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Old 04-16-2005 | 07:34 AM
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Default RE: 2-Day Field Test in Spokane

I forgot to mention -- In the "Doggie Games", you run your dog one level lower than you have them trained for. In other words, if they are trained to a Started level, you run them in Beginner --------- If they are trained to the Intermediate level, you run them in Started -------- If they are trained to a Senior level, you run them in Intermediate and so on.

The reason for this is that with the excitement, smells, sounds, other dogs etc etc, dogs will normally perform in Field Tests at a lower level than they are trained for. With the distractions at Tests, about half of a dog's brains will fall out their butts.
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