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I am really glad that USDAA seems to be doing more to publicize and glorify the team. Honestly, not very many people care about the IFCS team (from my personal experience) and well, that really really sucks. FCI sure seems more prestigious, but is that because it is or is that because it is highly publicized, there is a big tryout event, it is livestreamed, etc?
In reality, I think IFCS is a lot more of a World Championship for dog agility because ANY dog can compete. What if the best agility dog in the world is a mixed breed? Or a shelter dog?
Of course I am biased because Panic is a shelter dog. Yes, I would love to attend World Team Tryouts and all that jazz, it looks like a blast, but the reality is is that isn't and won't ever be an option for us.
But I would love to eventually reach a higher level of competition with him. I love being challenged and running really tough courses, and Panic seems to do better on them--if only because I am enjoying them more and putting effort into it.
I'm not sure if we'll ever make the IFCS team, but actively trying for it is a way for me to push myself to another level. So bottom line is, yes I'm going to submit that silly form. :)
I am really glad that USDAA seems to be doing more to publicize and glorify the team. Honestly, not very many people care about the IFCS team (from my personal experience) and well, that really really sucks. FCI sure seems more prestigious, but is that because it is or is that because it is highly publicized, there is a big tryout event, it is livestreamed, etc?
In reality, I think IFCS is a lot more of a World Championship for dog agility because ANY dog can compete. What if the best agility dog in the world is a mixed breed? Or a shelter dog?
Of course I am biased because Panic is a shelter dog. Yes, I would love to attend World Team Tryouts and all that jazz, it looks like a blast, but the reality is is that isn't and won't ever be an option for us.
But I would love to eventually reach a higher level of competition with him. I love being challenged and running really tough courses, and Panic seems to do better on them--if only because I am enjoying them more and putting effort into it.
I'm not sure if we'll ever make the IFCS team, but actively trying for it is a way for me to push myself to another level. So bottom line is, yes I'm going to submit that silly form. :)
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Date: 2010-12-22 02:00 am (UTC)I have the AKC WTT DVD from last year, and I've watched it about a billion times. My mom often watches it with me, and one day jokingly I told her, "Chaos could never do this. Even if he was magically ten times faster and trained perfectly, he could never even go to AKC World Team Tryouts. Want to guess why?" After an hour she still couldn't figure it out. When I told her it was because he didn't have an AKC pedigree, she literally flipped about how totally wrong and "horrible" that is. To me it seemed like a fact of life kind of thing, not particularly offensive, but man, she was upset! I'm with you.
Some of my agility-obsessed friends didn't even know there /was/ an IFCS world team before I mentioned it. Sad.
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Date: 2010-12-22 04:36 am (UTC)I always saw it as a fact of life kind of thing too, just like AKC not allowing mixed breeds. It doesn't make me mad or anything, it's just a little bit silly--to me, dogs are dogs. Why should a dog be measured by their pedigree?
What makes me really upset is that at AKC shows that have both agility and conformation, mixed breeds are not allowed in agility. Huh? They don't want the mutts mingling with the high-brow conformation dogs? Come on.
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Date: 2010-12-22 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-22 05:39 pm (UTC)