Podengo Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 What Dog Sports Look Like to the Outside World. What Dog Sports Look Like to the Outside World: Part 2 IPO/Schutzund Angry people shouting in German while a large dog bites the Michelin Man’s ethnic cousin. Agility Dog plays on colorful construction equipment while a woman in Lululemon pants and Vibram shoes runs around yelling strange words like “scramble!” and “table!” Obedience Frumpy person struts around with dog staring at them adoringly. Flyball Lazy people yell at dog to fetch ball over and over and over without actually having to throw the ball. Nosework Dog sniffs boxes. Unfortunately, no actual drugs to be found. Weight-pull Owner is desperate to move cement blocks ten feet. Not willing to rent a front end loader. Conformation Frumpy office managers parade at a synergy convention. Dock-diving Loud indecisive gym teachers yelling at Labradors to recreate a Disney documentary. Herding Border collies moving sheep into pens and laser light shows. Treiball Herding for the avid-indoorsman. Tracking A Nature Hike without the nature. Hunt Tests Something with a duck in a box and the blind. The duck may or may not be dead but you can’t know until you open the box which still won’t help because you’re blind. Earthdog People actively encourage their dogs to fix a rat infestation. Must be too cheap to hire exterminators. Barn Hunts Made by the people who hold Earthdog trials and collect money for free rodent control. Geniuses. Altered Conformation A drag show for dogs. Suspect duct-tape is involved. Still allows for an alarming amount of hairspray. Absence of awkwardly framed balls in every picture disconcerting. Canine Freestyle Solo Square Dancing. Bonus points for an ability to sew massive amounts of sequins on to matching dog/human outfits. High degree of unfounded interest in Billy Ray Cyrus. Hog trials Dogs literally bringing home the bacon. Massive amounts of camo make us suspect this might not actually be a real sport and instead a hobby for the weekends there is no Nascar. Dryland mushing People with Balto fantasies and no actual desire to be cold. Possibly insane since they are willing to ride on a cart at high speed at the whim of spitzes. Rally Obedience Human follows road signs to get from point a to point b in the most indirect route possible. Dog looks on baffled but will assist owner in chasing their own tail. Inexplicably accompanied by lots of clapping and kissing noises. Lure coursing Not sure if either owner or dog knows the thing flying around is a bag. Needs further study. Disc Dog gymnastics. College kids that never quite got over being picked last for ultimate frisbee. Dachshund Racing Flying weiners. Sorry, can’t get farther than snickering about weiners. Terrier Sprints Small dogs dashing around over pipes, inside construction fencing while wearing brightly colored vests. Possibly Dog-centric Mario LARP-ing. Carting For people that REALLY wanted a pony as a child, but didn’t actually live with Daddy Warbucks. Not sure why they didn’t acquire a pony as an adult. Suspect it’s due to cost of poop bags. KNPV Some guy just got hit with a dog and then he rode a bicycle. It’s all very Dutch. Bikejoring Also involves a bike and a disconcerting lack of concern for personal well-being. Once again suspect the Dutch/Dutch Courage. Skiijoring What the hell? Didn’t we just see this? Oh, skis. Is -joring German for put your life in your dog’s paws? Dog Scootering This is ridiculous. Use your own two feet already! Cani-Cross Oh…. Ha. Ha. “Own two feet”. I’m pretty sure they already had a name for this e.g. Train your damn dog not to pull you over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrigadoonRose Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Made me giggle :) Having just discovered the world of dog sports, some of these descriptions seem pretty familiar ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) :laugh: hmm yes or also with flyball controlled chaos. Edited August 6, 2013 by Clover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Some of these I had never heard of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasels Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Bless! I meeded this today! Love the confirmation one (I can laugh at it as I don't show) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 That's a little too close to home :laugh: Nice find DD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I don't get given much grief about the dog sports but the amount of silly comments I got over horse showing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 :laugh: hmm yes or also with flyball controlled chaos. Or with agility sometimes - uncontrolled chaos - especially in Strat Pairs :laugh: . Nice find DD - thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Had to laugh at the bikejouring one, I do bikejouring and it's SO much fun - I keep trying to convince one of my friends to join me, she insists it looks terrifying and dangerous (especially when we go through the forest in the dark through the mud) :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Had to laugh at the bikejouring one, I do bikejouring and it's SO much fun - I keep trying to convince one of my friends to join me, she insists it looks terrifying and dangerous (especially when we go through the forest in the dark through the mud) :laugh: That's just a bike ride with a mad Springer Doing the ET with Ziggy was enough to make me realise why I don't cycle with my dogs on leash usually. It really hurts when the buggers slam you into the ground!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Love these - what a great find. As someone that does obedience/rally/agility but also dryland sledding, scootering and cani-cross I had a real giggle (particularly at the spitz comment :D ). Totally agree with the bikejoring one - you have to be nuts to try that! At least a scooter/rig is close to the ground when you stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Love these - what a great find. As someone that does obedience/rally/agility but also dryland sledding, scootering and cani-cross I had a real giggle (particularly at the spitz comment :D ). Totally agree with the bikejoring one - you have to be nuts to try that! At least a scooter/rig is close to the ground when you stack. Yay fellow person that does way too many dog sports haha! We do agility/obedience/rally/flygility/tracking/working trials/bikejouring/weightpull/lure coursing and tried scootering once, but it was too hard for Elsie and bikejouring is way faster Edited August 9, 2013 by DiscoDobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 I did have to google what exactly hog trials entailed... Never heard of them being held round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Yay fellow person that does way too many dog sports haha! We do agility/obedience/rally/flygility/tracking/working trials/bikejouring/weightpull/lure coursing and tried scootering once, but it was too hard for Elsie and bikejouring is way faster Would love to do weightpull but we don't have that in WA. Would also be interested in tracking, but hard enough to do the other sports when you live remote with no teachers, so adding more would just be silly. I take my hat off to you for bikejoring. There is NO way I would do that. Tried it once and I ended up crashing, falling and hitting the cross bar on the bike. Ouch. Even my little 18 kg Aussie loves scootering. She tires quickly as is very fast but not powerful so pulling is hard work. But she does seem to enjoy it. Starts barking and getting excited everytime I bring out the scooter :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Even my little 18 kg Aussie loves scootering. She tires quickly as is very fast but not powerful so pulling is hard work. But she does seem to enjoy it. Starts barking and getting excited everytime I bring out the scooter :-) Same as Elsie, who is 13kg. She LOVES it and is really quick, but it's just too hard on her, especially as our scooter tracks have a lot of sand on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Very good. No mention of how odd it is for non-doggy folk to see people walk an agility or rally course without dogs though, even I can appreciate how silly that looks! :laugh: Edited August 9, 2013 by FHRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezy Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Very good. No mention of how odd it is for non-doggy folk to see people walk an agility or rally course without dogs though, even I can appreciate how silly that looks! :laugh: yes , I have seen some funny looks and heard some bewildered comments , from people observing agility walks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Very good. No mention of how odd it is for non-doggy folk to see people walk an agility or rally course without dogs though, even I can appreciate how silly that looks! :laugh: yes , I have seen some funny looks and heard some bewildered comments , from people observing agility walks lol Even retrieving people struggle with that bit - I'm sure some people think we do the same course every time :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Same as Elsie, who is 13kg. She LOVES it and is really quick, but it's just too hard on her, especially as our scooter tracks have a lot of sand on them. Sounds like you need another dog to run with her, and have a 2 dog team :D Sandy tracks are certainly harder work for the dog and the musher...much harder to pull, and much easier to fall off when the scooter digs in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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