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Old December 5th 04, 11:21 PM
Susan Fraser
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- BRAG ALERT -

Shammie made her agility debut this week-end in Shreveport and Q'ed every run!
I entered her in preferred since she has *just* fugured out how to jump without
knocking bars, and I wanted her to have success. So she's got two novice
standard P legs and two jumpers P legs.

I never thaought about that *anyone* could run preferred! Sham was running
against a MACH (running P due to HD) and another couple excellent dogs rehabing
after injuries. So I am also very proud of her two 2nd and two 3rd places, and
more than 10 seconds under course time every run, even with a few mistakes (all
handler errors - haha!)

You might remember me asking for jumping advice - I did continue Suzanne
Clothier's program, since we were already a couple of months into it, and at
the end, where she starts the "problem solving" sequences, it was like a light
came on! I made my bars easily displacable and ran along side so I could "oops"
and abort when she knocked one. And it didn't take a few no-treat-runs for Sham
to start to slow down and concentrate on clearing the bar. It was
instantaneous. Boom, she figured it out, and (knock on wood) she doesn't knock
bars hardly ever now! But I'm still working her up slowly, so we'll probably
finish her novice preferred titles before I enter her at full height.

And then, Sham'll have performance titles in 3 venues: field, obedience and
agility. Kewl, huh?


Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
BeBop a Lu SheBop SH
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong CD MH
and Gris-Gris Gumbo YaYa
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Old December 6th 04, 03:56 AM
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Way to go Susan and Shammie! Sounds like you two had a great weekend.

Beth
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Old December 7th 04, 01:20 AM
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"Susan Fraser" wrote:

And then, Sham'll have performance titles in 3 venues: field, obedience

and
agility. Kewl, huh?


VERY Kewl. Congrats!


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Old December 7th 04, 02:25 PM
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"Susan Fraser" wrote in message
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- BRAG ALERT -

Shammie made her agility debut this week-end in Shreveport and Q'ed every

run!

Way to go Shammie & Susan!
Yippee, Team!

Shelly & The Boys


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Old December 7th 04, 05:45 PM
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Susan Fraser said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Shammie made her agility debut this week-end in Shreveport
and Q'ed every run!


Those must have been some really easy courses!

Heh, just kidding - I *meant* to say: Congratulations
Shammie'n'Susan, that's an awesome feat.

And then, Sham'll have performance titles in 3 venues:
field, obedience and agility. Kewl, huh?


Very kewl. I don't know much about field titles - do they go
before the dog's name? Will Shammie be titled at both ends?

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Old December 8th 04, 12:30 AM
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"Susan Fraser" wrote in message
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apparently go in the order the sport was introduced to AKC: obedience,

field,
agility, tracking? I think? Then I suppose Rally?


Obedience, then I know pretty much everything else comes before
agility (it was a late bloomer), rally last. Even herding, I believe
was titling before agility, in AKC (but don't quote me on that one!). I'm
not sure about field vs. tracking, but I'm also pretty sure that tracking
came before Coursing. And, I know it was around long before herding.

I'm going for 4 with Bodhi. So far, we've got two (herding &
obedience). Tracking & agility are also on the slate for the upcoming
year. We've got quite a bit of work to do in both, however. :-)
Get the basics down, then advance in what is the most fun.

Shelly & The Boys:
Coda & Bodhi (Sandcastle's Oh So Groovy CD, PT, STDs [ASCA Started herding
title], CGC)




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Old December 8th 04, 01:39 AM
Susan Fraser
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Tracking & agility are also on the slate for the upcoming
year.


Yes, I want to do tracking, too, but I figure of all the stuff I do, it is
probably the least physically demanding on old joints (mine AN the dog's), so
that is going to be our "retirement" pursuit. ;-) Agility is being pushed to
the front because it is the most physical (after field), so she's got limited
time for that, and I could use the workout.

Besides, Gris-Gris thinks 'gility is the bee's knees.

Get the basics down, then advance in what is the most fun.


