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| − | ===Canine activities at SCA events should be:===
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Safe- for humans, animals and the site</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Educational - we are a nonprofit organization researching and recreating the Middle Ages and Renaissance</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Fun - the real reason we do this</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Others?</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Details?</span>
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| − | ===Safe:===
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Humans and animals should be healthy and physically/mentally prepared when the event starts (at the very least, no signs of contagious illness? hopefully wouldn't need shot records)</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Activities should be safe, utilizing best practices/principles gleaned from real-world canine activities</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Accessory animals (eg. geese for herding or rats for scent work) should be treated humanely.</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Activities should be compatible with mundane dog training - no nasty surprises like a blind dead-end tunnel that looks like a standard agility tunnel</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Equipment should be safe for the dogs, the handlers, and accessory animals, and not damage the site. </span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Set-ups should also consider bystander safety, especially children who might be tempted to play on agility equipment or run through a lure course and trip on the lines</span>
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| − | ===Educational:===
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| − | * Activities should encourage an appreciation of the period bond between humans and their dogs
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| − | ** give our dogs the chance learn to be "real" dogs not just couch accessories
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| − | ** develop positive relationships with our dogs
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| − | * Emphasis on plausibly period activities done in a period way as much as safety and practicality will allow. For example:
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| − | ** period-based scoring for coursing,
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| − | ** natural-looking agility equipment,
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| − | ** medieval timekeeping techniques...
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| − | * Realistically, most actual dog training will have to happen between events, possibly with the help of non-SCA training professionals (see below)
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| − | ===Fun:===
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Keep things flexible and accessible: </span>
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| − | ''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">open to different breeds,</span>
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| − | ''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">different levels of ability, </span>
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| − | ''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">different training backgrounds (AKC, UKC, etc.)</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Competition can be fun, but not if it compromises safety or educational goals</span>
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| − | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Don't have too many rules.</span>
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| − | ===Activity Ideas:===
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| − | * Classes - how to make a period-looking collar, role of terriers in medieval villages, etc.
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| − | * Recruiting/Demo Classes - this is my dog doing this cool thing, this is how I got my dog to do this cool thing and you can do it, too.
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| − | * Talent Shows/Research Presentations - this is my dog in a period-attempt at a pack saddle, this is my dog doing tricks based on "Of English Dogs".
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| − | * Functional Activities - lure coursing, agility, scent work, herding...
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| − | * Doggie Decathalon - the dog who can do the most different things well (only possible once we have a basic competence at a sufficient number of functional activities)
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