New BH Rules? - Page 3

I'm pretty sure some judges have told us that it is not mandatory.  I really hate all this crap.  So much they could do to really change things.  instead we squabble over stupid shit like this.  It's a motion exercise, do it in motion or it's not a motion exercise.  If the dog doesn't sit, it didn't really do the exercise did it?

 

The outcome was if you trial under Johannes Grewe he wants to see a distinct pause at the sit and the down.  If you refuse to do it you will not fail and he will (jokingly) call you out.  This is the only BH I've done (only IPO trial for anything I've done) since the new rules came into effect so I can only say what this one judge wanted.  I will probably be doing another BH in June under a different judge so I can see then if it seems most judges are requiring the pause or if it is optional with some.

Wow. Guess I should start pausing. LOL  Seem's very strange for a motion exercise. Thanks for the clarification. Take Care

I don't know which judge it was, but I heard another judge did the same thing. The handler did not pause and the judge made the handler re-do it and include the pause.

VKGSD - I have 3 that I have to get a BH with ... so I am very curious how long the "pause" is supposed to be? What did your judge have you do? Thanks

It was like.....heel.....halt (dog sits)...one one thousand...."sit" (or "platz")...one one thousand two one thousand....heel forward.

I'm guessing the UScA judges should have a sit down talk with their director of Judges, as he clearly states in the latest UScA mag that the pause is NOT mandatory, only that judges are instructed to allow for a slight pause or not in the motion exercises.

I've been getting conflicting answers about another matter (not just new BH rules) even from the director of judges, lol (hence why I'm doing a BH twice even though my dog passed already).  I would just ask the judge at the trial and do it how they want if you want to be "correct" to them.  I didn't ask but I didn't really care, I just did it the way I've always trained it.  Doing it the old/IPO1-3 way is not going to fail a BH.