Agility

[Sharon]

I was just watching an agility video on youtube "Agility and what can go wrong" by Robbiebee.It was made in Britian.Some of them handlers werent very nice to their dogs. One lady screaming at her Cavalier King Charles to get up on the seesaw right now and a lady yelling at her BC to stay on the contatcs and the dog just continues on but I actually saw a collie(I do not think it was a BC but could be wrong) wicked fast. That dog was hauling.There was a scene where all the dogs were blowing the DW contact and every handler was RC the DW.I know in Europe they are all about the speed.

 

[ClantyreSheltie]

I know in Europe they are all about the speed.

Don't they have to win their class to move on? That would cause them to push speed.

 

[Sharon]

I really dont know much about the way things are run in other countries other than the EO that Shadow competed in Germany in 2008.

 

[Lovely]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-oq9Vks7E

Most of problems look like fundamentals stuff. Maybe the dogs were just really high strung? Oh, and those are very high jumps!

 

[Sharon]

Thanks for posting the video. The jumps are likely 26 inch inches or 24 inches. Big dogs jump that height.When Shadow does ISC competition he has to jump 18 inches instead of 16.Those dogs are wicked fast and are trained for running contacts.