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Agility Contests Go to the Dogs as Tiny Breeds Star in 'Petit Prix'
Wall Street Journal ^
| 2-1-12
| Claire Ansberry
Posted on 02/01/2012 6:15:57 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Joe 6-pack; Slings and Arrows
Agililty dog and cat ping!
To: afraidfortherepublic
Nothing more fun that watching a JRT "Working".
They're extremely agile dogs who will climb trees if at all possible.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:21:10 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:22:07 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: cripplecreek
A JRT on a mission is a sight to behold. Jacks have three speeds-asleep,all out and turbo.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:28:32 AM PST
by
Himyar
To: afraidfortherepublic
I have a toy Yorkie and a Labrador Retriever. The Lab taught the Yorkie to retrieve and now the Yorkie runs circles around the Lab in retrieving. Never thought I'd have a little dog but have to admit, they're awesome!
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:29:21 AM PST
by
liberalh8ter
(I don't like what the world has become....)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Some distracted cats have taken 15 minutes.
The kitties figured out a long time ago that "They'll feed me anyway."
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:30:24 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(May Mitt Romney be the Paul Tsongas of 2012.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
These “dogs” are not really dogs.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:35:59 AM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen You up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: svcw
These dogs are not really dogs.You're probably right. I'm more a fancier of the hound breeds, myself, and prefer a big dog. But there's a certain fascination in the little rodent-like things. I was recently given a half-Chihuahua, half-lemur critter and she has a good bit of charm as long as you don't expect her to kill a burglary or round up a herd of cattle as a real dog would. Meanwhile, it's pretty cute to have an Eohippus-type creature following me around.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:49:43 AM PST
by
ottbmare
(off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
To: ottbmare
I am not a dog person, if I had been around when canines were being domesticated it would have never happened.
However, I am partial to Rhodesian Ridge-backs.
My daughter has a couple of Catahoula hounds, they are ok. Very loyal to the kids and have the energy to keep up.
I do like the “rodent-like thing” description.
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posted on
02/01/2012 6:54:54 AM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen You up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: svcw
Oh, but they think they are, and it's all that matters.
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posted on
02/01/2012 7:04:41 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
That is true. ;-)
I just wish those big dogs would stop thinking they are lap dogs.
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posted on
02/01/2012 7:09:42 AM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen You up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: afraidfortherepublic; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
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posted on
02/01/2012 7:13:37 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
This helps me look forward to both the SB and the Puppy Bowl!
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posted on
02/01/2012 7:18:19 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: cripplecreek
I used to have JRT’s. I loved racing them and doing go to ground.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Toy dogs are either physically sound enough, or they’re not. Not everyone is cut out to be a champion. Here’s the dog that won the 2011 toy dog class at the National Agility trial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxLPvLSmZQ0
She’s got it all because she’s an athlete AND she’s got one of the most accomplished trainers (of any breed) in the sport.
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posted on
02/01/2012 7:46:11 AM PST
by
Darnright
("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
To: Darnright
OMG. That is amazing! My Golden was sort of a dunce at agility. He loved the jumps, the weave and the A frame, but he was scared to death of the dog walk and the teeter totter and just refused. Finally, we just stopped going because I decided that if he wasn’t having fun, what was the point?
He saw his “friend”, a GSD, fall off of the dog walk; and that just ended it for him. It is not like I could pick him up and put him on the aparatus at 80 lbs. LOL
What an enthusiastic little competitor!
To: afraidfortherepublic
The dogwalk is definitely one of the contacts that give advantage to the toy dogs. The board is wider for them than it is for the bigger dogs. So they can fly across, where the big guys need to slow down and be more careful.
I think you were wise to listen to your dog. Perhaps you could try a different sport he would like - Rally or even tracking, for example.
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posted on
02/01/2012 8:10:45 AM PST
by
Darnright
("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Just adorable. I’m afraid I’d have a bit of trouble trying to get my little 3 pound “couch potato” to participate in agility. Some days I’m lucky just to get her to “sit!”
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posted on
02/01/2012 8:14:57 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: ottbmare
I used to have a friend with horses. Her farrier had a chihuahua. Every farrier has to have a dog. This was his.
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posted on
02/01/2012 8:19:18 AM PST
by
Mercat
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