ESPN Great Outdoor Games 2004

Julie Daniels & Spring

Julie Daniels From: NORTH SANDWICH, NH
Occupation: DOG AGILITY TRAINER / AUTHOR
Events: AGILITY LARGE, AGILITY SUPER WEAVE LARGE
Participating Since: 2000
Competing Since: 1986

Dog Name: SPRING
Breed: BORDER COLLIE
Gender: FEMALE
Competing Since: 1997
Titles

AKC Agility Titles - MACH (Master Agility Champion)

USDAA Agility Titles - ADCH (Agility Dog Champion)

AKC Titles - MACh3 (Agility Champion)

Spring was the winner of the "Challenge Round" at AKC 2003 National Chamionships

USDAA Titles: ADCh (Agility Champion)

Competitive History

2004 IFCS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - AGILITY, SPAIN SPD AGILITY 10

2004 IFCS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - IND ALL AROUND, SPAIN SPD AGILITY 5

2003 USDAA US NATIONALS - STEEPLECHASE, TX SPD AGILITY 10

Competitive Performance

GOG 2003 SPD AGILITY LARGE 3

GOG 2003 SPD AGILITY SUPER WEAVE LARGE 5

GOG 2002 SPD AGILITY LARGE 3

GOG 2002 SPD AGILITY SUPER WEAVE LARGE 6

GOG 2001 SPD AGILITY LARGE 1

GOG 2000 SPD AGILITY LARGE 12

Notable
Julie Daniels and Ken Fairchild (2003 Gold Medalist in Large Super Weave) team-teach 7 agility classes at American K9 Country in Manchester, NH. Julie is a behaviorist and usually runs the skill sets while Ken likes to run the full course work with the handling manuevers required to get around the course (Ken is the handler and Julie is the trainer)

Quotable
When describing a course that Julie would prefer, Julie says, "We can do a tight course. Spring has the moves, but she is a very big dog with a very tall center of gravity if you can imagine the physics of that. A smaller dog can turn on a dime and a larger dog has a larger turning radius. The advantage for us would be a loose open course where she can use her full stride. You can see if the course is tight,she will run a bit stilted up because she has to stay collected. Her long stride is a disadvantage."