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Review: Best of the 2005 FCI Agility World Championships A DVD by Guy
Blancke By Martha Faulk If you watched television coverage of the i d e n
t i f i e d . Blancke points out different handling styles and other
possible options recent Olympic games, you've come to for a particular
sequence. He also gives expect a certain sophisticated presentation the
final score and placement for each of of sporting events. You've seen
side-by- the teams as they cross the finish no side pictures of ski runs
and stop-motion frustrating wait for results here. critiques of ice
skaters, as well as ski racers superimposed on the same course. You've At
the end of many segments, there's a side- also heard knowledgeable
commentators by-side analysis of runs similar in speed so describing the
nuances of both good and you can see where a very tight turn might
not-so-good performances. have made the winning difference. You can also
see how the handler's Agility enthusiasts won't be disappointed by
position affected performance in the filming and editing techniques in
this the overlay sequences. In addition, four-hour DVD it's a double-sided
disc of numerous stop-motion sequences the 2005 FCI Agility World
Championships allow you to track the dog's path in Valladolid, Spain.
Produced and edited over jumps and between obstacles. by Guy Blancke, who
also provides the commentary and analysis, the DVD gives The DVD gives you
a front-row seat at the event... you a front-row seat at the event. As you
As you watch each team on course, you begin to feel that Blancke is
sitting watch each team on course, you begin to right next to you telling
you just what you want to know about each dog and handler. feel that
Blancke is sitting right next to you telling you just what you want to
know In addition to watching a variety of handling All these different
forms of visual analysis are about each dog and handler. You learn, for
styles, you may also be fascinated to see especially informative because
the winning example, that the team you're watching dogs and handlers
trying to maneuver on course times are often separated by just in the
Individual Small Jumping division the slippery carpet surface, course
obstacles hundredths of a second. After the first round, won the event
last year. Or you discover, arranged very close together, and some for
example, the Large Dog Individual while watching the Kooikerhondje and his
extremely difficult weave pole entrances. Jumping competition had 12 dogs
with clean Japanese handler, that the entire team from There's also a
Bloopers segment where runs all within one second of one another, Japan
has made tremendous progress in the you see many mistakes occur which may
so watching the slow-motion sequences gives past five years. Or, best yet,
as you watch cause you to say to yourself, Uh-oh, I've you a feel for just
how competitive the World some runs, you'll understand and appreciate done
that! Championship event is. Blancke's observation that this late In 2003
and 2004, I was fortunate to travel Because the FCI is an organization
that front cross surprised the dog a little bit. to the FCI World
Championships, so I can supports purebred dogs, you won't see any You'll
see the top Jumping and Standard truthfully say that watching this DVD of
mixed breeds here. But you will see many runs in each division: Small 14 ,
Medium the 2005 event really is the next best thing breeds from other
countries, such as the 18 , and Large 26 . Competitors from to being
there. In some ways, it's even better Pumi from Sweden, the Schapendoes
from teams all over the world, including the USA than being there because
you have a great Switzerland, the Kromfohrlander from team sponsored by
the AKC, participate viewing seat, Blancke's knowledgeable Finland, and
the Brazilian Terrier from in both Individual and Team divisions for
Brazil. There's the usual assortment of analysis, and many different views
of two cumulative rounds, hoping for those speedy Shelties, Papillons, and
Border Collies hundreds of runs. Invite your friends over elusive gold,
silver, and bronze medals. At from different countries. I especially
enjoyed and treat yourself to an evening of watching the beginning of each
segment, you have an seeing some extraordinarily fast runs from the best
dogs and handlers in the world you'll have a wonderful time. D opportunity
to view and download both the Toy Poodles, Belgian Shepherds, Pyrenean
course map and the results. Shepherds, and many different terriers, Note:
Best of the 2005 FCI Agility World Championships including a Staffordshire
Bull Terrier from As each team runs the course, the dog, is available for
$24.95 from www.cleanrun.com Portugal. handler, and the country
represented are Martha Faulk is a lawyer and author who lives in Fort
Collins, Colorado. She is Chairwoman of the Board of Directors for the
Larimer Humane Society and teaches agility there. Martha trains an
Australian Cattle Dog and an Australian Shepherd that she adopted from the
shelter and also runs a Border Terrier in agility. Martha may be reached at
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