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Victry Poodles' Agility Star, Sired by AKC INT Champion TLC's Victry Time Owned, handled, and loved by Susan Bernhart |
Videos #1 and
#2 open in YouTube |
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Videos #3, #4,
and #5 open in Windows Media Player |
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MACH3 Victry's Midnight Ninja earned the rank of the #3 poodle for the 2009 AKC Agility Invitational having earned 2,949 points. He will be running in the 2009 AKC Agility Invitational to be held in Long Beach, California in December, 2009 |
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Victry's Midnight Ninja earns his first MACH title |
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Victry's Midnight Ninja earns his second MACH title in June 2009 Ninja already has all of the running points necessary for MACH3 and is currently working on earning his 20 double Q's
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Victry's Midnight Ninja competed in the AKC Agility Nationals in March of 2009 |
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Ninja earned his MACH3 on November 22, 2009
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2007. Our very first trial was the day before
Ninja's second birthday . Ninja got a 2nd in Standard
Novice A on his birthday then 2007-which is the new handler designation
(A)
and that's all we got, but that was his first Q--I remember being ecstatic.
His YPS (yards per second) then was 2.16 and yes that time was with him
doing the "I'm
the pretty poodle trot" across the dogwalk pace. Ask Lynn (Ninja's
breeder) - she was there to see him do that trot and almost cried. But
he was so sloooow.
Lynn should have recorded it as a training tape for those that get discouraged.
I remember begging him to go around the courses with me the first year.
He just wasn't confident. At the MAC trial the following year, after a seminar there, he broke out of normal speed-kicked it into high gear-right there! But I didn't know how to handle him at that speed so it took me some to adapt and it is very crazy at first to be able to think and move and watch a dog. We got one Q in Std. , one Q in JWW and 1 Q in FAST class then--no double Q's for a total of 21 points. In comparison, his YPS for standard the MAC July 2009 trial was 3.87
and 3.92. and the last trial had a 4.2 as a high. I look forward to
the next
trial
as it is at the same place. I have gotten 5
of 5 of the Standard runs as 1st and 4 of 5 of the JW runs as 1st and
1-2nd which was that .2 hundredths one at 5.0 YPS too. He is just getting
faster. If I can only be right on, with him... |
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Ninja's Parents
AKC INT Champion TLC's Victry Time x Wilinne' Snow Geisha OA AXJ |
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What is Agility? Agility began in England in 1978. The AKC held
its first agility trial in 1994. Agility is now the fastest growing
dog sport in the United States and is the fastest growing event at
the AKC! Agility is similar to an obstacle course run against time. The handler runs with the dog, which is off lead, directing the dog through the course. This must be done without touching the dog or the obstacles. In agility, a dog demonstrates its agile nature
and versatility by following cues from the handler. The course has
jumps, tunnels, weave poles, and other obstacles. Agility strengthens
the bond between dogs and handlers, it is extremely fun, and it provides
vigorous exercise for both! The handler may be on either side of the dog and located at any but a few restricted places on the course while directing the dog from obstacle to obstacle. In some situations, the handler should be close to the dog exercising control to assure that the dog performs the more precise aspects of negotiating a given obstacle correctly. However, in other situations, the handler should be able to send the dog out alone, while the handler takes a shorter route to the next critical location on the course. There are few restrictions on the types of signals, verbal commands or praise given by the handler, as long as they are not of a harsh or derogatory nature. The performance should convey an image of fun and enthusiasm, and companionship between the dog and the handler. http://www.ukcdogs.com/dogevents/rules/a-1.shtml ============================================================= AKC Agility The AKC offers two types of agility classes. The first is the Standard Class which includes obstacles such as the dog walk, the A-frame, and seesaw. The second is Jumpers with Weaves. This class only has jumps, tunnels and weave poles. Both classes offer increasing levels of difficulty to earn Novice, Open, Excellent and Master titles. After completing both an Excellent Standard title and Excellent Jumpers title, a dog and handler team can compete for the MACH (Master Agility Champion title) - faster than the speed of sound! http://www.akc.org/events/agility/index.cfm ================================================================= Novice level--3 Qualifying runs needed-2 Class Events-Standard and Jumpers with Weaves (JWW) -no points awarded-- NA Novice Agility title, NAJ Novice Agility Jumpers Open level--3 Q's-no points awarded-OA-Open Agility title, OAJ-Open Agility Jumpers Excellent A-3 Q's-no points awarded-AX, AXJ titles (Excellent, Excellent
Jumpers titles) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Points are awarded for each full second under course time-speed points. Course time is calculated by the judge by what a small, medium and large dog each would accomplish the course in a medium-slow speed -3 different times--there is a formula for this. Example: the judge wheels and measures the dog's course--say it is 174 yards and posts that the SCT (standard course time) is 73 sec. for the small dogs. So if the dog's time is 51.69 and he got first place then his speed points (73-52 = 21 pts. + 21 extra points for being first=42 points awarded the dog. The second place dog, say 53 sec. time (73-53=20 pts. + 10 (1/2 extra) = 30 points awarded the dog. The 3rd place dog would only get his seconds under time as speed points so if 54 seconds is his time then only 19 points awarded. Each dog that qualifies would get points awarded if under time--has to get 100% score--no faults (points deducted) as no faults are allowed in Excellent B class. Dogs do not qualify in Ex. B class if they are slower than SCT--time faults are deducted. The faults are lenient in Novice--2 per type allowed-wrong course or runout/refusal (each -5 pts.), + time faults --penalized 1 pt. per second over time but cannot get less than 85% score and qualify. Open faults-1 type each allowed, -2 pts. Ex. B-must be 100% score-perfect on obstacles-no time faults. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To get to MACH-Master Agility Champion title-you need to get 20 Double Q's-qualify in both Standard and JWW classes in one day and also accumulate 750 points. Then it goes on to MACH2, MACH 3 etc. ------------------------------------------------------ Here is a link to the PDF file
of the rulebook for AKC agility:
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