View Poll Results: Do you compete in any dog sports?

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  • I'd like to..

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  • I have no interest..

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Thread: Do you compete in any dog sports?

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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
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    Michigan
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    Yep, agility with Jack. He absolutely loves it, and so do I! We have our second trial coming up on Aug. 12th and 13th.

    I'd love to get Kyra involved in Flyball, I think she'd enjoy it, but my mom might just do agility with her. In the future I'd like to get Jack involved in Obedience and possibly Rally.

    edit: Just wanted to add that I'd also like to get involved in freestyle with Jack in the future.

    Ashley & Crossbone ("mini ACD")
    Living with my parent's: Jack (Lab/Beagle), Micki & Mini (JRTS)
    RIP Kyra: 07/11/04 - 11/3/12; Shadow: 4/2/96 - 3/17/08

  2. #2
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    Jun 2004
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    Wisconsin
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    Autumn knows how to do agility, but there is nothing in the area for agility. There isn't even a place for us to practice except our own yard. There is a
    4-h agility competition but I'm an adult and I'm also not involved in 4-h so I can't do that. She used to know herding commands. Imagine a toller entering a herding competition!
    "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."

    Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

  3. #3
    Nope. I do think that Ethan would be good at a some kind of agility or something, but he is so timid in public places with people... heck, you never know, some kind of sport might help to open him up. Anyway, the only place that offers agility is an hour away, and gas prices are too insane for that right now.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
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    I have not done any in a while, just because its all on weekends and I work on weekends. but I have competed in Flyball, Agility, Rally-Obedience,and Musical Freestyle, my my dogs are trained in barral racing, some herding, disc dog, weight pull, bike-joring, and Obedience. with Electra I plan to TRY and show her lightly when possable, I will Join StubbleJumpers mostly to help out the toller folks :P (all the Tollers in my city are part of stublejumpers and they have a bit of a rivalry with the Collie people in the club,and they need more Tollers lol) and as she is a breeding prospect and I am a stickler for working ability I would like to try out for some working titles as well. I also plan to do agility and obedience with her(I enjoy obedience but I cant compete with Happy and Misty for various reasons)
    Shayna
    Mom to:
    Misty-10 year old BC Happy-12 year old BC Electra-6 year old Toller Rusty- 9 year old JRT X Gem and Gypsy- 10 month ACD X's Toivo-8 year old pearl 'Tiel Marley- 3 year old whiteface Cinnamon pearl 'Tiel Jenny- the rescue bunny Peepers the Dwarf Hotot Miami- T. Marcianus

    "sister" to:

    Perky-13 year old mix Ripley-11 year old mix

    and the Prairie Clan Gerbils

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    Happy Valley, Utah
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    I took a few agility classes with Nebo but have never competed in any dog sports.

  6. #6
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    May 2003
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    Kai's finishing off his third set of beginner's agility class now. He's doing pretty well, especially considering how fearful he was at the beginning. I had trouble getting him to do a single jump at 10 inches but now he's doing everything (but the a-frame.. bad experience with it) really well. I hope to have him competing by next year. Kaedyn will start training as soon as I find an agility club to join.

    Both are training for their obedience titles right now. Kai just needs a bit of fine tuning, then he should be ready for his CD. He's almost ready for his CDx too. The only thing he has problems with is the retrieve, as he has NO drive to retrieve.

    I've thought about doing tracking with Kai as he just LOVES finding things.. he has tons of fun doing it. I think rallyo might be fun for them too, once we work in obedience a bit.

    I'd love to do as much as I can with my belgian puppy. We will definitely do conformation, obedience and agility. I'd also really like to take on flyball, rallyo and maybe even schutzhund if I can find a club around here.

    Kai [Sheltie], Kaedyn [Sheltie], Keeva [Malinois], Kwik [Malinois]

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Washington
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    Yep... Agility. Zoey got her first title two weeks ago.
    Thanks so much Ashley for the siggy!
    Zoey Marie NAJ NA RN (flat-coated retriever)
    Wynset's Sam I AM "Sage" RA (shetland sheepdog)
    T.j (english setter)

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