Mas1981 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Will any club be running ongoing Rally classes? Also when is Rally being officiated here? Was wondering the same thing, it sounds awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Will any club be running ongoing Rally classes? Also when is Rally being officiated here? Was wondering the same thing, it sounds awesome! Me three . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 I'm thinking that the host club in Perth will be running classes prior to this event, however I know that most clubs wait til after the seminar and when they have a better understanding of the sport and stations, to run classes so that they don't risk teaching things incorrectly. I use some of the rally stations in my regular obedience class that I am teaching to break up the boring bits that can happen in those. My class is starting to get very excited when they come and see the signs pegged to the ground, knowing that they must warm up their dog correctly and quickly in order to go 'do the fun stuff'! We are looking at an officially sanctioned event by next year (2011) if all goes as planned. Many are working very very hard to see this happen. I'm also beginning to do the judges education seminars starting in a month or so, which means we are very close to seeing this sport finally come here and be enjoyed (by the masses!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 When I get my iPhone on Wednesday I am downloading the Rally-O App so I can practice before the seminar! I am having second thoghts about which dog to bring and might be bringing Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Hey, bring both...it's not big deal..... And a word of advice....not having seen the application your speaking of for the iPhone....please don't go all out and practice stuff that may not be correct....you will end up VERY confused... Remember peoples...this is a FUN thing and yes can be a lot to learn but once I'm done with you on the Saturday you will have a VERY clear understanding of the sport and you DONT have to come into the seminar with any experience or knowledge of either obedience or rally for that matter....(yes I"m that good! haha) Don't make this out to be more complex than it is....it's fun, simple and challenging all wrapped up into one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Looking forward to it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Hey, bring both...it's not big deal.....And a word of advice....not having seen the application your speaking of for the iPhone....please don't go all out and practice stuff that may not be correct....you will end up VERY confused... Remember peoples...this is a FUN thing and yes can be a lot to learn but once I'm done with you on the Saturday you will have a VERY clear understanding of the sport and you DONT have to come into the seminar with any experience or knowledge of either obedience or rally for that matter....(yes I"m that good! haha) Don't make this out to be more complex than it is....it's fun, simple and challenging all wrapped up into one. Sounds good. I think I will bring Lincoln because he is more focused and easier to manage in big crowds. But because (if I read right) the level up from novice has jumps I will take things nice and slowly with Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Yes, the novice has no jumps, but we will ONLY be doing novice courses as the Advanced and Excellant are off lead and that is not what we're focusing on...remember, we are there to make sure YOU the handler understands this sport...from there, you train your dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) Yes, the novice has no jumps, but we will ONLY be doing novice courses as the Advanced and Excellant are off lead and that is not what we're focusing on...remember, we are there to make sure YOU the handler understands this sport...from there, you train your dog. Ok thats good to know. Will you be demonstarting any of the advanced or exellent exercises? Edited April 3, 2010 by valleyCBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 We go through all the stations and explain them all in detail as well as you won't be sitting the whole time as you will have to go 'do' some of them to learn them properly. (I"m a firm believer in doing to learn properly) Because of time restraints, we can't do advance or excellant courses....we just don't have the time....the lecture is 6+ hours with short breaks and every minute of it is used and lets face it..you only want to listen to me and this accent (what accent?) for that long!!! The next day goes as long or longer depending on the group and you will be exhausted by the time I let you call it a day. My hope is that those that attend that are instructors, will take these basics and begin teaching classes to use the more advanced stations and prepare for the trials that will happen. As it turns out, I"ve not been welcomed to teach rally at the local dog club (go figure that mentality!) or I would be offering rally classes which progress people through the levels. This is something that needs to be done through your training club. All I can do in two days is explain the stations and how they work and beleive me, you will have a full head of it with Novice....as I say, wish I had a full week to train you all, but I don't. (I've got to train a mob of judges on the Monday after the Perth Seminar so yes, I"ll be toast by the time they plop me back on the plane and send me home....poor Tony will have to deal with a very tired and likely grumpy wife when I return!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Sounds great angelsun. It's going to be a full on weekend, I can already tell. It's great that you are doing so much to promote the sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoblackdogs Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Hi There What is the latest update for the Adelaide Seminar. I have 2 dogs with CDX Titles and getting on in age. I am keen to find something to keep them and me interested in working them for a few more years to come. Looking forward to learning more about Rally O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas1981 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Sounds great angelsun. It's going to be a full on weekend, I can already tell. It's great that you are doing so much to promote the sport! It does sound very full on, poor Mason will probably sleep for a week after the sunday session.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 It won't just be Mason that is tuckered out...so will you be! As for the CDX dogs of advanced years..this sport is perfect for someone like you that wishes to continue to compete and trial, and yet is concerned about the welfare of your dogs, or has dogs that simply can't progress beyond CDX for whatever reason or another. No one to date has committed to hosting a seminar in Adelaide. A few have chatted about it, but for one reason or another nothing has been done. Hopefully someone out there will take the bull by the horns....I don't have the connections to organize it, but I do help if needed to advise what should be done for advertising and how to run one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Angelsun is Rally on the left and right or just the left like traditional obidience? Also if you do this are you learning 'traditional' obidience or do you have to re teach a lot of the skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 Rally (Obedience) is on the left and combines with the traditional skills nicely, in fact Rally skills make for better traditional obedience. You learn more doing Rally and the skills encourage better and more precise traditional obedience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzledx2 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Rally sounds like it will help with traditional club style obedience classes. From what I've seen on the web its got lots to offer. Looking forward to the seminars Rally (Obedience) is on the left and combines with the traditional skills nicely, in fact Rally skills make for better traditional obedience. You learn more doing Rally and the skills encourage better and more precise traditional obedience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas1981 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I read somewhere that Rally is sometimes a team sport and club teams compete against one another? I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick though lol ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaseyKay Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 It surprises me that people/clubs would be anti Rally O. I think it is heaps of fun and my dog and I competed successfully in obedience, agility and tracking before we started Rally O (we live in New Zealand). I like how the handler has to use their brain too, and I've more been concentrating on getting things right than trying to do it FAST ;) But hopefully get our third leg of Novice in a couple of weekends time then I might enter some Novice for fun and see if my brain can keep up at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsun Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 I've not heard of Rally in teams, but hey...who knows!!! As for correct versus fast..I'm a firm believer that you do a quality run first and foremost...the time ONLY comes into it to sort out tie scores....if you get a perfect score but take twice as long, you will still win over the 99 score that took half as long as anyone else. (make sense?) There are a LOT of Anti Rally people out there...and the majority are those that a) have never done it b) consider it a threat to their obedience trials or classes or c) can't understand or do it. Yes you have to think...the judge only says "forward" and the rest is up to you, unlike traditional obedience where the judge is constantly telling you what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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