I have to agree with Fran on her point about cavaliers not taking down bars as often as other breedsin agility. Our cavalier seems to be his happiest when doing agility and he runs clean everytime.Westcourt High Commander better known as Orbit just got his jumpers Open title and not only is he fast, running way below course time but he runs without even one fault. His title ribbon for open Jww is absolutely gorgeous purple and all three blue ribbons for his legs hanging next to it proudly. On the run that he did last week for his title he was first dog out in Open and half way through the course when his human dad noticed the first jump on the course was still at 24" from the dog that ran before him.
He stopped the run and called it to the attention of the judge who had it reset to 12 inches as Orbit is only 12.5 inches at the withers and has a jump height of 12 inches. Orbit had to start at the beginnng as if he had not been out on the course. Orbit ran the same the second time and won huge applause from the crowd who were wondering what was going on when they saw the handler come to a stop and ask for the jump to be at the dogs proper height. Even so we dont have knocking jumps over as any problem with any runs. Orbit is his happiest when airborn and clearing the hurdles . Now if we want to talk about refusals when the table has been out in the sun all day and he refuses to do a sit on the table well thats another story. Sarah West Westcourt Cavaliers > Cavaliers are very quick to learn and can move there little bodies on a dime. > I've seen many cav's do quite well in agility. They also don't take down > bars as often as other breeds. > > Fran Hellman > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
