What about if.......?

I am known for enjoying a more technical course & my old boy Flint would be sweeping the board at the moment. Torro Laker although stunning is not as accurate and even I am starting to get a bit demoralised by regular appearances of very testing courses.

Reading a thread on the subject got me trying to think of a way forward, after all judges put time & effort into setting courses for us and in a way it is flattering that they think we can achieve something out of the complicated ones. The comments made include various thoughts about us needing to do more complex courses day to day in order to do better in International competitions and on the other hand people who just want an enjoyable weekend away with friends & dogs and only train once a week. Plus thoughts that progression through the grades is too easy so lesser capable dogs/handlers are then being destroyed by working at a level too hard for them.  


My interest is also how putting a dog in a situation it (or the handler) hasn't got the skills to cope with could effect them physically and a young dog mentally leading to injury or loss of motivation. 


 Ok what is my solution - the judges publish their courses with the schedule. 


 That way those that don't like the course style don't need to enter. Those that are challenged by it can set it up and train the dog to achieve it. Somebody mentioned we don't all have time to do loads of training so what better than to spend time training what you will be doing instead of spending time planning training around something you may never meet in a course this year. The best dogs will still win and at least we will know when we enter what kind of course we will be facing. 


This would only apply to regular classes. Courses for qualifiers or champ classes would only be put up on the day of the show. 


Some thoughts of reasons people would have doubts about this and my responses 
It would not be fair as people with their own equipment can easily set up & run all courses. 
Those people often do very well anyway as they practise more. At least you & your dog will have had a chance to know what to practice if practice time is more limited to you. 


Weather conditions etc could change in the time the schedule is published to when show is run or ring is smaller etc so judge has to change course to suit. 
These things happen & at least you've worked on things that are that judges style and it'll apply to everyone. 


I'm happy to comment on any other reasons why this wouldn't work and don't really think it would be adopted just a fun discussion to try to think of a solution. We have some great and developing judges out there who need a break but also I want to help our dogs and us get things right more often.