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>There you go... > >The first rule of Mondio is that there are no rules. > >Can you take us through the trial as it unfolded? > >Thanks, > >David > > >>Dude, I hear you. The core exercise is taught first. >>And actually the intitial training should be >>patterned, so the dog learns it. The variations come >>later. >> >>I don't want to sound like a rookie popping off, but I >>left the CA trial thinking that some of the old pros >>were a bit taken aback by the difficulty and >>diabolical nature of the Doh exercise in MR I and II. >> >>The entire sport makes me think about pattern, >>routines, and unscripted scenarios. For instance, I >>thought that the face attack always came before the >>Doh in the Brevet, and so did my dog. But the order >>was reversed at the trial, which screwed us up. >> >>It is possible to fall into patterns in training, even >>if you are using different props and going through >>variations in your heeling pattern during OB, and >>mixing things up here and there. >> >>I always train OB first and then protection. I do so >>because I think that is the way it will be done in a >>trial. Is that a hard and fast rule for Mondio? I >>don't know. Even if it is a hard and fast rule, I want >>to break up the routine.

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