stephenb

Welcome to QLD. I have met a few of the ADCQ members at ADAA competitions and at the QLD training camp and am sure that they will make you feel welcome.

The easiest way to check out locations and driving directions and times is to use google maps. www.maps.google.com.au Tivoli is about 10klms further from where you are.

I know of a couple of GSD's that have their masters titles but they are not a common breed in agility. The can look slow but because of their size they are travelling faster than they appear to. The bigger the dog (I have seen a Great Dane compete) the more care you must take to make sure that you teach it to jump correctly. They are not as agile as the small to medium size breeds. Plenty of practice at lower heights initially and concentrate on direction control rather than worry about jumping the full height.

The ANKC rules are here. ANKC Obedience Rules You can't enter Novice Class once you are eligible to apply for the title and you can not enter OPEN class until you have lodged an application for the Novice title.

The ANKC regulations are here. ANKC Agility Regulations The ADAA rules are here. ADAA rules Basically both rules specify a circumference of about 2500 mm at the exit.

I have never had a dog that was scared of storms or fireworks. We had a thunder storm in the middle of a trial once and only one dog out of 20 showed any real fear. What percentage of dogs do have an unreasonable fear of thunder?

You will be able to locate a list of clubs from this link. Dogs NSW Clubs

Thanks. The dogs are 360 and 500mm. I will have to remeasure Mysta to make sure he is enterred in the correct class when he gets measured down there. Yes, we are from Gladstone.

Lovely run from both dog and handler. Watched it ten times before I could pull myself away from it.

Thanks for the reply. I will go through it a bit later. Is there any problem being entered in both rings at the same time? We have heard plenty of good reports about this event and are certainly looking forward to it. We will probably be camping to make the most of the atmosphere.

My wife and I are entering our first ADAA trial at Bundaberg on New Year's Eve. We have never been to an ADAA trial before and are not sure what we should enter. I am finding the rule book a bit difficult to understand when it comes to what we are eligable to enter. To complicate things there are 2 rings being run and I have to find out if that is going to restrict what we enter. Both our dogs are registered on the IP register. Tracey's dog has it's JD and AD titles with CCCQ and mine has it's JD. We would like to do as many runs as is practicle on the weekend.

I don't think of it as fixing something. It is something new to teach. If you are not teaching anything at the moment then why not give it a go? If you keep the signals and commands distinct there should be no confusion.

Weird! How many jumps do you have? What other equipment do you have? At what pace do you train? What time of day do you train? How often do you train? Is the equipment out of reach when not training? How old is the dog? My wife has a BC and I have a Staff and boredom with agility is the least of our problems.

My staffy killed 5 chickens one night recently. We don't know how she got in but she was fast, silent and deadly. Security has been beefed up but there is no hope of training this one to leave them alone. One of his favourite games is to run around with the border collie and hang off the scruff of his neck (no aggression and no damage done).

I was never one to have pets because I am not disciplined enough to do all the work required. My wife owns all the pets. She just told me I could walk the dogs but not train them. Eventually, she gave one of her dogs to me to train as it was being pig headed (Staffy) and she needed to concentrate on the other for it's CDX title. I train mainly for agility which suits my dog's temperament and have made regulation sized jumps, collapsible tunnel and weave poles for training as home. One word of advice though. I constantly hear women at trials complaining about partners who do not support them in their chosen sport and some are plain obstructive. Make the most of his interest and keep him involved.