#akc rally

[pippindot]

Baby with her ribbons! We are all tired. She got a 98/100!!! She was a little crabby with me and didn't want to sit during our practices but in the ring she was a perfect little professional. I'm very proud of her!

#omg she needs her nails done lol #pip #5 years #rally #akc rally

[southerntchiorny]

Kaiju placed 2nd in Rally Novice A and earned his Novice title!!! I’m so proud of this guy 🥰🥰🥰

#dogblr #Kaiju #black russian terrier #dog sports #akc rally

[dalecorgi]

Team “3 Musketeers à la Pembroke Welsh Corgi” earned new Rally titles last week! 😊

Our BFF, Mochi, earned her AKC Rally Intermediate title! 🎉🎉🎉

Dolly and Link each earned their AKC Rally Advanced titles. 😄😆

Belated “Thank you” to all the judges, ring stewards, and awesome volunteers. Heartfelt gratitude as well, to the supportive community of fellow Rally participants. 💛

#pembrokewelshcorgi #welshcorgi #corgi #corgination #dalecorgi #corgicommunity #socal #cute #akcdogsports #pembroke welsh corgi #welsh corgi #akc #akc rally #rally

[gar-a-ash]

And the video of our run! He scored 98 out of a possible 100 points and earned us first place, couldn’t be prouder. I do see a few hover sits he decided to fix halfway through the course, but honestly I’m just glad he did that stationary front. He tends to be 50/50 on whether or not he feels like doing them correctly lmao

If you’ve been following me for a while you know how long I’ve struggled with him, and after our last trial I was about ready to give up. But I’m glad I didn’t, because he finally decided to grow up this year and I couldn’t be happier. Love you Reese!

#reese #german shepherd dog #gsd #puppy stories #dog training #akc rally #akc rally trial #day two trial means he was completely fed up with being here #so i'm very pleased he decided to work for me #tassie on the other hand #i did get her in the ring but we only got two signs in before she decided she needed to crawl into my skin so #we'll wait a little bit longer for her #at least she got IN the ring #not like reese last year where i couldn't get him in the building

[theadventurek9]

We’re finally back to training! Been working on fixing Aayla’s forging. We’ve also had some issues pop up with directed retrieve. (Anticipation of the ‘get it’ cue and not going to the correct glove.) If anyone cares to see the oops reps I might show those later and how I dealt with them.

#there is an AKC trial next month #probably just going to enter in rally #I’m having people encouraging me to also do ASCA but I just don’t have the funds yet #akc obedience #australian shepherd #dog training #competition obedience

[hazard-and-friends]

had 30 seconds of "how the hell am i going to balance entry fees and schedules for TWO actively competing dogs" then remembered that between hazard being 6 and himself and having literally 0 intentions of entering baby in anything before she is 18 months, that's uh

that's not likely to happen

#accidentally paced myself correctly to slide right into the baby/active competitor/retiree cycle #like if i get a single rally title on the boy it'll be a miracle #if he gets his CD it'll be an act of god #NW is fine but nw is...well. nacsw trials Happen When They Happen and that's that #so easier to work with #and even then again; i do intend to do AKC SW but not actively until he's topped out in nacsw so minimizing chaos there too #hazard to society #nextdog

[groenendaze]

Do you have any tips for getting into dog sports? I've got an 8-month-old dalmatian/gsd/pit mix (my absolute best friend and also the bane of my existence, teenagers are a menace lol) who's crazy smart and athletic. The stuff you do with your pups looks awesome and I think we'd both really enjoy it! I'm just not sure where to start to look for clubs/events/etc. Any advice is appreciated!

Dog sports are one of those things where you either just happen to accidentally fall into it or you fight tooth and nail to find a place.

Some of the best ways to find places are to reach out to trainers/competitors in your area or close to you (FB and instagram are the easiest for this imo - if you have found any!). The rest depends on the sports you want to do and where you're located. A good way to try and find more sports would be to see if there are any in your area: google your city + "dog training club" or the sport you're looking for. See if any places offer classes (classes are a GREAT way to get started and test the waters!). Or look for events in your area and go watch! I wouldn't recommend trying to volunteer my first time watching an event, but it's a great place to get started and look for people who might know more people in your area that could help you. Most people are nice and like helping newbies out, but there are always some bad eggs in the pot!

