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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Zoey has done exceptionally well. Congrats. We have jumpers in competitions here (New Zealand) as a novelty event tagged onto the end of a meeting. Sometimes there is a jumpers for novices as well as an open jumpers. But usually it is the latter. So some of the jumpers events can be very complex.
We don't have tunneling events and I wouldn't know what that really means other than competitors racing through several tunnels. But in our jumpers events, they include tunnels and long jumps
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Two things here that you wouldn't want a bar of are that all size dogs compete against each other so that Corgis compete against midis and maxis; and the jump height for minis (which include Corgis) are set at 380mm (16 inches) whereas in the USA they are at 300mm (12 inches) - so it is a lot more difficult here to get a plumpy, pint legged Corgi successfully over every jump.
Yeah, Corgis can go real quick and it is great that Zoey is so toey. Taylor is usually reasonably fast - he has been as high as fourth placing among 80-90 dogs - but on a real hot day, he doesn't want to get out of second gear.
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I am very thankful for the way the US has set up its agility and obedience programs. I've heard that in the UK, there are classes for Border Collies and then "ABC" classes (Anything but a Border Collie). Here in the US, all breeds are (more or less) treated equally. All of the agility organizations use many jump heights (from 4 inches up to 26 inches) so dogs generally don't have to jump heigher than their shoulder height. And, for most titles, you don't have to defeat any other dogs...you simply have to pass enough times and you get the title.
Our course times are also pretty generous so even the slower breeds can often title. In my area there are several Basset Hounds that have earned agility titles.