murve

A little brag here, Orlando managed to do a 3 min sit stay with dogs from another club & stayed put Orlando is only CCD level, the other dogs were near UD level, our club dicided to pull the pin due to the ground to slushy, so we trained with another club at kcc park

Hey TrinaJ was out at Kcc Park this morning for Obedience training, the gravel was fine, the grass was bloody slush underfoot we might find it a little hard pushing the bikes through, but I am still happy to go & train anyway

Oh yes joelle if my 7yr old grandaughter can do it, your master 8 can with gentleness, patience & perservience :D Good Luck

Whippets are great aound young kids, I have 2 grandkids 7yrs & 1month, my boy is so gentle, with training you need a lot of patience as they are a little harder :D if master 8 is quite & gentle with a lot of patience, that would be a great partnership. My 7 yr old grandaughter like to help train Orlando. The breed can be a litle clingy to one family member, Oh they love to sleep in the bed with their owner & take over

ooohhh I hate wet grass went riding thriugh the local High school earlier dam near had to walk even though it had been mowed. but then found some well manucured lawn oh it was much better even though our speed feel to about 6k's. So I think we will definately have to work on that Glad about one thing Orlando will happyly work in the rain, for a Whippet

Know the feeling the wet grass is not fun

Good morning everybody :D who has been game enough to face the horried weather in Melb??? I beat the cold hands this morning ;) I pinched my daughters snowboarding gloves :D We came back nice & dry except for the face, Orlando pulled up good as well

Hope this helps Sir Sniffalot :D Just read through the Rules of Conduct for ET here is it word for word The Willingness test consist of heeling forward a short distance, followed by a right about turn and continued heeling for a short distance before comingto a halt. It is not necessary for the dog to sit. The dog must show a willingness to remain with and obey the handler. The heeling is to be followed by a short recall, on or off lead. The judge shall keep in mind that this is a test of the dog's willingnes to work & obey the handler, not an obedience test. if the dog works off lead prior to the 20k's he then must repeat this test agian at the end.

I know TrinaJ, we train there every week it's ##*** horrible, we have dogs in my class that refuse to drop & they a lot hairier than Orlando my boy does cause I have trained him to drop in the wet, an old german milatary dog trainer told me the secret how to do it :D just not looking forward riding through the wet grass

Business takes priority over other activities. Oh I know the Park can be a quadmire, we do Obedience training there every Sun. that would be great having a rough idea of the course thank you Abbiestar

here here I agree with you :D when I had my Sibes 20 plus yrs ago I paced them a few times a week, then they started blitzing in the show ring in particular under International judges, had a no. of judges commented how toned up they looked.

Oh ok he is still entire, man in waiting (well I can't say Lady in waiting) if you look up Elmaro kennels in DOL you will find his sibblings

Cool I will be in a dark blue Ford AU3 Station wagon, cant miss me, I have a masive celtic design sticker across the tailgate window with a Pappy & Whippet stickers :D Can't guarantee it, but if I can get there I will. Will be in a silver Mercedes-Benz wagon with "VIZ" number plates. M That would be great if you can join us Abbiestar :D I will bring Malika as well, just to give her a short burst I think having a few of us there we can help each other in particular with encouragement What do you guys think???

OOhh what a guess how did you work that out???? OSS

Hi Seita I do informal training at home, having 4 dogs here I am finding giving our older dogs commands of sit, drop or stand our 2 babies have been picking up off the older 2. We do formal training at club once a week, but I have been training up our older 2 for ET

Who do you think he is

Cool I will be in a dark blue Ford AU3 Station wagon, cant miss me, I have a masive celtic design sticker across the tailgate window with a Pappy & Whippet stickers :D

Hi Murve, I recommend you invest in some good cycling gloves. they will be wind and cold resistant making the ride in this weather much more enjoyable. M thanks for the advise Oh yes I do agree even though I did have thermal gloves on

This is my boy Orlando he was doing a 1min stand stay. Here is Mailka, she was 12months old at the Melb Royal 09

Oh yes Nik Berwick ground does have the rep of staying soggy I trialed there last year 2 days after itrained & it was still yuk under foot Yes I do have a good set for the Royal :D For other trials I nornally wear black pants & a nice top OSS if I colour co-ordinate with Orlando's collar & lead geeeeessss I would be all Black,boots & all his collar & Lead I got from England embossed with celtic design, made from Bridle leather,the best leather you can get on the market, just for Whippets

me I just wear my runners, nice pair of jeans & top,jacket, oh I also take my riding (gum) boots just incase the ground is wet :D

just spoke to my vets & they do have lectade sachets :D TrinaJ if you need some let me know & I will grab some for you

OOOOhhhhhh I hate this weather peeeeiiing down rain here, only got 4k's done this morning with Orlando before I started to freeze the hands to the handlebars . Orlando was fine he had his good coat on that I got from Uk (made for this kind of weather) :D feel better after a nice hot shower

we will see if we can twist some-ones arm to do itfor me :D

aarr but you cant take a blanket in the trial ring though :D It an old KNPV trick, german schutzhund use it tooo all you need is a bath tub, dog & start with warm water :D