Oh congrats to Molly and the super tracker Eagle for a double perfecto in tracking. Eagle scored 100 points in tracking and pulled off a 99 point FH score.

He was another dog I missed after I had to cut my post short on my review. Very nice strong barking on the bark and hold. Obedience was nice and very attentive too. Grips very nice too.

The Salztalblick dog was another dog but my battery went dead on a few dogs so I had to remember them after a few others noted him.

Tracy I saw Gismo.

Perhaps that was not his day but I was not impressed with him protection performance or his obedience.

Perhaps that has nothing to do with how he produces or perhaps he had a bad day but I can go only on the first performance I have seen him in since he's been pulled from a number of them prior to this event.

Perhaps a nice dog but I'm going on the one trial I saw him in

I would not say sharp pencil - but judging that should be at the level for a national event.

In the protection work, looks like the judge bent a bit on not so strong secondary obedience if the drive, intensity and bites were there. My friend's dog was forging in the back transport (big no-no with this judge - he was a stickler for the distance, heeling and focus) and was not really "in the hand", but the hits were hard, bites were full. Intense and powerfull dog. He received a 91.

The other confusing thing is that the judge (OB one) would interchange the word "excellent" for "exercise". I was standing next to Dave Wood, trying to figure out what the OB score would be (as I hide with the midget so she does not yell "Daddy"; she does this during the critique.)

Molly, it is refreshing to hear a competitor not complain about the scoring. I wasn't able to attend, my friends who were there had the same opinions that you expressed. Congratulations on your trackings scores that is amazing.

ROFLMAO!!!!!

This excellent was veddy very good. Oh I mean this exercise was very good.

He only made this mistake 10 times or more. LOL

Quote: SUE DICERO - "I would not say sharp pencil - but judging that should be at the level for a national event"

COME ON SUE!!!! I think some scores were beyond overly critical. The judging should be the consistent regardless if done from a club level or national event in my opinion.

Probably explains why some the dogs were less than stellar in performance because of that. But that's just my opinion...

While I am far from a "obedience training guru". Obvious is obvious.

But I have vidoes of most of the dogs and I'll try to put the score somewhere the dogs name and everyone can decide for themselves what the think was fair, overly critical, outlandishing and even sometimes dismaying. LOL

Okay I'm done with my 2+ cents.

I'll update you guys when I post the video.

Lorenzo,

What I meant was the the judging should be tougher at an event like this. Is there ever 100% consistency in the judging? Nope, but hopefully would be. Only one that i have seen that is Gunther Diegel - VERY tough and incredibly consistent in OB and protection.

And yes, judging should be more consistent at all levels - should be same consistency for club level, then Regional, etc.

I did feel that the protection judge let up a bit sometimes on the secondary OB based on the power, etc. But, still looking for some control. There was another dog on Sunday that he really liked, again, especially on the courage test. Trying to remember the dog, think score in the low 90s again.

There were dogs that I thought should score higher and some that I was off a few points (thought would be lower). Gabor thought Cele's Mal would V in protection and she received 94.

No one is the OB guru or Sch guru that I have found yet<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />- everything changes based on the dog and the trainer/handler.

Does anyone know where I can find results to the AWDF for previous years? I tried the AWDF site and didn't find it and the USA website doesn't cover it in their event archives. I'm looking for 2000-2003.

2002 Results

2000 results

couldn't find 2001 or 2003.