Unfortuently, I'm not super great at finding non-American events, so I apologize if you aren't in the US! But if you are, there are a couple websites that you can check out. For AKC sanctioned events (FastCAT/AKC agility/Rally-O/Confo/etc), AKC has an event calendar.

For things like disc, you can check out UpDog's event page, Skyhoundz event page, USDDN (international), UFO (international), Quadruped, or AWI.

Agility has a couple besides AKC: UKI, CPE, NADAC, and USDAA.

Dock has a few with the main one being NADD and Ultimate Air Dogs.

For flyball, UFLI has a tournament list page. NAFA also does tournaments but I only do UFLI and NAFA's website looks like hasn't been updated since, like, the 90s.

There are other sports, like bitesports (PSA/IGP/Mondio/French Ring) or racing (AOK9, etc) but I know nothing about the racing world and bitesports are one of those sports (much like Flyball tbh) where you'd need to reach out to a club first because a club will make or break a dog.

I got into agility back in like, 2019 or something because I took classes from a local facility and went to some AKC events and asked around. I got into PSA because I googled "bitesports [city]" and found the closest club was an hour a half, so I emailed them. And then made that drive every weekend for 10 or so months haha (I put so many miles on my car). Moved to Wisconsin and reached out to a disc club local to me asking for a private lesson in disc on Facebook, ended up accidentally getting invited to play Toss & Fetch and my disc obsession spiraled from there. Ended up getting into flyball because I made friends with a lot of flyball people at disc. Everything else I've tried (like barn hunt/herding/etc) was a combination of looking on the AKC event page and going "I can do that", a friend going "you can do this, come to X event", or me frantically googling locations or sports or classes or private lessons.

When I first started out, I struggled a LOT. In Texas, there were quite a few places and clubs around me, but I only had about three months of that before I moved to Arkansas, which was a dog sport dead zone. I didn't have the connections or knowledge to even know where to look to get access to those places. It took me months to find the one single place where I could rent an agility field. I spent most of my time throwing a frisbee in a park not even knowing that disc was a dog sport I could compete in. Luckily, where I am now is pretty dominated by the sports I love and I've made a lot of really amazing connections which helps with knowing the who's/what's/how's of everything!

Good luck and I hope this helps!

#if you are local to me feel free to reach out too and I can help more! #or if you need help in a specific sport - i know a Lot of disc clubs and people and quite a few flyball ones now too

[darkwood-sleddog]

What is your most disagreement take within the dog community? Not to start anything, but honestly curious as I'm wondering what you think needs to be addressed more within the community; like breed discrimination, or certain breeds having bad traits, or people having not so good ideas on what certain breeds should be.

1.) the dog community is huge so there’s not going to be a single opinion I can have that is is wide disagreement with it as a whole as it is too diverse for this to occur, however these are all my ~unpopular~ dog opinions:

I think the way that the AKC registers and titles dogs for conformation needs major reform. I think saying conformation is a “sport” as a majority of people here in North America do is harmful and breeds a competitive spirit in breeders/owners/and handlers as well as an unnecessary amount of physical uniformity within dog breeds.

What I would like to see (and what would never happen):

-graded conformation. (Meets standard Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor as an example). Get rid of the current point system.

-dogs must pass breed appropriate health testing and temperament testing to be championed or graded excellent and good examples of breed). For working breeds this in my opinion should include a working test of some kind.

- do not allow professional handlers.

-only register puppies of health tested parents.

- allow intact mixed bred dogs to compete in sporting, trick, companion test events and generally stop the villainizing of breeding mixed breed dogs when said breeding is done appropriately.

Not AKC related I think that in North America more shelters need to not be so strictly no kill (this opinion may be controversial amongst some dog folk but idc). There are dogs that are not temperamentally okay to live, such as those posing a legitimate danger to people and the general public, and letting them go painlessly is better than them languishing in the shelter system for years. The funds used to keep these dogs could be better served helping dogs that can actually be homes safely and/or helping struggling community members so their dogs do not have to enter the shelter system.

