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| Around the dog agility blog-o-sphere! Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:08 PM PDT  Silvia has some updates on how she teaches running contacts. And always good for a little review. Read more...If you'd like to see the results from the Eastern Regional of the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge held in August in Indianapolis, read on... Susan Garrett has a few posts about how she exercises her dogs to get in shape for agility. Definitely worth a read, here, here and here. The debate rages on for the 24" weave pole spacing in USDAA. We've posted about it before, and yes, we are for 24"!!! Would love the opportunity to save my back if I can, fur sure! The latest is a weave poll survey the Susan Garrett posted that we posted about a couple of weeks ago. Here are the results from her survey, as she posted on the USDAA Yahoo Group list: 2658 completed the survey - (The numbers in the bracket beside are the numbers she last reported)TajMuttHall has a little post about their class experiment with timing 20 vs 24" poles. Interesting info. Nice little instructional video on "How to build a tire, Part 1" from Gone To the Dogs Agility. Great little post about how to make homemade dog boots from Agility Adventures. The FCI World Agility Championships are coming up and will be held September 18-20, 2009 in Dornbirn, Austria. The US team was chosen through tryouts held in May in Hopkins, Minnesota after qualifying in seven ISC events held throughout the US from May 08 to March 09. Small Team: Marcy Mantell, Wave, Shetland Sheepdog, CA Katie Conn, Twix, Shetland Sheepdog, PA  Dee Anna Gamel, Kelsi, Shetland Sheepdog, GA Melanie Del Villaggio, Dara, Shetland Sheepdog, TN Medium Team: Ashley Deacon, Luka, Pyrenean Shepherd, CA Karen Holik, Sizzle, Shetland Sheepdog, FL Paulette Swartzendruber, Rush, Shetland Sheepdog, MA Jennifer Crank, Blaster, Shetland Sheepdog, OH Large Team: Channan Fosty, Icon, Border Collie, CA Marcus Topps, Juice, Border Collie, TX Geri Hernandez, Focus, Border Collie, CA Denise Thomas, Zippity, Border Collie, PA Team Captain - Andy Hartman Team Coach - Nancy Gyes Ast. Coach - Kathie Leggett Team Mgr - Toni Osojnicki The US Team will be competing against the likes of Susan Garrett (CAN), Greg Derrett & Bernadette Bay (GBR), Svetlana Tumanova (RUS), Silvia Trkman (SLO), Silas Boogk (GER) and more top world teams. Here's the schedule: Friday: Competition 09:30-20:00 Team Jumping Large (Judge: Bernd Hüppe) Team Jumping Medium (Judge: Manuel Alff) Team Jumping Small (Judge: Bernd Hüppe) Team Agility Large (Judge: Manuel Alff) Saturday: Competition 08:00-19:00 Single Jumping Small (Judge: Manuel Alff) Single Jumping Medium (judge: Bernd Hüppe) Single Jumping Large (Judge: Manuel Alff) Team Agility Medium (Judge: Bernd Hüppe) Team Agility Small (Judge: Manuel Alff) Sunday Competition 08:00-16:00 Single Agility Small (Judge: Bernd Hüppe) Single Agility Medium (Judge: Manuel Alff) Single Agility Large (Judge: Bernd Hüppe) Final event / award ceremony ca. 16:00 about 16:00 Here's a nice little vid of some running contact training from Ingerid Margrete & her dog Orkan at a clinic with Fanny Gott and Justine Davenport. Great tutorial about how to teach side legs up, enjoy! Now if I could just get un-maniced and get serious about my back legs, sheesh! Happy agility!  |
| Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:28 AM PDT I love fall, it's one of my favorite times of year. Now only does it get cooler and we get to do more hiking, agility and spend lots more time outside, but it's also the time when lots of new, cool dog stuff starts appearing in stores in time for the holidays. So we spent the weekend updating both JohannTheDog.com and RaiseAGreenDog.com with uber cool new dogs stuff. And we just had to share some of this new stuff with ya, of course! Here are some of our favs: This is the new rubber Talk to Me Treatball. Not hard plastic like those other ones. We're in the process of testing it, so stay tuned, but so far we're liking it as a treat dispenser :)
For all you agility fans out there, AgilityVision has put together a DVD of the best of European 2009!
 OnlyNaturalPet.com has a new product available, a great green and healthier option. Shoo! Tag for Dogs for those nasty fleas and ticks. A new treat! You know how much I love those sweet potato chews. Dr. Harvey's Sweet Potate'r Chews. Jax & Bones have come out with an entire line of new toys that have all natural dyes. Here's just one: Jax & Bones - Larry the Lion toy. And they also have a duck, lobster, lamb and many more furry friends. They'd be great for a little tug!  
Multipet Talking Pumpkin Dog Toy And some very nice jackets to keep us warm this winter: West Paw Design CloudBurst Dog Jacket
Ice-Barker 100% Merino Wool Jacket That's not even a quarter of the new cool dog stuff, we'll share more later, or if you just can't wait you can visit JohannTheDog.com and RaiseAGreenDog.com to see it all!  |
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