Newfoundlands may do carting or water work (5), Siberian Huskies and Samoyeds may do dog sledding, retrievers and pointers may do hunting tests and trials (6), and Border Collies and Shetland Sheepdogs, corgis, and other herding breeds may do herding tests and trials (7), owners of terriers may participate in «go - to - ground» competitions, and owners of sighthounds may
do lure coursing tests and trials.
Hi Mel Jay -
do you lure course with your whippets?
Not exact matches
~ * ohh.boyy... ~ ~ Under the Skin / Let Me In / Let the Right One In / The Aggression Scale / Treehouse / The Autopsy of Jane
Doe / (of
course,... lol) The
Lure / Deep Rising / Headhunters / A Lonely Place To Die / Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep / Hounds of Love..
Never once
do you wonder if our narrator, David, is going to be
lured by the wild life (of
course he is), and Teller's delivery is stiff and unconvincing; he's no Ray Liotta in Goodfellas.
Of
course, the reformers don't really care about the education of poor children — they see the
lure of school choice and charter schools as the bait for parents frustrated by the systemic defunding of their local public schools, especially in urban centers, and who are desperate for any option that promises a better alternative.
Watching your dog participate in
Lure Coursing is watching your dog
do something it has evolved over thousands of years to
do.
Sarah and Uhura
do conformation showing, Junior handling,
Lure Coursing, dabble in Barn Hunt and are trying Rally.
Examples would be agility, fly ball, hunt trials for sporting dogs, earth trials for terriers,
lure coursing for sight hounds and tracking which most breeds of dogs are able to
do to some degree.
Those who don't reach the show ring are placed in loving homes, where they can excel in obedience, rally, agility,
lure coursing, barn hunting, dock diving, therapy... and of
course, just as their siblings who spend time in the conformation ring
do....
Only by having the dog evaluated many times can you truly get a feeling your dog is breeding material — this goes for males and females (what a dog show
does as well as other competitions such a Schutzhund — I highly regard a dog who has achieved a SchIII — field trials,
lure coursing, etc.).
The theory's detractors contend that success in
lure coursing trials
does not in and of itself make a dog a true sighthound, and further bolster their contention by pointing out that ridgebacks are very poor performers when allowed to run in unofficial open field
courses where they typically can not keep up with the true sighthounds.
They also enjoy and
do well at
lure coursing.
PERFORMANCE ABILITIES: They
do extremely well in Agility, are excellent therapy dogs and some are quite adept at
lure coursing, although the latter should be undertaken with some caution.
Nancy believes dogs should have varied activities and be allowed to participate in sports / activities they were bred to
do, such as herding,
lure coursing, dog sledding, barn hunt, field hunting.
These dogs
do very well when trained for hunting,
lure coursing, agility, or other dog sports.
They are curious and want to
do things together, so spend time teaching them obedience; some sports such as
lure coursing or agility will give them a positive outlet for all of those hound instincts they've developed over the centuries.
Most Ridgeback enthusiasts
do their «hunting» these days on the
lure coursing field chasing a white plastic bag!
Lure Coursing Fanatics is $ 10 for two runs and they
do not have any breed restrictions.
This month we focused on pit bulls as athletes, so we asked our Facebook fans,
Do you participate in any canine sports with your dogs, such as weight pull, dock diving, canine disc, flyball, or
lure coursing?
As a result of their agility in running and jumping the Pharaoh Hound excels in formal agility training and as a result of their status as sight hounds they also
do particularly well in
lure coursing.
Of
course, many jobseekers will be
lured by the perks of working for a large corporate, but this environment doesn't suit everyone.