-FUND LOW COST VETERINARY CARE

-stop continuing to push laws and local legislation that seeks to restrict how people contain their dogs outside. Instead focus on reaching out to struggling community members in a positive way and respond to ethics concern with care for both the dogs and people involved. Funding low cost alternative containment/helping generally better containment and welfare of animals is imo better than legislating away the problem.

in a dog breed sense: stop woobifying dog breeds with the potential for aggression both towards dogs and people. Playing down a breed or dog type’s potential for dog or human aggression is not only dangerous but does a huge disservice to these breeds.

In a dog breeding sense: I think that those looking to better legitimize several popular companion breed mixes are doing good work but ultimately if they can’t drop the designer name and/or rally their communities instead of dividing into a bunch of little groups they are unlikely to succeed as they are then falling into some of the same traps as some purebred breeds. They have an opportunity to do better without hard baking those divisions into their communities.

-Stop naming dog breeds after indigenous racial slurs. Stop naming non indigenous dog breeds after indigenous groups.

-Companionship is a purpose.

-many dogs bred for sport are not fit temperamentally for their original purpose.

-“hated” dog breed mixed such as doodles and wolfdogs are NOT going away and are already being bred in large numbers (doodles way more obviously). Any attempts by the dog fancy or ethics groups to legislate these out of existence is pointless and will fail. Instead try and nudge these communities towards better breeding ethics and customer education. Uplift the breeders in these communities doing good work for health and temperament testing.

-people really need to stop adding Merle into every goddamn dog mix. It takes a lot of knowledge to breed Merle carefully. Some Merle variants in established purebreed dogs need serious examination from an ethical standpoint.

-crates are fine but like many other tools are very often over used to the point of cruelty. I usually find them unnecessary past puppyhood for well adjusted adult dogs.

-stop expecting everybody else to love your dog just because YOU love your dog. Your dog’s freedoms should not come at the expense of the general public’s ability to walk, bike, exist safely within public spaces.

#dogblr #faq #darkwood OPINIONS on this day

[tea-time-terrier]

I’m getting back on tumblr for the first time in at least 5 years. Now I have a Rat Terrier too!!! I got so excited when I saw your sweater post ❤️❤️ this is Joyner! We compete in conformation, fastcat, and scent work through the AKC. Do you compete in any dog sports?

Ahh that's so awesome!! I love seeing more rat terriers! Joyner looks like a solid guy👌

We are dabbling in dog sports. Pike's titled in conformation, rally, scent detection, and tricks. She's a really fun dog to try a variety of sports and activities with!

#love seeing rat terriers doing things <3 #she's tried earthdog barnhunt and a bit of lure #I am hoping to do more agility and camping next year🤞 #ask #rat terrier #turnpike

[pippindot]

89!!!! ten points off cause elbows didn't hit the ground on the Down and Walk Around. Then 1 more point for Something else during the run. But you know what???? She held that pushup position for me the whole walk around. My heart is so full rn, she gave 100% and I can't blame her for not wanting to lay on asphalt!! She tried super hard and we got lots of compliments on how happy she was. It's a 99 to me 😤

And that's the last Novice leg! Woo!

#she's the BEST #look how happy she is! #the joy!!!! she was so engaged the whole time #im so proud of her #my heart was so full seeing how she tried to do what i wanted so hard #it's ok kid i feel you #we wont do this one again #soft surfaces ONLY! #pip #5 years #rally #akc rally

[southerntchiorny]

So we NQ’d today because due to a combination of running out of his pain meds and being on the second floor of a motel, Kaiju was tender on his front foot and limping a little. The judge was super nice, though, and told me we were a wonderful team and a lovely dog. I felt really good about it and didn’t leave upset after yesterday’s success.

#dogblr #Kaiju #black russian terrier #dog sports #akc rally

[dalecorgi]

Miss Dolly LeFloof was a good girl today during her AKC Rally Trial. She earned a qualifying score!

#akcdogsports #akc rally #rally #pembrokewelshcorgi #welshcorgi #corgi #corgination #corgicommunity #dalecorgi #socal #pembroke welsh corgi #welsh corgi

[gar-a-ash]

Have a pair of WET RATS going through the serpentine. Love him to death.

#reese #german shepherd dog #gsd #puppy stories #akc rally #still cant get over how much hes grown up in the past year

[whatisshelties]

me: Why did I stop doing AKC events? Was I wrong? Was I immature?

AKC: is AKC

me: Oh, this is why.

