I’m a little behind on Rally posts but here is the first of many. A few weekends ago, we attended a CARO Rally Trial in Regina, Saskatchewan hosted by KAOS Dogsports Inc.. I have wanted to take our rally show on the road since our last ‘away’ trial in the spring and this was aContinue reading “Taking our show on the road”
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Rally Course of the Week – November 28, 2011
Course Details Level: Advanced (CARO) Space Required: 50’x70′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: Alas! An advanced level course without food bowls! Believe it or not, food bowls are not mandatory at the advanced level however you will typically find them at least once in a 2 day trial. Download this Course: CARO 50′x 70′ Course – Advanced (T11-50) If you would like to have yourContinue reading “Rally Course of the Week – November 28, 2011”
Rally Course of the Week – November 21, 2011
Course Details Level: Advanced Team (CARO) Space Required: 50’x70′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: This team course has both teams working near the foodbowls and both each team will pass the other team as they proceeed through their half of the course. In Advanced Team, each team works off leash and the first team must be leashed before the second team canContinue reading “Rally Course of the Week – November 21, 2011”
Rally Course of the Week – November 14, 2011
Course Details Level: Advanced (CARO) Space Required: 50’x70′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: This course features a winding design which means teams will be working past the jump and the food bowls without actually performing that exercise. The design of this course can be slipt up to work on many shorter sequences in smaller spaces (For example, Exercises 1-7, 5-14, 8-11 or 8-18).Continue reading “Rally Course of the Week – November 14, 2011”
Rally Course of the Week – November 7, 2011
Course Details Level: Novice (CARO) Space Required: 50’x70′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: This course is set on a large field and contains a weave once, a straight figure eight, and a spiral. This means that the dog and handler need to be moving at a decent clip and perform precisely (no retries and few extra cues) to get through the courseContinue reading “Rally Course of the Week – November 7, 2011”
Rally Course of the Week – October 31, 2011
Course Details Level: Excellent (CARO) Space Required: 50’x70′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: In earlier posts, I wrote about the value of working precisely as it relates to course time and the need to be prepared for each and every exercise at your level. This course, makes a lot of demands by requiring you to be precise and prepared! lots of ‘long’ exercises with onlyContinue reading “Rally Course of the Week – October 31, 2011”
Bear’s New Duds: A Carting Harness Review
Something very special came in the mail this week…Bear’s carting harness!!!! After much internet searching I decided on a Nylon Siwash Carting Harness from Dog Works in Tennessee, USA. I placed my order on October 5th and it came on the 25th which means it made pretty good time, considering it had to cross theContinue reading “Bear’s New Duds: A Carting Harness Review”
Making a Cart – Part Two: Wheels on a Budget!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about our cart building progress. This weekend I was finally able to take some decent photos! I just added the last coat of stain to the cart boards and put the wheels back together which means by next weekend, I should be able to assemble the cart. Last month I visited aContinue reading “Making a Cart – Part Two: Wheels on a Budget!”
Rally Course of the Week – October 24, 2011
Course Details Level: Advanced (CARO) Space Required: 50’x60′ Designer: Ayoka Bubar Comments: This is a very condensed course with only six novice signs thrown in for changes of direction. According to CARO rules, an advanced course must have a minimum of 8 advanced stations. In this case you have 10 advanced stations in an 18 station course and it’s possible that you might encounterContinue reading “Rally Course of the Week – October 24, 2011”
Tracking Update – (Re)Learning the Obvious
Well, I have to (sheepishly) admit that haven’t been out tracking much lately. Part of my reluctance has been that: I haven’t been really sure what to do about out corner trouble; and, I’ve been afraid that repeating the same (wrong) thing over and over might only serve to reinforce the bad habits I thinkContinue reading “Tracking Update – (Re)Learning the Obvious”
Ayoka Bubar BA, CPDT-KA 