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Newfoundlands => Newfoundland Discussions => : Moore1125 September 30, 2007, 05:56:34 PM
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OK....anyone with a big dog competing in Rally? We tried it for the first time 2 weekends ago. Got our first leg on saturday (YEAH) but on Sunday, we didnt qualify for "lack of briskness"!!!!!!! I was told that time didn't matter! anyone else have this experience?? Rudder isn't the most fleet of foot!!!!
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Yes, we are competing in Rally. Lily has two legs so far :)
About the "lack of briskness"... It all depends on a judge. Some are very nice about it and do give you extra credit for bringing your monster into a ring, LOL!
But if you read Rally rules you will see that it does say "the dog must heel briskly" or something like that ::)
We used to have the same problem during training and one of the teachers had noted that I am slowing down because I think that my dog is slow and big. She told me to increase my speed 3-4 times and Lily actually loved it and gave me more attention than what I was getting before.
Good luck, it is so much fun!!!
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OH good idea! I think I do slow down!!!! thanks! I have class on Wednesday. i will try that! thanks! good luck on leg #3!!!!!
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We did rally along with agility in puppy class. Kali was much better at it than I was. I couldnt give her the commands properly but oh well.