Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Angela described it perfectly - your dog trots while you ride your bike at a placid pace. As long as the dog is in a trot, the judge is happy. There have been handlers that have run their dogs for the AD ( in the remote past ) and finished with no problem.
About eight years ago, we did an AD indoors in a horse arena due to bad weather. It was 144 laps in sawdust/ loose dirt which really made it a b*tch to finish - but only for the handlers on the bikes, the dogs had no problems! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Well, that's good news. If you think about it, isn't the prescribed pace for a large dog between 6 and 7 something minutes per mile. That's a hell of a pace if you ask me. Maybe my math is wrong, but that just seems pretty fast.
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About eight years ago, we did an AD indoors in a horse arena due to bad weather. It was 144 laps in sawdust/ loose dirt
Here's an idea!
We develop a tread mill for use at AD's only. A Speciality machine (in marketing terms "speciality" means you can get more $$$ for a common item... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) .
We call it AD DOG TEST EQUIPMENT and have it set for just the right distance. Each club can buy one and use it indoors or out, and save the handlers wear and tear.
If the Judge feels strongly the dog needs to run along side a bike, we could rig up wheel along side the tread board and hook it up so it turns with the running band.
(Hey, I've got lots of these great ideas. Can't understand why I'm not rich yet...! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> )
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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An AD is 20 km.
10 km is 6.2 miles, so a 20 km event is 12.4 miles. There's not a written time limit that I know of, but the event with the two rest breaks/ health checks usually takes about 3 or so hours.
Trust me here...most of the dogs do not appear to be moving that fast.
A little note for the record. The temp should not exceed 72 degrees F during the test.
Which we won't be seeing until Oct. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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I think most dogs, as long as they're trotting at a regular pace, would meet the min. pace/ speed requirments. They don't want the dogs galloping, and the rule book actually says to avoid "overly fast running"
15 min. rest period after 8 km/ 5 miles and then 20 min rest period at the end of 15 km/ 9.4 miles.
In my experience ( six AD's that I've done ), most judges hurry the rest periods a bit - they check the dogs pads, let them water themselves a bit, and then it's off you go again.
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