Re: Agility Day 1 & Border Collies
- From: "Tee" <crappolagozhere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:34:09 -0400
"Judy" <doubleq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No, you can't even imagine. You are seeing the fun. And maybe a tiny bit
> of the actual challenge. The tentacles are just starting to wrap
> themselves
> around you and pull you in..
Okay, that's just frightening.
> Wait until you see Amie come out of the ring with a glow that will light
> up
> your world and hear her say "I just want to go back in and do it again!"".
That'll be cool. What I know will get me is watching her and her dog run in
sync, regardless of the time they make, because seeing kids connect with
animals is just one of life's big joys IMO. Amie loves horseback riding and
there's a particular pony she adores and who seems to treat her better than
most of the kids who ride him (he's a school pony). When she doesn't get
Jose her spirits fall a bit and when she does get him she doesn't want to
hand him over at the end of her class. She's more confident on his back
than any other pony and she beams when she tells him to trot and he just
does it. She's still a beginner btw.
> We joke that the Sheltie people (because we have a lot of them) always
> hang
> out together - separate from the rest of the breeds. In our area, the
> Aussies mix in more with the other breeds than the BCs do. I think it's
> mostly a matter of which people are friends, rather than a breed thing.
> We
> always tent next to our BC friends. And usually in the same area, we have
> a
> friend with Aussies and a friend with Sibes. (We may be the United
> Nations
> at each trial.)
I realized something after I'd written about how BCs & Aussies were on one
end with Shelties on the other. That was perfectly true of the trial I was
at, both days, but what I didn't account for was that the side with the BCs
and Aussies was the Advanced ring and the other side, with the Shelties, was
the Novice(?).
> The place I saw the breed separation the most was at an earthdog test.
> There was clearly a place for the Welsh and a place for the Borders and a
> place for the Westies. We found ourselves somewhat allied with the
> Borders - although by the end of the weekend, the Welsh people were
> cheering
> us on also. The Westie people always stayed separate.
An odd thing came to mind about Westie people. Where I live, I see them
pretty frequently but, they all seem to be owned by people of retirement
age. I don't think I've ever seen one person under the age of 65 with a
Westie.
> I think that's almost certainly the case. (Isn't it great to go someplace
> where people are so proud of their dogs?)
Yep. I wish I could have taken Fancy but I didn't want to try to mingle
with her in such dog-congested quarters. I was flashing her pictures to
people via my Palm Pilot though hehe.
> And, honestly, everyone I know is always thinking ahead to their *next*
> dog.
> Even the BC friends are talking with people and considering adding another
> breed to their household someday. It's like a game we all play.
Oh man, there were *many* (maybe even the majority) people who had 4-8 dogs
present and some even talked about having more at home. Some investigative
questioning revealed that alot of them had acreage so that made it a little
easier to understand but for those who are like me and live in ranch houses
inside subdivisions with small lots I just can't imagine having 5 Shelties
or 4 BCs and 3 JRTS. Then again I still can't wrap my mind around your
breeder's number of dogs. I love dogs but 2 medium-sized is my comfy limit
or 3 if one or more are small.
> The Corgis I see are either really good or just out there to have some
> fun.
> I see very little middle ground. We have talked about a Corgi - and I
> know
> now which people I would talk to if we ever got serious because they seem
> to
> know how to get the agility ones.
The ones I watched were pretty slow, especially through the weaves, and that
was in the Advanced ring. I just noticed their length mostly which is why I
suspect Dachshunds aren't doing it. Then again flying off a teeter could
cripple a Dachshund in short order (and I saw some serious fly-offs).
> We used to watch a rescue Basset - haven't seen her recently. She was in
> great shape and actually kept up a pretty good pace on the course. Until
> the weaves. She did the weaves o-n-e---s-t-e-p---a-t---a---t-i-m-e. And
> then resumed her normal speed. We would always make sure that we were
> ringside for that one!
Oh man, one of the pair I watched did the same thing!
> I have seen some boxers who were very good. Usually, they are on the
> small
> side. The trickiest thing for them that I can see is the dogwalk. It's
> narrower than their chests and their center of gravity is high.
If I were a better trainer of Boxers I would love to do agility with one but
it'd have to be a male and we'd have 3 years of adolesent struggle to deal
with before his brain is delivered by UPS. They are so playfully
disobedient, and I enjoy their playfulness so much, that they tend to elicit
chuckles where no response or a frown should be given. Basically we
reinforce the disobedience to some degree.
> And, as you know, there's the whole focus problem until their brains start
> to arrive at 3 or 4 or so. But after that point, it appears that they can
> do agility.
LOL well I'll have to keep that in mind.....start a Boxer as at mid-life.
--
Tara
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