luckydog

Just checked the Geocities trial list and found this: Saturday 23/5/09 - HUNGARIAN VIZSLA CV Inc - Open Endurance Test (KCC Park) CANCELLED So its the Dalamation Club now on June 6, unless I am missing something it is the only test left in the Melb metro area....

So... how many people actually jog it?

So I decided to try and get an Endurance title with my 2.5 year old Golden Retriever. I have never jogged in my life but thought I should give it a go. Over the last two months we have jogged every second day, starting with just 400 meters (at which point I was gasping and ready for death) to the point where now I can jog 6km non stop (an achievement I am rather proud of). All the way Suzie (my Golden) just trots alongside showing no sign of discomfort and ALWAYS ready for a play when we are done. Now I am pondering, do we keep jogging 6km every second day? Do people regularly jog with their dogs? Does it have any long term health implications? BTW so far we stick to the grass.

Knox was another Maili day for me. Maili spent the morning heal pattern emulating a drag anchor, while her recall involved giving me a long hard stare. The afternoon session was doing much better, but with the heat she dropped in the sit stay, turning a 92 into a 72.... sigh....

I sense more than one email will be heading Pamelas way! After a few days... you can Google your own dog! How sweet is that? :D She will also post trial results here: http://www.geocities.com/vicobedience/trialresults.htm But clearly someone has to send them to her first, a quick email to trial secretary should achieve that....

Hi Shoemonster, :laugh: ;) Great work! :p Make sure to send an email to Pamela Gelme and she will post your title here: http://www.geocities.com/vicobedience/titleseight.htm Her email address is shown when you click on the dogbone towards the bottom of this page: http://www.geocities.com/vicobedience/index.htm

Group classes were not good for my dog. But the social aspect was great and doing a trial run-through is fantastic way to get feedback plus do group stays. The idea of doing one-on-one training close by so the dog is used to training with dogs near by is a great one.

As a bizarre co-incidence I drove past this place on the way to Berwick trial on Sunday and thought "wow look at the size of that place!" It is one large establishment.

http://www.woofpurnay.com.au

Hi all. Congrats to Kinta and Leopuppy on a pass, well done! BTW Leo, its Luckydog not Goldieboy, but hey I might change my nickname now! Suzie (my Golden) has been going through a real anxiety patch which culminated with her choosing to spend time with the judge rather than me during the heeling at the Morning session at Berwick, and while she was still quite uncertain about whether heeling was something she wanted to be doing in the afternoon session, we managed to scrape through with a pass of 170 (phew). Its been a downhill run, 193 at Ballarat, then 184 at the Vizila trial and now 170 at Berwick, but a pass is a pass! And now she her Novice Title (CD)! Now she gets some downtime to learn to relax and enjoy herself again. I am reading 'Control Unleashed' and I plan to use the strategies there to try and get her tail wagging when heeling. But the highlight???? Getting first prize and seventh prize in the raffle: one of these big feature water fountains plus a bag of dog food and a basketball.

Moorabbin to Ballarat was nearly a 2 hour drive, but worth every minute of it. Would happily do it again, esp as the clubs organization was top quality.

As Maili stares at the clicker and refuses to present ANY action but staring intently.... that would be ONE thought only

My local club also only does Obedience and Agility. It turns out they bought the equipment for Flyball but for reasons I cannot fathom they are not using it!

Go Denny! - is he a StarWars fan? :rolleyes:

Sounds like a truly great day, a great learning opportunity and a great chance to make new friends (both human and canine!). I am jealous! Well done!