madremissy wrote:Ok, Sarah start planning our trip for next year.
You got it, Missy! You have to bring Sammy along, too, though. If you don't want to compete with him, I will

madremissy wrote:Ok, Sarah start planning our trip for next year.
mnp13 wrote:madremissy wrote:Well since you put it that way MAYBE she would do alright.Thanks for the explanation. It really sounds like a lot of fun. Does it count if she doesn't bite anything and just barks at the decoy? I don't know if she would bite a sleeve or something but she can bark.
Ok, Sarah start planning our trip for next year.
Liz, Erin, Deb and I competed in Obedience Only. If you read the post, you'll see that we exited the field before the protection phase of the competition. They have had an Obedience Only competition for the past three years.
After the first two years that we went, I begged and pleaded for them to add that category for those of us who have dogs that don't do bitework. It turned out that they had actually discussed the idea in the past, but had not done it. Evidently, I was annoying... um... convincing... enough to have them try it. The first year they only did Beginner, then last year they added Intermediate.
Last year, I pulled Riggs out of Protection and instead of not trialing at all, I put him in Obedience. Deb's dog Conan is also an ex-protection dog who trialed in Obedience. Even though one Protection competitor had a "few things to say" about the Obedience category and how the dogs didn't know what the decoys were anyway, she didn't know what she was yapping about. Riggs knows perfectly well what a decoy is, he's just not allowed to bite them anymore.
(Well, actually, Deb also competed with one of her dogs in protection, but that's not the point.)
madremissy wrote:Thanks for everyone's explanations. Since I have never been to anything like this before it is all starting to make sense now.
TheRedQueen wrote:I don't practice much obedience with my gang...we crammed a bit before the DSO...but we figured what the hell...let's go for it! And it was tons of fun...and we'll be back next year!
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