before you get ready to run.
we NEED videos:yes:
sounds like you are doing great and yes distance is your friend. even when you run with your dog, it's good to be able to send to some things so you can get ahead elsewhere....
 
Ann said:
Bravo, Karen and Minnie! Old ladies, pffft. If I can still run around a show ring, you can do agility! :yes:
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not quite the same thing. trotting around a conformation ring is vastly different than running around an agility ring. most conformation rings are smaller than agility rings and you really do run. but yes, older people can do it. I have a friend who is 82 and still runs in agility and also competes in obedience. she does some distance work but runs with her dog a good bit too. around here there are probably more handlers over 62 than under 30.......
 
Calliesmom said:
not quite the same thing. trotting around a conformation ring is vastly different than running around an agility ring. most conformation rings are smaller than agility rings and you really do run. but yes, older people can do it. I have a friend who is 82 and still runs in agility and also competes in obedience. she does some distance work but runs with her dog a good bit too. around here there are probably more handlers over 62 than under 30.......
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Um, no...we don't "trot" around conformation rings with Shelties. You RUN. In dress clothes. And you have to run gracefully (well except for the time I did a face plant in the middle of the down and back), watch your dog to make sure they look good and are gaiting at the proper pace, all while following the judge's orders. Conformation looks a LOT simpler than it is. I've done agility and this is not easier.
 
Calliesmom said:
not quite the same thing. trotting around a conformation ring is vastly different than running around an agility ring. most conformation rings are smaller than agility rings and you really do run. but yes, older people can do it. I have a friend who is 82 and still runs in agility and also competes in obedience. she does some distance work but runs with her dog a good bit too. around here there are probably more handlers over 62 than under 30.......
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Yay!! It's hard taking a video, I always forget and my husband would have to take it at the agility instructors house. We'll see.
 
Calliesmom said:
take your tripod and set it up before you get ready to run.
we NEED videos:yes:
sounds like you are doing great and yes distance is your friend. even when you run with your dog, it's good to be able to send to some things so you can get ahead elsewhere....
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Yes! Getting ahead, lol. I have to remember that when I send Minnie into the tunnel I don't have to wait for her to come out, lol.
 
Ann said:
Um, no...we don't "trot" around conformation rings with Shelties. You RUN. In dress clothes. And you have to run gracefully (well except for the time I did a face plant in the middle of the down and back), watch your dog to make sure they look good and are gaiting at the proper pace, all while following the judge's orders. Conformation looks a LOT simpler than it is. I've done agility and this is not easier.
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while I haven't done as much conformation as I'm sure that you have, it's not as far as an agility course and you only have to RUN if that's the right speed to make your dog trot. I know that there's a lot more involved in conformation than most people think but I stand by what I said about agility. You need to watch your dog and the course so you don't run into something hard or get lost or run into the agility judge. I wore nice pants the few times that I showed- not about to do the skirt thing around many dogs............
 
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