Feltipfairy t1_itfhk04 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:56 AM

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.

Lord_Metagross t1_itfhser wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:00 AM

What specifically happened toward the end when he got several (like 6) faults jumping one hurdle? One fault per leg that touched the hurdle or something?

Feltipfairy t1_itfi3ec wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:04 AM

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.

htotheh t1_itg5re6 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:12 PM

“We didn’t give 2 faults”

That should be a dog shirt 😅

Lord_Metagross t1_itfi4qb wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:04 AM

Interesting. Learning more every day haha

Feltipfairy t1_itfiec7 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:08 AM

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

neumast t1_ithe1rx wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:46 PM

I the end, there were many faults added for exceeding the maximum time limit.