Dog Weaving

Lulu2 · 02-05-2007, 04:09 PM

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/411586/dog_weaving/

Probably not what you THINK it is!

abbey · 02-05-2007, 04:13 PM

Cool

LilacDragon · 02-05-2007, 06:11 PM

A majority of my "dog" friends train in agility so when you said that it was probably NOT what I thought it was - I got some strange ideas.

Erinna1112 · 02-05-2007, 07:05 PM

Hehehe...that was exactly what I thought it was going to be. I love watching these things on TV. The big dogs keep their left paw on the left side of the poles the whole way down, and their right paw on the right side...but the little dogs move both feet together and sort of "hop" between the poles. It's interesting to see the differences. But wow, that was a long run. Usually they're only about a third of that length, in the middle of a course of other things. I wonder if that was purpose-made for the Guiness attempt. Way cool, either way

Lulu2 · 02-05-2007, 07:21 PM

it IS fun, isn't it? And so unnatural that dogs who do it are really exceptional!

And they're so HAPPY with themselves, once they've done it!

valerie · 02-05-2007, 08:08 PM

I knew what it was, too!! I've seen "Jazz" before, but not that long one,
just shorter clips other times.

The BC's always seem to do so well at all of those agility things.
There was even a winning one on a "Water Dogs" program I saw
recently, the longest jump (I think it was around 28 feet or so) and
these thing is competing against Labs and Chessies, traditional
retrievers.

It's almost like they should have their own class for everything!

Lulu2 · 02-05-2007, 08:36 PM

We had a border collie when I was a child. Bruce would stand on the stairs and keep me from walking out of the yard. I can remember BANGING my doll carriage against his side, trying to shove him aside!

My mother's friend used to bring her baby over to visit and Bruce would walk home with her and then come back...we called it "convoy duty."

One day, they were about to cross the street and a car came racing through the intersection.

Bruce pushed the stroller aside and was hit by the car. He was killed.

True story.

(Dammit! All these years later & I'm crying now.)

02-05-2007, 04:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lulu2 Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 6,051	Dog Weaving http://www.metacafe.com/watch/411586/dog_weaving/ Probably not what you THINK it is! __________________ My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
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02-05-2007, 04:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
abbey Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UP NORTH Posts: 12,630	Re: Dog Weaving Cool
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02-05-2007, 06:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
LilacDragon Starting Over in 2007! Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,385	Re: Dog Weaving A majority of my "dog" friends train in agility so when you said that it was probably NOT what I thought it was - I got some strange ideas. __________________ Sandi
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02-05-2007, 07:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Erinna1112 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 415	Re: Dog Weaving Hehehe...that was exactly what I thought it was going to be. I love watching these things on TV. The big dogs keep their left paw on the left side of the poles the whole way down, and their right paw on the right side...but the little dogs move both feet together and sort of "hop" between the poles. It's interesting to see the differences. But wow, that was a long run. Usually they're only about a third of that length, in the middle of a course of other things. I wonder if that was purpose-made for the Guiness attempt. Way cool, either way __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. I swear by my life - and my love of it - that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. ~Ayn Rand If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. AME*N!
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02-05-2007, 07:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lulu2 Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 6,051	Re: Dog Weaving it IS fun, isn't it? And so unnatural that dogs who do it are really exceptional! And they're so HAPPY with themselves, once they've done it! __________________ My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
Local Time: 03:06 AM Local Date: 11-20-2008

02-05-2007, 08:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
valerie Watanya Cecilia Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,358	Re: Dog Weaving I knew what it was, too!! I've seen "Jazz" before, but not that long one, just shorter clips other times. The BC's always seem to do so well at all of those agility things. There was even a winning one on a "Water Dogs" program I saw recently, the longest jump (I think it was around 28 feet or so) and these thing is competing against Labs and Chessies, traditional retrievers. It's almost like they should have their own class for everything! __________________ Tamsen's Dogster Page http://www.dogster.com/?27525
Local Time: 03:06 AM Local Date: 11-20-2008

02-05-2007, 08:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lulu2 Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 6,051	Re: Dog Weaving We had a border collie when I was a child. Bruce would stand on the stairs and keep me from walking out of the yard. I can remember BANGING my doll carriage against his side, trying to shove him aside! My mother's friend used to bring her baby over to visit and Bruce would walk home with her and then come back...we called it "convoy duty." One day, they were about to cross the street and a car came racing through the intersection. Bruce pushed the stroller aside and was hit by the car. He was killed. True story. (Dammit! All these years later & I'm crying now.) __________________ My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
Local Time: 03:06 AM Local Date: 11-20-2008

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