#i'm just frustrated rn b/c our club's ob/rally trial only made money because of the RAFFLE #they were basically in the hole #and i'm trying to figure out if there's somewhere we can cut expenses next year #nah b/c of akc regulations #the only thing we can do is see if we can get a less expensive secretary/superintendent

[criminalmimic]

Intro Post

Lacrymosa (Mosa for short!)

Mid-twenties

Autistic lesbian is my gender

No pronouns (just my name) > ey/em > they/them (Fox may call me she/her, they have special fiancé privileges)

Disabled

Likes: animals, genetics, writing, web programming, drawing, horror movies

I primarily made this blog for myself to look back on as Mimic grows up, but also to hopefully meet some new friends! Feel free to send asks or DMs, I'm a little awkward but I promise I'm friendly!

LivTru It's Showtime // "Mimic"

Silken Windhound

8 months old (Born 7/20/2023)

Intact Bitch

Likes: stealing, hugs, theft, NYOOM, robbery, snow, trespassing, squeaky toys, heists, woodchips, escaping custody, tiny scraps of paper

Current Goals: Earn SPOT title, be baby

Longterm Goals: Become a service dog. Compete in Rally, Obedience, Conformation, Lure Coursing, Agility, and any other sports she enjoys. Steal the Declaration of Independence.

Here's How Bernie Can Still Win RI // "Bernie"

Golden Retriever

7 years old (Born 10/28/2016)

Neutered Male

Service Dog

Competes in AKC Rally, has competed in 4-H Obedience and Showmanship, now helps teach the next generation of 4-Hers

Likes: swimming, object-in-mouth, fetch, Mickey Mouse, food, being chased (by friends)

Dislikes: not being pet

Current Goals: Earn Rally Advanced title, start competing in AKC Obedience

Longterm Goals: Eventually transition from service work into retirement. Continue getting Rally/Obedience titles for as long as it's still fun!

Tags

dogs: mimic || bernie

medium: photo || text post || video

source: mine || reblog

misc: nyoom (for speedy behavior) || creachur (for cryptid behavior) || snuggle || training || meme

I also tag photos with each dog's breed and age!

#dogblr #intro post

[doberbutts]

Speaking of sports tho I also think there's a difference between what a lot of people call performance sports and what others call working sports. And even in some of those I think there's a seperate distinction to be made of "instinct test" vs "built by humans".

All breed sports like nosework, obedience, agility, rally, canine freestyle, even flyball, those are performance sports. They are very fun to do with your dog but with some exception (ie, dogs of breeds and types inherently bred to do these things; flyball mixes, agility mixes, etc) it doesn't tell you much about correct working temperament outside of "is willing to be trained and is somewhat controllable in a high stress/high arousal environment"

Breed specific sports, those only open to certain breeds types or mixes of such, are often more considered working sports. Carting, herding, hunting, earthdog, etc those often tell us more about the dog's working capacity in their historic use. It doesn't mean those dogs are necessarily superior, but I think it's a good starting point for those interested in true working dogs as, again, real work awards no titles and thus it's hard to see who is actually working their dogs and who is just saying they do.

Obviously there are exceptions to these- IGP is an all breed sport technically (it's also not an AKC sport but w/e), as is barn hunt (also started as not an AKC sport though it is now). And that's not to say that I think dogs doing well at IGP and barn hunt are wonderful fantastic working dogs, but the opposite. Dogs who are great at real world protection should have no problem passing their IGP1. Maybe not with the highest scores since that part's all pattern, but still passing. IGP after all was initially developed not as a sport but as a police and military readiness test, much like today's KNPV.

Similarly, terriers used as actual ratters on a farm should be able to pass their instinct and novice level barn hunt trials. Again maybe not going up to the highest ranks as, again, that's all pattern. But novice is literally go through hay tunnel, jump on top of bale, find rat. Any dog meant to find and kill rats on a farm should be able to do that easily.

And case in point these working folks DO populate the sports. Phoebe's father has his KNPV certs, the first dobe to do it in 20 years, and he's studded to a bunch of sport folks. The folks locally who run the NYC rat killing marathon with their terriers also hire their dogs out to farms AND run the area's earthdog and barn hunt clubs.

Which is why I keep saying, go to these events before you judge. And if you don't like what you find, go to a different club's.