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Feltipfairy t1_itfi3ec wrote
Reply to comment by Lord_Metagross in TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus
I’m not sure how the American system works. When I competed in the uk, it was 4 faults per error, we didn’t give 2 faults. Touching a pole wasn’t faulted, only knocking it off.
Feltipfairy t1_itfhk04 wrote
Reply to comment by Lord_Metagross in TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus
If he runs past it that counts as a refusal so gets faults. Not touching the yellow parts of the seesaw, dog walk and a frame count as faults too.
Feltipfairy t1_itfiec7 wrote
Reply to comment by Lord_Metagross in TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus
This covers it in the section on how faults are given. Turns out in the US it’s based on the skill standard of the dog
https://images.akc.org/pdf/events/agility/Agility_Brochure.pdf