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Dogs run circles around owners
At a local dog club, trainers teach agility to man's best friend
By Erin Beatty and Lindsay Hanson Special to the Kansan
Courtney Shelton instructs her dog on top of the teeter-totter at the Truine Canine Center, 1774 E. 1200 Road, Shelton said that she and Kobe had been going to the center for about half a year.
Dogs will do anything for a treat, and some of their owners will put them through anything for a ribbon.
Erin Marshall, Lawrence resident, takes her dog "No No Sarah" to Triune Canine Training Center, 1774 E. 1200 Rd., in north Lawrence for an hour a week. Marshall's addicted to the agility training, a sport in which she teaches her Jack Russell terrier to shimmy through a timed obstacle course. According to scag-agility.com, dog trainers in England developed the sport in 1978.
Marshall directs No No Sarah off-leash through the course by waving a dog biscuit and shouting words of encouragement. She said the success of her dog depended on the precision of her guidance. In it, a dog maneuvers through any combination of tunnels, jumps, chutes, see-saws and weaves through rows of poles approximately 1 foot apart.
Having spent the last two years of her spare time driving around the country for No No Sarah's agility trials, Marshall said the terrier has tucked about 60 shows under her collar, claiming top honors nearly every time. She said she wasn't sure of how many events No No Sarah had won.
According to Marshall, nothing but ribbons were awarded as prizes.
Her "addiction" showed its first signs three years ago when No No Sarah first attended the training center. The dog began agility training at 10 months, after Marshall discovered the dog's distaste for standard obedience training. She said agility training functioned more as a structured playtime than outright discipline.
"We'd she an hour of training, have a ball, then be pooped in the
car on the way home," Marshall said.
Jan Braman, the Lawrence Kennel Club's agility chair, said the club had about 50 members. She said the club sponsored agility trials at the Lawrence Fairgrounds.
According to adsc-agility.com, the sport was originally modeled after equestrian competitions but has developed its own obstacles, scoring systems and performance ideals.
Other dog owners are also hooked on the sport.
Shannon Vandaveer, Lawrence resident, said her dog Casey, a shepherd-lab mix, attended agility classes for eight months. She said Casey, who
stands about 3-feet-tall, must dedicate more time to mastering tricks because of his large size.
Unlike No No Sarah, some dogs that train for agility don't compete. Carol Dressler, Lawrence resident, said she enrolled her dog Murphy Brown in agility training as a form of obedience. Before the training, Murphy favored chewing on furniture and door frames rather than obeying her master. Dressler said the agility work gave the dog more focus.
Murphy's six weeks of training, which cost $80, produced positive results, she said.
"It made her a lot more attentive." Dressler said.
According to k9club.com,
trainers require dogs to undergo basic obedience training to enter an agility program. At a minimum, the dog must be able to sit, promptly come when called, lie down, hold a brief stay, maintain composure around other dogs and accept handling by strangers.
The Web site also said all dog classifications, big, small, purebred and mixed breed, could compete in agility trials. Judges deduct points for mistakes such as missing a contact zone, incorrect weave entry, non-completion of an obstacle, knocking a bar off and exceeding the time allowed for completion of the course.
This story was edited by Justin Henning.
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