tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post4660777543756688768..comments2024-01-08T01:20:20.736-07:00Comments on Days of Speed and Slowtime Mondays: Sticker ShockElaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-68078091562247910772007-06-07T12:38:00.000-06:002007-06-07T12:38:00.000-06:00I can't imagine paying $800-$1000 for a trial, tha...I can't imagine paying $800-$1000 for a trial, that's crazy. Though I'd probably be nauseous if I worked out what I spent on Nationals last year. That was my vacation though, we made a big trip out of it so it wasn't really so bad.<BR/><BR/>I'm not going to our nearest Regionals either-the 13 1/2 hour drive plus 95 degree with humidity weather in Texas was a deal breaker. Didn't even get to the part about how much money it would cost. Hopefully we'll have regionals in Denver next year, a 45 minute drive I can handle.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-62007435008719102372007-06-06T19:24:00.000-06:002007-06-06T19:24:00.000-06:00The total entry for the 3 day NE Regional came to ...The total entry for the 3 day NE Regional came to $200. I decided not to go. It is a trip that costs about $200 in fuel, $200 in food and lodging. $600 for 3 excrutiatingly long days of trialing. I took a pass. And that is for 1 dog. I know people who are showing 2-3 dogs. <BR/><BR/>It's kind of scary. <BR/><BR/>/amyAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-37116461478647574972007-06-05T12:38:00.000-06:002007-06-05T12:38:00.000-06:00I also don't like having the Tournament events be ...I also don't like having the Tournament events be required for titles. I suspect the problem for me will be Team since I'm so inconsistent. I hate paying $60 and worrying that I'm going to screw someone else up. The worst though is shelling out $22 and the judge imposes fault limits. $22 for 6 obstacles, yeah, that's a bargain and I speak from experience.<BR/><BR/>I never thought Speed Jumping would be a problem for us but after last trial I'm not so sure. Only 3 dogs Q'd in my height and they were blazing fast, all under 40 secs and faster than the Champ dogs. No way we would have Q'ed even if we ran clean and my dogs aren't slow, just not warp speed fast. I'm hoping at some point they'll change the criteria for Q's again, who knows. Would be nice if there was an SCT to beat or something.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-89156995958638414442007-06-05T05:10:00.000-06:002007-06-05T05:10:00.000-06:00Like an addict I just pay the man whats he wants ....Like an addict I just pay the man whats he wants ... ;-)<BR/><BR/>I didn't think about it much until I started running two dogs, and then I started having to pick and choose my runs for each dogs. I can understand the high cost of Steeplechase because of the money round, but there's no reason for Grand Priz to be the same price, as it always is.<BR/><BR/>And as for the Steeplechase being required for and ADCH, I was bumming about that too until finally we just barely managed to Q, probably from the better dogs having a bad/slow day ;-) (and we fianlly had a steeplechase round 1 that was in the morning and not the last class of the day!) I think I would despair more if I was in the 22" class because the border collie factor in that class makes it extremely tough--even if you have a fast border collie. There are just too many good dogs and haders concentrated in that one class.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm bumming about the seeming impossibility of us ever getting a Super Q in Snooker, never mind the DAM team, which I haven't even attempted yet ...Lisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13396635060591062402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-76667337125563246862007-06-05T01:14:00.000-06:002007-06-05T01:14:00.000-06:00LOL! You have a great way of pointing out the absu...LOL! You have a great way of pointing out the absurd at times.<BR/><BR/>I just got email from an agility friend after our GP/St/Team weekend, ranting about the unreasonable costs for the tournament events and made particularly unreasonable by the fact that they're now part of the titling track--you have to qualify for nationals to earn your titles? Not to mention in Steeplechase where you have to be among the fastest, so more or less saying that only the dogs who are within a hair of the country's top dogs can earn ADCHs, or those who can squeeze by when the top dogs take the weekend off. And, yeah, I hate shelling out $50 for team, where even if I do great my teammates could mess up, and I've spent an entire weekend and $50 and 5 exhausting runs and have nothing to show for it and then have to do it all over again. <BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.com