Did you pick the video for it outstanding music.Here is a boxer doing a FR1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6RAIbBiejE&feature=sub
Figured people might need a break from all the drama, although I know good and damn well drink it like water in a desert.
There are some very good and qualified decoys in ARF who have worked trials but didn't Wade just get certified as a FR decoy yet he got selected for the championships?Judge; Dominique Piton (France)
Decoys;
Lorent Schlernitzauer (France)
Eduardo Loyola (Puerto Rico USA)
Wade Morrell (Ohio USA)
So who didn't show up ?
Don't know about the field.
I hear you! I would've loved to be in a little seminar with those guys. Soak it all up it is a wonderful feeling learning from guys like that for sure.The trial was small, but take it from someone who has competed in many large national events: the number of competitors is completely unrelated to the quality of the competition. Actually, my evil, selfish side wants to thank all those not in attendance for giving me a lot of invaluable one on one time to learn from Dominic Pitton and Lorent Schlernitzauer. You guys don't know what you missed but I certainly do! :twisted:
We did the Ring 2 DIW in CT we had a great time doing that I can't wait to trail in a few weeks. Seeing the score written in the book and giving your dog a scratch for a job well done makes all that sacrifice and expense worth it.Margaret Wheeler said:Having had the wonderful opportunity to do Ring 2 dog in white with my young dog this weekend, I can tell you that this ARF final had absolutely nothing to do with dog politics and everything to do with serious competition and the camaraderie that is available to people for who gladly promote the work and the working dog at great personal sacrifice and expense.
I hear you! I would've loved to be in a little seminar with those guys. Soak it all up it is a wonderful feeling learning from guys like that for sure.
We did the Ring 2 DIW in CT we had a great time doing that I can't wait to trail in a few weeks. Seeing the score written in the book and giving your dog a scratch for a job well done makes all that sacrifice and expense worth it.
Boer Bol? sp?*What breed is the big brindle mastiff dog in the photo album? Fila?
Is it one of Tashi's by any chance? Just wondering, I haven't heard of many involved with both Boerboel AND any sort or Ringsport.Boer Bol? sp?*
edit: Boerboel
Is it one of Tashi's by any chance? Just wondering, I haven't heard of many involved with both Boerboel AND any sort or Ringsport.
-Cheers
Thanks. I've been around a few..boarding and what not and they were the fawn colored ones.Aye! Her dogs were a big hit with Dominique too; he loves Boerboels!
WHAT PART OF "REPLACEMENT DECOY DONT YOU GET"?There are some very good and qualified decoys in ARF who have worked trials but didn't Wade just get certified as a FR decoy yet he got selected for the championships?
Nothing against the man as I don't know him from Adam and I'm sure he's a nice guy. My question is why did he get selected to decoy a champonship when he hasn't even worked a trial for the organization?
I see a few people there I know Raul and Scott Beebe which series of pictures is your dog? It's all about teamwork. Handler, training decoy and dog. Without the people I work with I would just have an obedient dog. I thank my lucky stars I work with the people I do.I have so so so much to learn! My dog (check him out here) carried me through this weekend, but sooner or later I'm going to have to do my share!
Merci we hope to do well and pass we have a lot of work to do still and we are running out of time to do it. But that is the fun part push the handler push the dog we will see how the stars are aligned that day. If we pass, the whole team passes that's the beauty of it.Margaret Wheeler said:Good luck in your upcoming competition Geoff! I probably won't be showing my face on a trial field as a competitor until next spring at the earliest, but my experiences this weekend gave me a big push in the right direction!
Bon chance, mon ami!
Tim, I know what a replacement is.. Thanks. He's done nationals in OTHER VENUES NOT FR! It wasn't a PSA or a SchuH championship, it was FR. He hasn't even decoyed a FR trial. Alternate or not, doesn't matter. I don't care if it's Wade. I don't know him from so it's nothing personal. It could be anyone for that matter. The fact is he just got certified a short while ago and got picked to decoy a championship. I don't agree with that. That's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. As a member of ARF I have every right to ask these questions as does anyone else for that matter and if you don't like it, too bad.WHAT PART OF "REPLACEMENT DECOY DONT YOU GET"?
Wade "I believe" has done a SCH National and PSA,and passed his FR decoy certification, so what's the problem with him being a replacement if something happened, please tell??????
You don't have to agree, but the qualifications are there ;-)Tim, I know what a replacement is.. Thanks. He's done nationals in OTHER VENUES NOT FR! It wasn't a PSA or a SchuH championship, it was FR. He hasn't even decoyed a FR trial. Alternate or not, doesn't matter. I don't care if it's Wade. I don't know him from so it's nothing personal. It could be anyone for that matter. The fact is he just got certified a short while ago and got picked to decoy a championship. I don't agree with that. That's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. As a member of ARF I have every right to ask these questions as does anyone else for that matter and if you don't like it, too bad.
Congrats to everyone who put the time in and competed.
