Oakleys 1st Lure Coursing Practice
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wrote on 3 Apr 2012, 21:13 last edited by
Way to go…. Since they run by themselves for JC, no real guidance is needed. Just need to find a lure trial that is offering them. Most of the information you can find on the AKC site along with events. And he can even run the CAT (which is for all breeds) as they run by themselves also. Also those trial usually have practice also and you can practice him with other basenjis. With males, I suggest running to first few times with a bitch...
Once you are sure that he is really focused on the "bunny" then you can do his QC test (which he runs with another Basenji) and then enter trials.Here are some links
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/rulebooks/RELURE.pdf
http://www.akc.org/events/coursing_ability_test/http://www.akc.org/events/search/
If you go to this link and then click on the events tab you can search for coursing in your area -
wrote on 4 Apr 2012, 12:36 last edited by
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wrote on 4 Apr 2012, 17:59 last edited by
Looks like Oakley is having a great time.
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wrote on 4 Apr 2012, 18:04 last edited by
Good pictures!
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wrote on 4 Apr 2012, 19:01 last edited by
He had so much fun, it was really rewarding to see him happy like that! I can't take credit on the pictures, another forum member "Muzz" took them… Can't tell you how happy I was someone cared enough to take pictures of my boy for me (I'm still too challenged to handle Oakley AND a camera!)
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wrote on 5 Apr 2012, 00:23 last edited by
I love it when we get the opportunity to take Watson coursing. I want to get him his JC as well.
Oakley looks very happy out there running :)
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wrote on 5 Apr 2012, 00:43 last edited by
Looks like great fun… but I have a question... that last shot... looks to me like the Brindle was more into maybe biting Oakley then the lure?
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wrote on 5 Apr 2012, 00:47 last edited by
Greta ( the brindle), has a love hate relationship with Oakley…he likes her and she hates him..Greta had a bad incident with a male before and doesn't like male basenjis that much...eventually she warmed up but all in all she just wanted a piece of him...he's an easy target because of his goofy obliviousness..It got a little loud at points when she wanted to voice her displeasures about his jumping or quick movements but never got unmanageable
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wrote on 5 Apr 2012, 02:01 last edited by
Great news about Oakley… but I would not run him with that bitch again.... especially since he seems to be focused on the lure.... you need to "read" the other dogs and yours..........
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wrote on 6 Apr 2012, 02:34 last edited by
There was no lure in the last couple pics…they were just running around in the dog park which was right next to where the luring was set up. And yes Greta likes to cheat at the game of chase by going for the tail. On the luring side the dogs were mostly running solo.
The only time her and Oakley exchanged words were when they were on leash but once they were off leash they ran and had a great time!
It was another female that Greta had a problem with in the past, so not sure what she was saying to Oakley other than " let me off this leash so I can get at your neck" lol. I think she rather liked him once they were able to run free.
I was happy to take the pictures, especially when you said you didn't have many of your little guy. 3 dogs and a camera, multitasking at its best!
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wrote on 6 Apr 2012, 02:46 last edited by
My favorite pic is the one with the lab running with our B's. I think I see two out of twelve feet hitting the ground.
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wrote on 6 Apr 2012, 11:23 last edited by
That lab really got into playing with them! He was really a great looking dog too. So nice to see tons of flat out running, he was pooped when we got home. I can't ever imagine I could handle three dogs and a camera, just not in my skill set!
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wrote on 6 Apr 2012, 11:27 last edited by
When we took Lela to a coursing last year, we found that many B's started cutting corners as soon as they say how the lure moved. They were back in no time, much faster than the whippets!
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