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Frodo is absolutely adorable!!! I have a whippet who I am eventually going to try and lure course some. We don't have any active clubs in the area though. I think a friend and I are going to buy a lure machine together and we will race our whippets(there is a group of us whippet owners)
Flyball sounds like a blast too!



Julie thank you. Your Cinnamon is a beautiful colour, yours is one of those "lucky" shots, and yes on a real shoot they are more likely to turn into a loose package of jello than to pose. I'd like to know more about how lure coursing "works" in the States. Here we have the straight lure racing out of starting barriers for the Jack Russels and Whippets only. It is timed so they have local, State and National Champions for those who wish to compete. The Lure Coursing I do is on the zig-zag "round" course set on roughly a quarter-acre. The dog clubs run it as a fun-day and it's non-competitive. One of the clubs (Rhodesian Ridgeback owners) are hopeing to make it competetive based on USA rules. I can't see how it would be judged as some dogs get clever and cut corners. Would that be a bonus or a penalty? Do you know any more about how competition is judged?

Flyball is great but very time consuming to compete in between training and competitions. The dogs love it, they become totally obsessive. And back to the point, both sports have some great sports-dogs photography opportunities.

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