[Rottlva]

I know your dog was leashed when this happened, but this just remphasizes to me that all dogs should be leashed while another dog is running a course. The arousal level at agility trials is so high heightening the likelyhood for a dog fight should there be an incident. Frankly if your dog is aggressive and is not under control, the aggression and obedience needs to be worked on before he is running courses.

I seem to always be behind a aussie with dog issues at trials. The owner always asks me to not set up my dog until her dog is finished running and leashed. Of course that always creates a bump in the flow of dogs running the course, makes the stewards and the judge a little frustrated with me as this person never tells the stewards she asks me to hold back....However, because this lady asks me to hold back, and thinks her dogs issues are severe enough to merit me doing so, I yeild to her request. Although my dog is under control, he is generally quite aroused when getting ready to run, and it is quite unfair to him to allow another dog to potentially harass or hurt him.

I see you are from the NE area which leads me to think that I might know this trainer/dog.......