Tiny agility brag (and videos)!

Those were great videos! And congrats!

Funny about the down ramps, though!

I don't know alot about Agility, but Bentley seemed to be doing great -with either of you as handler!

I am so in awe of you all that do this type of training! Is it my imagination, or is it mostly the smaller Shelties that do well at agility? Almost every pic/video I've seen is of the small babies?
 
BarbV said:
Is it my imagination, or is it mostly the smaller Shelties that do well at agility? Almost every pic/video I've seen is of the small babies?
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That's interesting......a lot of people prefer the smaller shelties for agility because of the way they group the heights. This is how I understand it...and I could be wrong.

Shelties that are 14" and under jump 12" and shelties 18" and under jump 16". So if you have a dog that is 14.5" inches....they are jumping 16 (higher than their height) and they may also be competing against the dreaded (kidding) border collies. So...ideally if you are big into competition, you would want a dog under 14" for agility. For those of us that are just in it for the fun....it doesn't really matter, as long as the dog is able to handle the jumps.
 
I only ask because Bacca is a big and long Sheltie, but man can he jump!

One time, he jumped over the back of my love-seat to land in my lap. That would be 2.5 to 3 feet!
 
danisgoat said:
That's interesting......a lot of people prefer the smaller shelties for agility because of the way they group the heights. This is how I understand it...and I could be wrong.

Shelties that are 14" and under jump 12" and shelties 18" and under jump 16". So if you have a dog that is 14.5" inches....they are jumping 16 (higher than their height) and they may also be competing against the dreaded (kidding) border collies. So...ideally if you are big into competition, you would want a dog under 14" for agility. For those of us that are just in it for the fun....it doesn't really matter, as long as the dog is able to handle the jumps.
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I think that the height groupings you mention are for AKC...or some other group. In USDAA the height restrictions are a bit stricter. If your dog is 16" and below, they jump 16". If they are 12" and below, they jump 12". If your dog is over 16", they jump 22".

I think you're right about people preferring the smaller shelties. I think it's not necessarily because of height, but because of structure.

And you're right too in that if your dog is over 16" they run against all the border collies and they have a tendency to be super fast!
 
corbinam said:
I think that the height groupings you mention are for AKC...or some other group. In USDAA the height restrictions are a bit stricter. If your dog is 16" and below, they jump 16". If they are 12" and below, they jump 12". If your dog is over 16", they jump 22".

I think you're right about people preferring the smaller shelties. I think it's not necessarily because of height, but because of structure.

And you're right too in that if your dog is over 16" they run against all the border collies and they have a tendency to be super fast!
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I haven't had an official measurement on Phebe yet, but by my reckoning she's at least 17". But, she's also fast and has tremendous drive. If we can get me in shape to compete, she's a Sheltie who should be able to give the BCs a run. The club we're training at now is mostly BC people and they say she's fast. :lol:
 
Phebe*DD said:
I haven't had an official measurement on Phebe yet, but by my reckoning she's at least 17". But, she's also fast and has tremendous drive. If we can get me in shape to compete, she's a Sheltie who should be able to give the BCs a run. The club we're training at now is mostly BC people and they say she's fast. :lol:
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That's awesome! She IS Super Phebe! :razz:

I would love to run a super fast dog just to see what it's like. As you can see, Bentley is more of the "slow and steady wins the race" type, which is great because he's very consistent...but he could use a bit more speed!
 
corbinam said:
That's awesome! She IS Super Phebe! :razz:

I would love to run a super fast dog just to see what it's like. As you can see, Bentley is more of the "slow and steady wins the race" type, which is great because he's very consistent...but he could use a bit more speed!
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And, I watch your videos and think 'I wish my dog would stay with me like that.' :lol: A fast dog makes a novice like me feel just on the edge of losing control all the time.
 
corbinam said:
That's awesome! She IS Super Phebe! :razz:

I would love to run a super fast dog just to see what it's like. As you can see, Bentley is more of the "slow and steady wins the race" type, which is great because he's very consistent...but he could use a bit more speed!
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I thought Bentley looked pretty fast. You should have seen Justice run. Talk about slow and steady.:smile2: Ember looks to be about as fast as Bentley. I wanted more speed from her too and now I have Diva, speed racer. Be careful what you wish for.:lol:
 
Newton is very small; but he can hang with the big dogs on speed and he turns much much faster.

OH yeah...and NO to the new system, please bring back the old system
 
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