Sybil shares the secret to a successful agility run
Tired of - your handler telling you to go one way while pointing in the opposite direction? - giving you late commands? - forgetting where they are going? - tripping over their own feet or obstacles? - forgetting what the obstacles are called? - forgetting your name? - forgetting their name? There is a smooth and painless way to circumvent our handler handicap. Most AKC trials, at least, and probably many other venues as well, hand out something called course maps. At the very least these must be posted. Demand to see these maps BEFORE your run so you can pull the idiot, eh, I mean, DH (dear handler) back on course if needed, and at the very least save yourself from getting whiplash from trying to figure out what they really want you to do. Course map preview: 
Result: 
(Photos courtesy my personal photographer, Jan Guthrie, with gratitude) Best Regards, Sybil (PS Let the poor handler keep the pretty ribbons. They treasure them so much and you can always chew up a pair of their socks instead. It's a small sacrifice, really.) |
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well we all know Sybil is the brains of the team 
See no hidden sticks .
I love those photos and guessed right that Jan had something to do with the decorating. |
| That's telling 'THEM'....Sybil....maybe you could give a class on....
HOW TO HANDLE YOUR HANDLER!!!!!! |
sheepieshake wrote: That's telling 'THEM'....Sybil....maybe you could give a class on.... HOW TO HANDLE YOUR HANDLER!!!!!! |
| Dear Sybil,
It is good to see you finally get a voice on the forum - after being much maligned here by DH. Being a girl you are a lot more attentive than some of your male agility friends (we will not stoop to embarrassing anybody by naming names) so reading the course map is more of option for you. At least one of your team members understands it. Kudos to you - the sharper half of the team - some of us here have noticed that your DH is very close to being committed. Just remember that you have several "Aunties" out here who would love to have you live with them. And if agility is your passion then this "aunt" in St. Louis would love to have you. I can't wait until the day that I can see you run in competition. A suggestion for you: Since you have to have a handler on the course for a Q, maybe we can make a cardboard cutout of your DH and tie it to you so it looks like it is running along as you correctly manuever the course. P.S. Tell your professional photagrapher that she is doing a nice job. |
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funny Judi - sure not like I spend any time at all training in agility. Dear Sybil, Unlike your Aunt in St Louis I realize that we need a hologram of your handler since tying a photo to you would mean you were touching and I do believe that would end your excellent perfomance record. Anytime you want you can come read the course layouts for me so I don't have too either - I am sure your cousin Marley already knows this trick and just isn't sharing. |
kerry wrote: ^^^
funny Judi - sure not like I spend any time at all training in agility. LOL Kerry - I knew you would try this tact - which is why my ready response is: I am already competing in agility (okay no need to mention that it is not successfully competing  )
Still I will throw up as many smoke screens as possible in my quest for Sybil. I am even more smitten since she wore her "Eyeore" tail to the trial. Alls fair in love and war Kerry.  |
We would be competing too if I wasn't so lazy and hesitent. And my new instructor is a stickler for detail - 
Oh well we will do so when we both feel ready. in the meantime we practice. Sybil gave me an idea though - I have bene watching some training videos, maybe I really need to just have Marley watch them? |
| Kristine,
There are no words...honestly!!! I was hootin and hollering and yelling at Randy to come and look at this!! That first picture is a classic!!!! |
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