Hey! That's a good philosophy! Mind if I borrow it?


Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
BeBop a Lu SheBop SH
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong CD MH
and Gris-Gris Gumbo YaYa
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Old December 8th 04, 02:10 AM
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"Susan Fraser" wrote in message
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Tracking & agility are also on the slate for the upcoming
year.


Yes, I want to do tracking, too, but I figure of all the stuff I do, it is
probably the least physically demanding on old joints (mine AN the dog's),

so that is going to be our "retirement" pursuit. ;-)

Ha! You've not seen Bodhi track, have you? laugh I have to remind
myself for over half of the track, "Don't run!" He is a very strong
pulling
dog, and moves so quickly.
Potential livestock dangers aside, herding is probably the least physically
demanding for us.

Agility is being pushed to the front because it is the most physical
(after field), so she's got limited
time for that, and I could use the workout.
Besides, Gris-Gris thinks 'gility is the bee's knees.



Yep, Bodhi too. But it's also the one *I* want to do most. And, it's the
one I'm hoping that we'll be able to advance the furthest in. One of these
days...

Get the basics down, then advance in what is the most fun.


Hey! That's a good philosophy! Mind if I borrow it?


You betcha. I figured it *has* to be that way, since financially &
timewise, I have to prioritize. Funny thing is, we're having fun in
obedience, and I
never thought it would enter the picture, other than as a precursor for
good behavior in other arenas. And herding?! If someone would've told
me 3 or 4 years ago I'd be out running around in a sheep-sh!t covered
pasture w/ my dog, and PAYING someone to do so, I'd have laughed at
them! :-)
Shelly & The Boys


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Old December 8th 04, 02:13 AM
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"Susan Fraser" wrote in message
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(AKC's rule of course is you must win in head to head competition for the

title
to come before)


Except for the MACH. You can get a MACH without ever placing.


How much do you suppose the average MACH (or OTCH) costs, given a good

fairly
consistent dog?


I don't think it is possible to figure an average, because of the
differences in price of entries, overall cost of showing (gas, motel, food
etc.) and the variance in qualification rates from dog to dog (even
consistent dogs.)

But since it takes 20 QQs and 750 speed points to MACH, once you reach the
Ex B level and are a steady consistent team, you can probably make a
guesstimate based upon qualification rates of your particular dog. You'd
have to factor in the costs from Novice to Ex B as well. At an average of
$30/day, it would cost at minimum $600 in runs in Ex B (with 100% qualifying
rate and enough speed points in every run to reach 750) to earn a MACH.
Considering that most dogs consistent enough to regularly QQ are not fast
enough to get placements and lots of speed points/run, and most dogs who
easily earn placements/speed points are not consistent enough to regularly
QQ, it is very unlikely that minimum $ is anywhere realistic.
Still, if you're having fun and trialling semi-regularly but not pushing too
hard and stressing out, I can see spending a couple years earning a MACH as
a reasonable goal. I know of one team that will earn their 3rd MACH in one
year if they get 2 more QQs... that's the opposite end of the spectrum. I'd
like to earn a MACH before the end of 2006, when the AKC Nationals come back
to California, but I haven't set that as a specific goal as I don't want to
stress over it. Wylie needs 1 more leg in standard to get his AX and we'll
be in Ex B straight across (he got his AXJ this past weekend, and our first
QQ though in Ex A it doesn't count as one.) So it seems like it could be
do-able, but we are still working through various issues and will probably
continue to do so for some time, so I'm not setting any title goals that set
me up for disappointment.

Christy


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Old December 8th 04, 02:47 AM
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in
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If someone would've told
me 3 or 4 years ago I'd be out running around in a sheep-sh!t covered
pasture w/ my dog, and PAYING someone to do so, I'd have laughed at
them! :-)


Substitute "mosquito-infested swamp" for "sheep-sh!t covered pasture," and
I'm right there with you, baby!

--
Kate
and Storm the FCR
 




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