Arya Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi, I was thinking about Agility pairs and stuff the other day when out on a walk. Has something like this ever been done in Obedience? My idea would be to have, a bit like ice dancing, pairs with people. You could have it set up two ways with two types of pairs competitions. One formal - so the pair of competitors had to be competing in the same level of Obedience and they have to do a set pattern together, called by the judge as in regular Ob as is done now. Everything matching and perfect (this would be a bit like the formal dance routines in ice skating. Then there could be a separate 'freestyle pairs' type event - like ice skating then has freedance within their competition. Now I don't mean dog dancing at all, that's different of course. I mean the pair of competitors could create their own heeling pattern and other excercises within, say, a five minute or longer time frame, depending on the level of competition. Can you imagine? This would be very exciting to watch. There could then be winners of formal Ob, winners of freestyle Ob and a combined overall winner - again just as is done with human ice dancing at Olympic level I've seen on TV. It would be great! And the other thing is, at the other end of the scale not elite, imagine how much support friends could get from each other, particularly in CCD if you had CCD pairs. You could go in together. It would be fun and it would be a good way to start out. I would love to see this! I would love to go in this! (though nobody would pair up with someone whose dog loses her brains in the ring LOL). Actually, it would provide support for the dogs if their team member was in the ring doing it as well as them. Great fun all around Imagine, matching dogs of similar size or same breed (though wouldn't have to be at all!!!) doing stuff in unison with handlers doing stuff in unison. Matching recalls, matching drop on recalls. Matching dumbells. Great!!! Anyway, wondering if this has been done. I think there was some pairs or something at the State trial fun events in Vic this year but missed them. What do others think about this? I am interested to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi, I was thinking about Agility pairs and stuff the other day when out on a walk. Has something like this ever been done in Obedience? My idea would be to have, a bit like ice dancing, pairs with people. You could have it set up two ways with two types of pairs competitions. One formal - so the pair of competitors had to be competing in the same level of Obedience and they have to do a set pattern together, called by the judge as in regular Ob as is done now. Everything matching and perfect (this would be a bit like the formal dance routines in ice skating. Then there could be a separate 'freestyle pairs' type event - like ice skating then has freedance within their competition. Now I don't mean dog dancing at all, that's different of course. I mean the pair of competitors could create their own heeling pattern and other excercises within, say, a five minute or longer time frame, depending on the level of competition. Can you imagine? This would be very exciting to watch. There could then be winners of formal Ob, winners of freestyle Ob and a combined overall winner - again just as is done with human ice dancing at Olympic level I've seen on TV. It would be great! And the other thing is, at the other end of the scale not elite, imagine how much support friends could get from each other, particularly in CCD if you had CCD pairs. You could go in together. It would be fun and it would be a good way to start out. I would love to see this! I would love to go in this! (though nobody would pair up with someone whose dog loses her brains in the ring LOL). Actually, it would provide support for the dogs if their team member was in the ring doing it as well as them. Great fun all around Imagine, matching dogs of similar size or same breed (though wouldn't have to be at all!!!) doing stuff in unison with handlers doing stuff in unison. Matching recalls, matching drop on recalls. Matching dumbells. Great!!! Anyway, wondering if this has been done. I think there was some pairs or something at the State trial fun events in Vic this year but missed them. What do others think about this? I am interested to know. If they can do it in dressage, I don't see why you couldn't do it in obedience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Last year I had a friend take my duck dog into open in obedience and I was standing outside the ring watching. The dog was working beautifully - didn't lose a point in heeling or SFE - did a lovely DOR and then it came to the dumbbell on the flat. Zoe threw the dumbbell and sent Blaize to get it. The dog raced out picked the dumbbell up came racing back ran straight past Zoe and presented the dumbbell beautifully to me outside the ring. We laughed out loud and said this is the new open exercise called strategic pairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAX Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Mary Ray has done it in Heelwork to music comps in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Sounds like a great idea I would really love to see Rally-O up and running in Australia. You can gain titles for Rally in USA now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Last year I had a friend take my duck dog into open in obedience and I was standing outside the ring watching. The dog was working beautifully - didn't lose a point in heeling or SFE - did a lovely DOR and then it came to the dumbbell on the flat. Zoe threw the dumbbell and sent Blaize to get it. The dog raced out picked the dumbbell up came racing back ran straight past Zoe and presented the dumbbell beautifully to me outside the ring. We laughed out loud and said this is the new open exercise called strategic pairs. Ah, that's priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Last year I had a friend take my duck dog into open in obedience and I was standing outside the ring watching. The dog was working beautifully - didn't lose a point in heeling or SFE - did a lovely DOR and then it came to the dumbbell on the flat. Zoe threw the dumbbell and sent Blaize to get it. The dog raced out picked the dumbbell up came racing back ran straight past Zoe and presented the dumbbell beautifully to me outside the ring. We laughed out loud and said this is the new open exercise called strategic pairs. OMG, what can you do but laugh!!! Great effort for her to get to that point without going over to you. They do some crazy things, don't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeak Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Found this article on K9 dressage and thought you might be interested... http://www.dancingdogs.net/Website%20K9D%20-%20to%20WCFO.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 Thanks Squeak!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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