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Day 79 – Ketschker

Submitted by Bud Houston on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 9:26pm.
Fiona writes in a comment to my web log: “What you're calling the 'Flip' is something we've been teaching for several years as the 'Ketschker', named after a German who accidentally discovered it. It is a movement that is used quite a bit at the higher levels of competition (e.g. FCI WCs) in mainland Europe. And yes, we use it for much the same reasons as you describe, pulling the dog off the wrong obstacle while being able to maintain handler and dog speed (the RFP aka False Reverse Turn slows both down considerably). In fact, the Ketschker can considerably accelerate the dog's speed on a turn, so much so that it is even useful on an ordinary Simple Turn.”
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Day 78 – California Dreaming

Submitted by Bud Houston on Sat, 10/20/2007 - 8:03pm.

I came up in the agility world in Arizona. Back in those days I was very close to California, because everyone who played agility seriously had about a thousand mile traveling radius just to get in over a half dozen trials a year. So it was a special delight to be to renew acquaintances and see all the folks who’ve come up so strongly during my absence.

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