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Originally Posted by
x-clo-x
nope i agree with you. like i said the flyball dogs wear harnesses which handlers keep hold of till their dog goes for the ball, no one slates them for having hold of their dog though because of course when its not showing "its different"
My question was about people changing the dogs stride - changing the way they move by using the lead to hold the head up
as the dog is being judged for movment I was just wondering if this is a little 'cheeting' is all
although flyball isnt my thing I believe the dogs are taught a restrained recal, holding them by their harneses is part of their training so they know what is expected of them
Originally Posted by
x-clo-x
yep, its like people not catching their dogs at the end of an agility run, but this is seen as ok because theyve done their run, can you imagine the bother we would have if we let the dogs in the ring with no leads, say 14, in a class, usually at least another ring either side with a different breed in, so say we have 42 dogs, all off lead, it wouldnt be responsible!! you wouldnt have 42 dogs all offlead in a park without a problem of some description occuring, so dont see why it would be acceptable in a ring.
I guess I go to different agility shows
Noone would find it acceptable for dogs to be running off at the end of runs
shows are much smaller in scotland I know but with about 5 rings only seperated by a thin strip of rope with well over 500 runs per ring there just isnt time to go running after dogs
Not to mention the large numbers of dogs q'ing ringside for their turn
and seeing as most of the dogs will be conditioned to return for their reward or to find their tuggy at the end of a run the only dogs running off would be the lowest level dogs from inexperienced handlers
I wont say it NEVER happens, but I dont see it all that much
fair nuff if you dont feel the dogs would be trusted to do their job with other dogs there, all I am complaining at is artificially holding a dogs head up, if they were offlead then the judge would be able to see how they really moved