[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: AOE
- From: "Ann Solt" <marina1@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:45:10 -0400
Helen, Ann, Doris,
I feel I have to weigh in on this too. Rally afforded ME, the owner, the
opportunity to get into that ring with my dog have some fun and get that
finishing title. I didn't have to send the dog away perhaps once again with
someone else to get a herding title or a schutzhund title or have someone
else on the end of the lead finish the job!.
In the majority of cases, the owner is not the one who gets the "Ch." title
and obviously not the one who gets the "Select" title, but with Rally the
owner can be the ONE who puts that finishing title on his/her "best buddy"
and have a blast doing it.
Believe me, it wasn't Capri who couldn't do the other things it was ME and I
tried it all (agility, obedience, herding, schutzhund)... .and all those who
know me know that I was and WILL forever be just DREADFULl! However, I
was determined not to send my dog away with some stranger somewhere in this
country to prove she could "work". What a thrill it was when Rally came
along and I could get that Rally title with MY dog! WE were the TEAM!
Capri was happy too, finally it was she and I in that ring together!
Does anyone really think our dogs can't work! It's the owners not the
dogs! I am so sorry for any other owner, who like me do not posess the
necessary "performance" skills, the "time" or in my case the "courage" to
acquire those skills, never have that same thrill completing your dog's
"AOE" title.
Now, it appears if I ever want another "AOE" title, once again I MUST leave
it to some other "expert" to get that job done. Once again my job as the
owner will be limited to "just writing another check" to prove to the GSD
world my dog can work!.
What a BUMMER!
Ann Solt
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> Msg: #2 in digest
> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:10:33 +0000 (UTC)
> From: edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: AOE
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> Hi Doris,
> I started out in obedience when I was in highschool and trained my first
> dog to UD level. I would have said the same thing you did about Rally,
> before I participated in it, but now I totally disagree. If I would have
> had to attempt a CD with Gilley for the AOE, I would have said "Forget
> it", but now that I 've done it, I will probably go further with him and
> have him signed up with Kelly Malone to do herding in a week. I found by
> doing this, that this dog wasn't a go forever airhead, but he is truly a
> very intelligent dog and I regret not doing anything with him before. If
> Rally hadn't been allowed, he would still be in the kennel without an AOE.
> I plan on training all my titled dogs and going on with titles at both
> ends. The way Rally is scored makes it very easy and fun to get, but he
> is very well trained now and I spent a lot of time with the training to
> achieve that purpose.
>
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