Cascais, Portugal - October 2006
International Grand Prix & World Championships of Mondioring
Top, Fiest finds the man, next, Ysha finds a bite
Level 1
Risa cues Kuda
Presentation on platform
Food refusal chicken
Positions along pole
Retrieve –segment of rope
Absence – schutzhund whip
Heeling left, turn rt turn , about turn
Send out w/ pool in the 12 pt zone (from 20 meters)
Palisade
Stick attack
Flee
Defence walk to decoy one, he tells you to go to horse and then take the bridle from decoy two and shake hands. Decoy two goes to horse butt and hits it w/ both hands, then tells handler to go to horse butt and hit butt. Decoy two goes back to bridle and then circles round to handler for the attack.
Risa & Kuda, happy after playing well!
Dyna gets in a good bite before pool cramps set in !
Level 2
Presentation
Food refusal – ham slices
Positions by pole w. handler standing
Retrieve X rope
Wood in open on the grass
Absence – whip and gunshot
Send out w/ pool in 12 pt zone (from 30 meters)
Heeling
Hurdle
Palisade/LongJump
Stick over obstacle
Flee
Search from inside a blind to a mazed structure
Accessory – long shredded rope pom pom
Defence- walk one step and stop while two decoys approach you talking about the pretty horse. They go to horse and then each take a turn putting the saddle on horse with it falling off to the other side. They have a little argument and decide to bring the saddle to the handler who must walk to the horse, shake hands with decoy by horse, place saddle on horse and stand by the horse while the second decoy steals the saddle and runs off with it and then the “hit” decoy attacks the handler
Ysha poses on the palisade
Level 3 sat
Presentation
Food refusal
Positions with handler in chair
Heeling including the handler sitting at the stop signal
Little wood – in between pvc pipes
Longjump
Palisade
Accessory- level 2 strands(rope pom poms) and bag w. bottles
Flee 1
Search to castle which has an entry way via an agility catwalk, a tarp which looks solid or the hard way, - straight up the castle wall.
Flee 2
Level 3 - Sunday
Retrieve – black plastic garbage bag filled with plastic bottles thrown OVER pond
Absence – dog was placed in 3 sided box, so it could not see handler –distraction was fishing poles whishing by 3 guys at the five meter line, back turned away from dog
Send out - w. pond in 12 point zone
Hurdle
Face attack over obstacle (again w. pond in direct line) w. stick
Object Guard – object was numbered marker w pool noodle sticking out First two attempts by decoy 1, third attempt w/ noodle accessory w. decoy wearing mask looking like Gene Simmons as KISS devil
Lisa learns to walk backwards
Defence – Handler had to walk backwards thru a wooden pole channel carrying a 10 m. pole w. decoy 1 carrying other end. Pole was placed on a horse vault, shake hands w/ decoy 2 , decoy 2 loudly checked pole . Handler went back to pick up another pole and just before turning at the placement, decoy 2 made the aggression.
THANK YOU!!
Mondio Village and all of our support ! Portugal and it's friendly people, especially Fernando, Pietra and the Estalagem Muxacho! Club Mondio Team, especially Rene and Marion for spending their holiday helping up get ready with a twelve day Mondio Extreme Training. AND to Kathy, Risa and Rich and our wonderful SO's for sharing the costs - money, emotional and timewise! Orstgruppe Winterthur (aka Security Dogs and delagates Peter Pittermann and Sepp Keller who cheered along with the Americans! The PSA gang who came to Mondio Extreme and helped us with our training and raising over $200 for Corning's local Rescue, Second Chance Pets. AND everyone who helped us in all the ways we needed!!!!
OBRIGADO!!!!!
The Best Dressed Team - People AND Dogs! :))
Sharon Novak & O'Bre-on's YSHA Rose, MR2, Lisa Maze & Feist loups du Soliel, MR3, Tim Bartlet, Team Captain, Kathy O'Brien & DYNAmite ot Vitosha, MR2, Risa Hunnicutt & Real de San Carlos BaraKUDA, MR1
GRAND PRIX and CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS http://chienplus.com/mondioring_2006/