k9fundamentals.com » NADAC http://k9fundamentals.com/blog Dog Training & Toys for Performance Dogs Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:18:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Corbie http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/2010/12/corbie/ http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/2010/12/corbie/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:29:40 +0000 sam http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/?p=773 Poor Corbie got left home in Montana, and hasn’t got to do much over the last several months. But friend Jeannie took him to the Got Dog? Agility trial this weekend and let him play. Thanks Jeannie!

Corbie & Jeannie at the GotDog? Agility trial

I think he's happy!
]]> http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/2010/12/corbie/feed/ 0 Keri seminars http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/2010/07/keri-seminars/ http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/2010/07/keri-seminars/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:53:30 +0000 sam http://k9fundamentals.com/blog/?p=639 Just finished an awesome six days of agility seminars with Keri Daun where I learnt lots that I can’t wait to share with you. Stay tuned!

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NATCH Corbie

NATCH Miller Ridge Cosmic Corbie MX AXJ XF

Corbie got the last Chances Q (qualifying run) he needed to achieve his NATCH (NADAC Agility Trial Champion) this last weekend at the Billings Regional Agility Group “BRAG” trial. I’m very honoured that we got our NATCH under friend and judge Jackie Loeser.

Many thanks my agility friends at BRAG for a fun weekend. The
Creekside Arena is very nice and in a beautiful area. The weather actually warmed up and was sunny Sunday. And no snow! which was a real treat after the huge amount Bozeman got last Thursday.

Other brags from BRAG:
Paisley won the Elite Regular High in Trial award
Huckleberry the coonhound earned the Elite Vet HIT award

The drive home was interesting… I got stuck behind a wreck on the hill coming down into Big Timber where the road was just glass. A semi had jack-knifed and blocked the whole westbound lane. I pulled up about 12 cars behind the wreck at 4:10, still hoping to make it home before dark… and traffic finally started moving again at 5:50. Oh well, agility in Montana…

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Below are the placements of the Montana contestants, as reported by Jeannie:

Jumpers Round 1:

* Sophie Loeser 6th
* Brady Blue Scranton 6th
* Deena Osmun 8th
* Paisley Biggers 7th

Jumpers Round 2 (no data)

Weavers Rounds 1 and 2

* Skeeter Osmun 4th and 6th
* Saige Biggers 1st and 6th
* Brady Blue Scranton 6th in second round

Tunnelers Rounds 1 and 2

* Gadget Pollari 6th and 6th
* Derby Pollari 7th and 8th
* Saige Biggers 4th and 1st

Hoopers round 1

* Brady Blue Scranton 5th
* Skeeter Osmun 3rd
* Saige Biggers 5th
* Paisley Biggers 6th

Hoopers 2

* Deena Osmun 4th
* Paisley Biggers 8th
* Saige Biggers 10th

Reg 1

* Ace Pollari 7th
* Derby Pollari 7th
* Brady Blue Scranton 5th
* Saige Biggers 9th
* Skeeter Osmun 5th
* Kip Loeser 7th

Reg 2

* Ace Pollari 6th
* Deena Osmun 4th
* Paisley Biggers 9th
* Derby Pollari 5th
* Brady Blue Scranton 4th
* Skeeter Osmun 4th

Reg 3

* Derby Pollari 7th
* Brady Blue Scranton 7th
* Saige Biggers 4th
* Skeeter Osmun 3rd
* Kip Loeser 9th

Reg 4

* Ace Pollari 7th
* Deena Osmun 9th
* Derby Pollari 7th
* Brady Blue Scranton 3rd
* Saige Biggers 3rd
* Skeeter Osmun 3rd

Congratulations to all of you for your awesome showing at the 2009 NADAC Champs!

-sam (still) in Montana

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And the hoops themselves — there’s nothing sexy about hoops. They’re boring. Plastic, lightweight and boring.

But, after a recent Keri Daun (Sharon Nelson) seminar, I’ve come to realise a very important concept: it’s not about the hoops, it’s about the path.

Well, duh. I teach in my classes that it’s not about the obstacles, it’s about the path between the obstacles. The obstacles are the easy part. (Well, maybe not the contacts, but that’s a whole ‘nother story!) What makes agility challenging is how to direct the dog around the course, making a twisty-curvey, nonsensicle path into a flowing, efficient, obvious path for the dog.

It’s not the hoops, it’s the path. Be the path.

If it takes hoops for me to fundamentally understand this concept, well then, hoops are good.

Be the path

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