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Heres another article from yesterday telling people to be vigilant not hysterical about it all. Article. Maitland Mercury.

Hha yeah Pretty lucky! All fixed now and the bike has new adjusted to suit me now and it's so much easier to ride!!! Back out in the morning for training.

Im doing the Sydney one in August and my bike had some chain issues on Tuesday afternoon. Its in getting fixed but I feel like my throats been cut and Im so anxious to get it back and keep training!! :laugh:

Its at the Dogs NSW complex, Erskine Park on 12 August and the vetting commences at 7am. Entry is $50.00 and closes on 13 July. Anything else you need to know?

So we have 5 weeks until the ET. Have upped the training and are on track. Obedience wise we havent done anything this year so far, may look into it later in the year but its a full on packed year so far I havent had the drive for it like I did last year.

The pointers will be awesome! You will see. Your hard work will pay off! I was just looking at the judges for the next trial we are in which is a double Never done a double before! That will be insteresting! Ive also never been under these judges so will be interesting to see how we go. Got a bit of heeling to tidy up between now and then and we will be right.

Thanks Tassie!

How do you know what size to buy? Im after a wooden one for my lab but have no idea what size to buy. I have a plastic one at the moment but am after one with a thicker middle bit.

Ramses is usually washed before hand too. If not he is given a dry groom and always smells good for the ring. He looks better when he is clean :laugh:

Ramses wears his Check chain in the ring and we have never had a drama. Ive never heard of them not being allowed to wear check chains in. In saying that there is in no way any corrections given whatsoever in the ring. Big no no. I usually wear jeans, casual top and joggers in the ring. No a big fancy affair and you can usually wear whatever colour you like. If its raining I wear my hiking jacket in which is a lightweight spray jacket.

Wuffles we get less enthusiasm in the ring more often than not too. I dont know why though! Probably my nerves throwing him :laugh: Im hoping the nerves thing backs off now we have done it for a while. Just because its a new ring doesnt mean I need to get all nervous about it again haha. He has been so keen to work lately! Im working on our left about turns because he goes a little bit wide during them and takes a few paces to get back into position. So far Ive been training like we trained the figure 8. As soon as he is in position, especially while doing the turn Im rewarding so he is sticking to my leg in hope for a reward.

May 19 is our next trial. Time to get the COP down pat from stand and we are set! He can do it from sit no worries but takes a step or 2 forward from the stand position.

Oh god I would have died!!

I love watching Ruby! :laugh: Such a happy girl in the ring :laugh:

Does anyone have a video of their dog doing the change of position n the CD ring?

Full yard access during the day. They are crated at night in the garage.

I had to vacuum the grass once because of those beans! Blew up the vaccy and they still werent all picked up! lol

Given the colour of the bricks a few screws would go pretty much un-noticed. How about some puppy panel type stuff attached to the bricks?

Oh my god! How scary!! The poor dog! The man clearly hurt himself too. But wow, How do you not make sure your dog is by your side on the right side of the door??

Oh my god! How scary!! The poor dog! The man clearly hurt himself too. But wow, How do you not make sure your dog is by your side on the right side of the door??

First 2 trials for the year entered! A double in March. We havent done much since we got our title but now Ive entered Im motivated to get training. Wont take too long to build him back up I dont think. Now if I could just pull him away from the palm tree berries! we will be right. He loves those things.

Agreed. Its a pretty great place especially with the friends made along the way! P.s Mr Shcu is too cute! He better be this cute on Saturday and not have changed on me! lol

That happens to my mums dog. She cant have it. Makes her vomit, have the runs and generally not well. Lasts a day or 2 and she was back to normal. Wasnt very nice for her. It doesnt affect my dog at all though. Weird.

Ive hardly done any training since our title. I have 2 weeks off over Christmas so will be training every day and hopefully we will get up to scratch for the CD ring next month. I have no idea how we will go!

Ill have 2 duck dogs thanks !Send em over ;)