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Ah yeah...

Well done TSD and Ziggy and Em...see you at the Nats :D

LOL TSD...we had a bit of that with a metal article in UD today. But pleased to say Snazz did a nice CDX round of 198 today to make up for it :laugh: Ptolomy is being quiet, but Scoota did a ripper UD round as did Beans in CDX.

Very good points. Understanding natural cues for the dogs makes it easier in the long run for both handler and dog.

Great results!

Will interstaters have a time allocated to access the arena and gear prior to the event???

Hi guys, The automatic table timer is a 90x90cm pressure pad put on top of the table with a hession type of cover. so the dogs jump up onto the hession surface, maroon in colour - see the photos below. It is an excellent surface giving good traction to help them stop. It is hooked up to an audible timer that beeps once for each second of the count then multiple rapid beeps at the 5 second mark. The beek is very similar to the noise the automatic timing gates make, except that the noise comes from under the table itself, rather than from the steward area. The count starts as soon as the dog hits the table. If the dog leaves before the 5 seconds is up, it immediately resets, so that when the dog jumps up again, the count starts again. At the trial last Saturday, there was one dog that was uncomfortable with the sound, but still stayed on the table, and a couple of dogs who looked a bit puzzled about where the sound came from, but it did not change their table performance. The beauty of the table timer is, of course, now the table count is reliably the same for every dog. Placings and quallies can be determined by as little as .01 of a second and I know as a judge that I cannot get my count on the table to be that accurate every time! If you want to see it in action, borrow a copy of some of the recent FCI world championship DVD's. This is where we first saw it. I guess, if you want to get your dog used to the sound you could place the control box from a set of time gates under a table while your dog sits on the table, and get someone to walk back and forth through the gates! I suspect you would not get exact one second apart beeps, but it would get a dog used to that type of noise. It will probably only be used in the indoor arena, although if it is not in use there, it may be used in one of the outdoor rings. I would like to use it in my ring. It does get monotonous counting from 5 to 1 so many times in a day. Cheers, Excellent! Thankyou.

Is the table surface the same with the new timer system?

Sorry that Brookie missed out last night, but as least he was happy chappy. Have you had a circle with the scented one in the middle? Had the straight line, square, circle, triangle, T Shape and semi circle (or Umbrella if you want to call it that) even a plus sign. I put out a question mark the other night....very appropriate I thought :D

Teensy? It's huge! Now off to training you go....

Yep, closest to zero is the winner.

I've finally come down to Earth after our Western Classic last weekend...2 days of Obedience and 3 days of Agility. Snazz and I competed all 5 days and while no passes in Obedience, his attitude out in the ring was dynamite On the Agility night he won ADO overall, JDO overall and JDM 500. The next night he won SDX 500 and the following night he ran clear in Teams Jumping and 1 fault in Teams Agility. Our weekend was 9 runs for 6 clears Enjoy...I certainly did :D

Ah sorry, the video camera didn't leave the car.

I saw some fantastic work in all the rings. Our lucky number is 1...one point off HF in Open and then fluff one exercise..ROH. My agility dog went around the jump :laugh: In UD the judge commented that she'd never seen a dog do the exercises so quickly Also missed one exercise in that...he forgot to finish in COP. So happy with Snazz and his enthusiasm out there.

I could count at least 4 young dogs from WA that have amazing true running contacts...they are awesome!! Judges need their running shoes on that's for sure ;)