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(Date Posted:02/28/2007 9:57 PM)
This is WAAAAAY overpriced for what you get. The tunnel is okay, as are the stick-in-the-ground weave poles, but one can make GOOD equipment for a lot less in comparison. Katie said anyone could ask her for do-it-yourself instructions for making equipment out of PVC pipes and she would be happy to send them that.... she is KTBrit@aol.com.
The "pause box" should actually be an 8" TABLE for 12" jumpers, not strips of "whatever" laid on the ground.
And I am a firm believer that anyone wanting to try agility should take a class first in order to find that out.... not attempt it on his own. It is too easy to teach the dog the wrong thing(s) and then you will be forced to try to UNTRAIN your mistakes if you want to continue.
Rally sounds as easy as pie.... but Katie and I took a basic novice class first.... and discovered it was not always as simplistic as it sounded. "Walking stand"? I was quite sure I knew what that was until I saw the judge demonstrate what she wanted to see.... and I had never taught the dog to do it that way. DUH! (Close, but no ci-garrrrr....)
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(Date Posted:03/03/2007 1:47 PM)
I give up!
What is a walking stand? I'm imagining a floating dog right now!!
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(Date Posted:03/03/2007 5:18 PM)
A walking stand is a more advanced obedience exercise. For rally, the handler and dog are heeling along, the handler tells the dog to stand (may also use a hand signal in rally), and as the dog halts in a standing position, the handler continues to move around the dog in a circle *WITHOUT PAUSING* and returns to heel position, briefly hesitating before heeling out with the dog to the next exercise. The dog cannot be touched (ie. physically helped into position). The exercise is one fluid, continuous movement on the part of the handler.
This exercise is a lot trickier than it sounds<G>, and while I had taught Ace to stand with a verbal and hand signal, I had always paused briefly next to him (as I gave the command) before walking around him, so to suddenly discover that I was doing it WRONG before we went into the ring to do this exercise for the first time was a major problem. I only had a few minutes in which to retrain the dog AND myself on how to do this exercise correctly. I cost us three points the first time (hesitated just enough), and now we have it down fairly well. This just amazes me as way back when, the stand for exam exercise was Ace's WORST exercise; he just could not handle me walking around behind him.... let alone stand without me helping him into position. We've come a long way, baby! LOL!
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(Date Posted:03/04/2007 2:20 AM)
Reply to : MsBritmor
A walking stand is a more advanced obedience exercise.For rally, the handler and dog are heeling along, the handler tells the dog to stand (may also use a hand signal in rally), and as the dog halts in a standing position, the handler continues to move around the dog in a circle *WITHOUT PAUSING* and returns to heel position, briefly hesitating before heeling out with the dog to the next exercise. The dog cannot be touched (ie. physically helped into position). The exercise is one fluid, continuous movement on the part of the handler.This exercise is a lot trickier than it sounds<G>, and while I had taught Ace to stand with a verbal and hand signal, I had always paused briefly next to him (as I gave the command) before walking around him, so to suddenly discover t
I can't help but ask who the dog is in this last picture to the right. On my computer, he (she?) looks like my Ditto does after running through a mud puddle! (G) Head down and tail up! And mud from head to tail!! (grin)
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(Date Posted:03/04/2007 5:29 AM)
This is one of the young girl idiots who refuses to come in, and is inevitably the last one standing outside.... wanting to come in, but refusing to. Standing under the deck at our back door..... cold, standing on three legs, and getting buried in the falling snow.
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(Date Posted:03/06/2007 11:34 PM)
Perhaps the young idiot would prefer a warmer climate over here? 
We have the same type of exercise in our more advanced obedience tests, though the handler maybe moving further away from the dog. If you get the chance to watch the obedince at Crufts this week (if it is on your TV over there or I think they are doing little snippets you can download on your computer as well) you will see that type of exercise in action.
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(Date Posted:03/07/2007 4:07 AM)
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We have the same type of exercise in our more advanced obedience tests, though the handler maybe moving further away from the dog.
In our regular obedience, we have three levels.... Novice, Open, and Utility. The walking stand here is part of the signal exercise in Utility, where the dog is heeled into a stand, then left at a distance while the handler gives the signals to down, sit, and come (with no verbal prompts). In rally, the walking stand is one of the stations in the advanced classes, but in that one the handler stands the dog and then walks around the dog, returning to heel position. Both verbal commands and hand signals are allowed in rally.
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