An 'ah ha' moment

You're such a good dog mom to find a way for Chinook to play agility, too! I know that he's going to having a blast. Maybe watching him will make Maia more excited to run, too. :biggrin2:
 
Phebe*DD said:
You're such a good dog mom to find a way for Chinook to play agility, too! I know that he's going to having a blast. Maybe watching him will make Maia more excited to run, too. :biggrin2:
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It might - she's fast, super fast when she needs to be, but she is 'shy' in class. So seeing Chinook, who is not shy, might just be the thing to get her mojo going too! (it works at home when training...) :biggrin2:
 
I just caught this post--sounds like a great thing for Chinook!

Also, what is hoopers? I've never heard of that before.
 
Here's a link to an explination of the hoopers class in NADAC with a picture of a hoop:

http://www.nadac.com/hoopers-agility-description.htm

It is just hoops, no jumps or anything.

Many dogs at the trial today, did not know what to do with the hoops. Many ran past them, not through them (they had hoops in some of the other classes) I guess, I will have to train these too, so Maia will 'know' what it is.
 
Ania said:
Here's a link to an explination of the hoopers class in NADAC with a picture of a hoop:

http://www.nadac.com/hoopers-agility-description.htm

It is just hoops, no jumps or anything.

Many dogs at the trial today, did not know what to do with the hoops. Many ran past them, not through them (they had hoops in some of the other classes) I guess, I will have to train these too, so Maia will 'know' what it is.
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Very cool! We have a tire in USDAA, but I don't think I've ever seen more than on a course. Looks like fun!
 
The hoops are not jumps - the dogs just have to run though them, not over them. Sounds simple, but I was suprised as to how many dogs had no clue and would just go around them instead.
 
Ania said:
Good news!

This past weenend, while volunteering at the NADAC trial, I got to speak to the judge about Chinook. She said it would be fine for him to run in tunnelers, weavers, touch'n'go, and hoopers (but we don't have this game here unfortunatley due to not enough hoops)
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That's wonderful!!!

You may want to ask NADAC directly about their specifications for the hoops. (Ania found them in the next post)

I think for a course you'd need about 16? 4 for the non-test, then maybe 4 each for the tests (elite requires 3 tests). Not sure though, never ran hoopers.
Here's my classmates Hoopers run. She's running novice. Although there are 15 hoops on the course, she's only using 12, so I"m assuming the rest is for open/elite.
Hoopers Novice

Can't wait to see Chinook running!
 
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