Question/Obedience & Rally at 2008 national
Thanks! Kristine |
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Good question. 
I don't think it matters much to Chewie. I always train on both and never have had a dog where surface ends up affecting their scores. I am much more graceful on a paved surface  , but I really like grass too.
The site usually has good grassy areas, so it is a nice option. The local KC show is held in August, so the grounds should be recovered by our show! |
| The indoor vrs outdoor usually comes down to the handler's confidence in his or her dog. My concern with surface has bearing only for the dog (note: I could care less if handler falls flat on face ) - and the obedience matting tends to be slick for the dogs. On top of concrete, it is also harder on their bodies, which has less bearing on the lower level classes, but more in any classes that require jumping.
For some reason the advanced people always seem to be the ones who want everything indoors and as sterile and pristine as possible (with the exception, we've discovered, of many of the people who live west of the Mississippi river and who train and show exclusively outdoors and who don't always have opportunities for proofing indoors), but it's otherwise a training issue (says she who once had Belle roll over on her back on the lovely spring grass on the long down at the Twin Cities specialty in the late spring sunshine and stay rolling on her back for a good two minutes until about 15 seconds before the end of the exercise, when she rolled back over into her down - she qualifed anyway and even went High In Trial with a 192 (oh, wow! Out of an entry of two )) Dog was happy, judge had tears in her eyes from laughing too hard, handler was somewhat worse for the wear... 
I still prefer outdoors. But that's me. And if we have a preponderance of green handlers who plan on coming and they feel indoors is better, that's fine too. Just let me know and I'll pass any and all comments along to the chair. Kristine |
OUTDOORS....I like to live dangerously... that is if I can participate in any of these festivities that is what my vote would be...buildings make me clastraphobic...and anyone who knows me/ has seen my house and car would know that pristine conditions make me break out in hives 
Besides what are performance events without some embarrassing moments??? |
Lucali wrote: Besides what are performance events without some embarrassing moments???
So your motto is "train hard, live dangerously!" ? You've been MISSED!!!! Kristine |
| If I get there and have the nerve to enter Morgan in (very) novice I would prefer outdoors - winter is too long lets get outside while we can! Can you tell I only do this for fun? |
Quote: So your motto is "train hard, live dangerously!" ?
That's it EXACTLY!!!!!!  |
kerry wrote: If I get there and have the nerve to enter Morgan in (very) novice I would prefer outdoors - winter is too long lets get outside while we can! Can you tell I only do this for fun?
I'm with you!!!! And outside is just so much more dog friendly. OK, maybe too dog friendly...right, Sunny?
Kristine |
| Ha ha ha...if you are refering to Luca's 13 seconds of crazy tunnel loving fun....yes outdoors can be a bit too fun at times...the more space the crazier Luca gets because he knows he has more space... but I say bring it on!!!! |
| Welcome back, Sunny.
Another thought - I think outdoors tends to be more "friendly" feeling than an indoor event. If I was a newbie, I would feel more relaxed outside, than inside. Inside just seems more....serious? overly structured? - something like that. And we do want more new people to take the plunge and give the performance a try! Granted, people with only breed experience are perfectly comfortable indoors - in fact many thrive on that type environment and feel like the great outdors is too risky... Just a thought... |
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