Agility and Russian kinds of sports with dogs with Mike Rudashevsky (Perm, Russia)

Agility and Russian kinds of sports with dogs
with Mike Rudashevsky (Perm, Russia)

Hello, I would briefly introduce three things: myself, agility in Perm and Russian national kinds of sports with dogs, especially triathlon - most interesting to my mind.
My name is Mike Rudashevsky. I'm 45-years old dog-trainer from city Perm (Russia). My parents also were dog-trainers and in national competitions with dogs I am very experienced. But competitions in the USSR were different from other world events.
From childhood I help my parents and since 1972 worked as instructor for other handlers. Since 1980 I began to work independently. In national Russian triathlon and pentathlon with dogs, several students from my school become champions of the Soviet Union and Russia.
My agility class exists since 1998. One of my students was third in mini in the Championship of Russia and other was team-champion of Russia in standard (Attention! Perm is champion among standard teams and second among mini teams! In Perm exists two main agility schools, other - whole 6 years).
My own dogs works with my students. I am owner of five dogs and three of them are in agility training: two males shelties (they were born in the beginning of March 2000), female BC (she was born in the end of May 2000). To that moment in Russia live approximately only ten BC and three from them - in Perm. I visited World Championship in Helsinki (WC 98 and 99 I saw by video). This visit inspired me so, that I have bought Internet access and now tries to learn in Internet. It happened to October, 20-th, 2000.

And what sort of wonderful people I have met here! Many of them helped me, patiently answering my questions.
Special thanks to Helix Fairweather, Michele Stone and Sue Weiss. Without their care I wouldn't be able in such short time begin Clicker Training.

Deborah Sutton became wonderful friend for me, and introduced the fair world of "superdogs" - working Border Collies.

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