Re: Congratulations on the Brevet! -- Mondio Mania

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Date Posted: 07:41:54 05/19/04 Wed
Author: David
Subject: Re: Congratulations on the Brevet!
In reply to: Dave Putnam 's message, "Re: Congratulations on the Brevet!" on 07:22:25 05/19/04 Wed

There you go...

The first rule of Mondio is that there are no rules.

Can you take us through the trial as it unfolded?

Thanks,

David

>Dude, I hear you. The core exercise is taught first.
>And actually the intitial training should be
>patterned, so the dog learns it. The variations come
>later.
>
>I don't want to sound like a rookie popping off, but I
>left the CA trial thinking that some of the old pros
>were a bit taken aback by the difficulty and
>diabolical nature of the Doh exercise in MR I and II.
>
>The entire sport makes me think about pattern,
>routines, and unscripted scenarios. For instance, I
>thought that the face attack always came before the
>Doh in the Brevet, and so did my dog. But the order
>was reversed at the trial, which screwed us up.
>
>It is possible to fall into patterns in training, even
>if you are using different props and going through
>variations in your heeling pattern during OB, and
>mixing things up here and there.
>
>I always train OB first and then protection. I do so
>because I think that is the way it will be done in a
>trial. Is that a hard and fast rule for Mondio? I
>don't know. Even if it is a hard and fast rule, I want
>to break up the routine.

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Replies:

Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Dave Putnam, 08:03:58 05/20/04 Thu
- Re: Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Sharon, 15:16:14 05/24/04 Mon
  - Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- Dave Putnam, 12:55:23 05/25/04 Tue
    - Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- J.D.M., 17:27:35 05/27/04 Thu
      - Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- Ann Putegnat, 18:00:22 05/28/04 Fri
        Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- J.D.M., 18:22:56 06/15/04 Tue
  - Re: Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Ann Putegnat, 17:56:36 05/28/04 Fri