The Rip Van Wrinkler, XXI, Issue 1, February 2017

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Training Conversation
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It Takes Time
2016 AKC Agility Invitational.
Front cross on landing"
How not be be a joy stealer.


IT TAKES TIME

by Nancy Tanner

"When I am asked what is the biggest problem I see in dog training today, it is the same problem I saw fourteen years ago, and thirty years ago, it is the misunderstanding of time." Click here for more.


AKC AGILITY INVITATIONAL

ORLANDO, FL -- DECEMBER 16-18, 2016

FIVE AGILITY DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS – ONE DOG/HANDLER TEAM IN EACH OF THE FIVE HEIGHT CATEGORIES – WERE CROWNED AS THE 2016 WINNERS OF THE AKC AGILITY INVITATIONAL, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER 700 DOGS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND.

PLACING FIRST IN THEIR HEIGHT DIVISION (8", 12", 16", 20" AND 24" RESPECTIVELY) WERE:

8” – MACH5 BROKENROAD CODE NAME TANK MXB2 MJB2 MXF MFB TQX T2B RN (TANK), A PORTUGUESE PODENGO PEQUENO OWNED AND HANDLED BY CHARLENE WIGLESWORTH OF KALAMAZOO, MI.

12” – MACH12 KEEBLER'S ELFIN' MAGIC MXS4 MJS4 (KEEBLER), A PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI OWNED AND HANDLED BY ROGER O'SULLIVAN OF GAHANA, OH.

16” – DORA DOO WINSLOW AX AXJ OF (DORA), A SHETLAND SHEEPDOG OWNED AND HANDLED BY PATRICIA TORO SARRAGA OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.

20” – MACH5 MARJO'S DEMON IN THE RUFF MXS2 MJG2 MXP2 MJP3 MJPB MXF MFS TQX T2B2 (SIMI), A BRITTANY OWNED AND HANDLED BY JANICE BRUNNER OF WELLSVILLE, PA.

24” – MACH7 GLIDING HIGH DU VOLANT MXC2 MJC2 MXF MFB TQX T2B (GLIDER), A BELGIAN SHEEPDOG OWNED AND HANDLED BY NICI PARKER OF SANTA ROSA VALLEY, CA.


Paul Mount & #1 Basenji Zuri represented Basenjis worldwide.




Chris Klein and Valur - #1 Saluki!


{ED. M and Fern and Fiddle have been invited to AKC Invitationals, but
they never get/got go, as I feel/felt that it is too far for me to drive there and back
+ I'm sure I'd not be able to live up to the stress.
When M was invited they were in CA & I joked that I wasn't putting her
on a plane with W as president.
So, we store invites on the fridge and root root root for our peeps from home.}



Some freeze frames - FRONT CROSS ON LANDING


After a front cross.



Don’t Ever Let Anyone Steal Your Joy!

From Dog Trainers Workshop

Competitors are often oblivious to how the comments they make steal the joy of other competitors.

“You won that class? I can’t believe it!”

“You know if my dog had not laid down on the long sit stay, I would have won the class!”

“Boy, aren’t you glad Mrs. Winallthetime was not here today or you might not have won.”

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Pi Butterworth

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