whitka Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Another thread got me curious, aside from the normal Border Collies and Kelpies what other breeds do you see winning the agility rings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickie Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 In NSW, we have a variety of dogs sharing the podiums...poodles, papillons, staffy mixes, vizlas, GSP's, JRT's, Goldens, schnauzers, Cavs and a heap of mixed breed dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Another thread got me curious, aside from the normal Border Collies and Kelpies what other breeds do you see winning the agility rings? Mini Schnauzers Shelties Aussies Beardies for a start. More if you start looking at individual height classes like ADAA run. Oh - who's to say the borders and kelpies that win are normal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickie Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Here's a link to our current Dog of the Year pointscore: http://agilitynsw.com.au/doc/JumpingDogofY...0Pointscore.pdf lots of breeds represented & doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karelea Aussies Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 At my local club there is a Whipped that apprently does very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yacket's Mum Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I am attempting to have a winner in my greyhound with agility.......One day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaC Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) In NSW, we have a variety of dogs sharing the podiums...poodles, papillons, staffy mixes, vizlas, GSP's, JRT's, Goldens, schnauzers, Cavs and a heap of mixed breed dogs. yeah ok so I'm biased but they are family (doggy family) Edited March 31, 2010 by FionaC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Ziggy and I are very green but he has come along in leaps and bounds with a few private lessons - hasn't hurt my handling skills either Dallies don't have a reputation as being easy to train but I've got great focus with him and, boy, can he move!!!! Loves nutting out reward criteria during training, jumps with room to spare and has a ball doing it too I've had a few judges comment to me that they don't know why more people don't run Dalmatians in agility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) At the lower levels in agility I see lots of variety winning! At the top level, when all heights are competing against each other, I see far less variety of breeds consistently winning. It's not physically possible for many breeds to beat a good run from the bcs, koolie, kelpie type dogs. Edited March 31, 2010 by FHRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 In Tasmania, at Masters level - Sheltie, GSPs, Whippet, Smithfield as well as BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staranais Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 How do the belgians do? I think my girl probably has a great body type for agility - tall and skinny and loves to jump - as well as plenty of smarts and drive, but have never seriously trained agility so have no idea whether belgians tend to do well at the top levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 At the lower levels in agility I see lots of variety winning! At the top level, when all heights are competing against each other, I see far less variety of breeds consistently winning. It's not physically possible for many breeds to beat a good run from the bcs, koolie, kelpie type dogs. Takes a darn good handler to get those 'high-end' dogs working so well too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 How do the belgians do? I think my girl probably has a great body type for agility - tall and skinny and loves to jump - as well as plenty of smarts and drive, but have never seriously trained agility so have no idea whether belgians tend to do well at the top levels? The Belgians do well I love this dog This dog trains French Ring as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staranais Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 How do the belgians do? I think my girl probably has a great body type for agility - tall and skinny and loves to jump - as well as plenty of smarts and drive, but have never seriously trained agility so have no idea whether belgians tend to do well at the top levels? The Belgians do well I love this dog This dog trains French Ring as well He is a cutie! I wish we had ringsports over here. Schutzhund is fun to watch, but ring seems so much more realistic and varied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Locally we have a few Belgians running in agility. Currently there are 3 young ones just started with our club. Our cheif instructor has 2 that are lovely dogs and there is a good breeder nearby. Our trainer is just heading off to compet in the agility world games overseas. I did not see them before as I am new to the whole world of agility and dogs. Maybe not as fast as the best BC's etc but good dogs. I started running my dogs at ADAA in NSW where you compet in your height class. I was a bit spun out at my first ANKC trail when I found that all sizes ran against each other. I thought this must be really hard for toys and mini's to be competitive. My dog ran in his first jumping test at 40cm, pretty slow as it was hot, but overall came about 6th. On a good day he might be fastest but not at higher levels. But regardless of type (and the trainer plays a part ) don't you love to see a dog that loves to run agility, that barks to go and can hardly bear to wait for that command to "go"! I love watching a local greyhound that runs OK except every now and then He gets so excited he gets the zoomies and just burns around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Locally we have a few Belgians running in agility. Currently there are 3 young ones just started with our club. Our cheif instructor has 2 that are lovely dogs and there is a good breeder nearby. Our chief instructor is just heading off to compet in the agility world games overseas. I did not see them before as I am new to the whole world of agility and dogs. Maybe not as fast as the best BC's etc but good dogs. I started running my dogs at ADAA in NSW where you compet in your height class. I was a bit spun out at my first ANKC trail when I found that all sizes ran against each other. I thought this must be really hard for toys and mini's to be competitive. My dog ran in his first jumping test at 40cm, pretty slow as it was hot, but overall came about 6th. On a good day he might be fastest but not at higher levels. But regardless of type (and the trainer plays a part ) don't you love to see a dog that loves to run agility, that barks to go and can hardly bear to wait for that command to "go"! I love watching a local greyhound that runs OK except every now and then He gets so excited he gets the zoomies and just burns around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prydenjoy Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Apparently Papillons do well. Berri did one intro lesson, he practically took off flying with those big ears and that speed lol. Looking forwards to more agility to come! Got a copy of Susan Garrats Success with one Jump, and am looking forwards to putting some of it into practice! Just wish Berri was more toy motivated, working on that. Mango is EXTREMELY toy motivated, but has such a gentle nature and such precious feet (wont walk in wet grass etc) I'm not sure she'll ever get into agility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Apparently Papillons do well. Berri did one intro lesson, he practically took off flying with those big ears and that speed lol. Looking forwards to more agility to come! Got a copy of Susan Garrats Success with one Jump, and am looking forwards to putting some of it into practice!Just wish Berri was more toy motivated, working on that. Mango is EXTREMELY toy motivated, but has such a gentle nature and such precious feet (wont walk in wet grass etc) I'm not sure she'll ever get into agility. Yep I know someone with Papillons who does very well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Apparently Papillons do well. Berri did one intro lesson, he practically took off flying with those big ears and that speed lol. Looking forwards to more agility to come! Got a copy of Susan Garrats Success with one Jump, and am looking forwards to putting some of it into practice!Just wish Berri was more toy motivated, working on that. Mango is EXTREMELY toy motivated, but has such a gentle nature and such precious feet (wont walk in wet grass etc) I'm not sure she'll ever get into agility. Yep I know someone with Papillons who does very well! Are you thinking of the 'pap on crack' too, Kavik! Had the privilege of seeing him run in Vic at Nationals - totally amazing (the handler too ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prydenjoy Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Will have to see that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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