AKC does have a Juniors program for
performance/companion events. When I
judge and a Junior comes up with
their AKC "Junior Handler Certification"
form (http://www.akc.org/pdfs/CEJRH1.pdf)
I do three things: 1) Confirm the
Agility Catalog matches their form's Q,
time, and placement, 2) Sign their
sheet, and 3) as I hand them back their
copy of the sheet, I shake their
hand and thank them for a great run that
was fun to Judge (which is almost
100% of the time the case). I find often
parents come un and thank any
judge that encourages and recognizes a
junior's hard fought achievements in
a sport like Agility (across all
breeds). I consider judging an honor, and
a junior and their dog running
in agility (succeed or not) an honor to
judge.
The best way to help
a junior in agility is to find a good training program
with an organized
training system AND an organized handing system that fits
a GSP and the
handler's approach to the sport. Those systems are different
and both are
important (for example, I use the Garrett training system and
the Derrett
handling system for my recent GSPs, but I'm not saying that is
what a
junior should do. MANY handling systems such as the Derrett,
Melekenberg,
Simmons-Moake, and many other local variations are avaialbe).
If anyone
out there has a Junior that is interested in Agility, send me
their name
and location -- if I don't know someone in their area that is an
excellent
trainer that understands the particulars of what a GSP needs, I
will find
someone that does. And do not blame me when your backyard has 5
jumps, an
A-Frame, a set of weave poles, and several tunnels sitting on the
grass
after a year or so!
Mentoring Agility remotely doesn't make too much
sense, but helping a juinor
find the right match of trainer, handling
system, and training system is the
best way to kick off getting into the
sport.
Dave
David Nauer
Colorado Springs
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permission to cross-post to the PerformanceGSPs list also?
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> Sorry Holly, didn't realize that and
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about other venues (obedience, field, etc) .
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Facebook Katie had asked for ideas on having a mentor program, how to
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> great undertaking and a good topic for this broader list. So what do
you
> think? Would be great to get her some ideas and focus on
something
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