Sir Sniffalot

2 c here this morning l couldn't take Hamish out in that so l had the day off and Hamish had a run on the treadmill, l hope the weather is kind to us expecting 1.8 c tonight and a high of 11 tomorrow.

Trial sec for GSDCV rang to confirm they have our entry l hope everyone has their entries in, there are just enough that a ballot wont be needed. Fingers crossed for no late entries ;)

Spoke to the show sec for GSDVC l forgot to specify we would be biking on the entry apparently a number of people have done the same. Our entries have not arrived yet , she said enteries are open till Sat week and it looks like being a ballot We are doing Canberra in Sept with Isaac if anyone wants to tag along :D

Oh Buggar :( I feel for you, all that work & now pulls up lame, which ET were going to participate??? Have entered GSDCV later this month

Took Hamish out for 8 km's today, just went out to bring him inside for the night and noticed he is lame , hope it's nothing serious, just my luck it would be and we will miss the next few weekends of shows and the ET.

l think there were only 3 dogs at GSDCV's ET last year that were not GSD's, so there could be a fair few of us trying for spots considering there could be a number of GSD's . Although l would be upset if we missed out there is always next year Hamish is not two until the 14th of June hence why we decided on this ET.

Well done today Murve and Orlando too. It will be an anxious wait this week until we know who has made it into GSDCV ET. l am glad they give us a fair bit of notice if we dont make it in considering it's a fair travel for some of us and all the planning that goes with it. Fingers crossed we all get in.

Doing one of the last few ET's l anticipated there being a rush at the end and the chance of being Balloted out, not much we can do.

There seems to be a few of us aiming for the GSDCV ET, do you think they will hold another ET if there are too many entries or will they ballot some of us out ?

Yeah l will one with each dog, my other boy is almost 5 so it's great l won't have to leave it another year to do his.

Whoo hoo, it does not clash with the Royals, we will be doing it.

Hi Sir Sniffalot,I'll be there and will look out for you. I'll be the one that looks like a judge :)Though not sure of the date, I beleive the Canberra ET will be in September.M l dont think we'll have any trouble spotting you, anyone else doing this ET. Have finally mastered riding with two hands on the handle bars, starting off holding the lead with one hand but we have it sorted now. Where will they advertise the date for the Canberra ET when it is decided.

Good luck to everyone with ET's coming up, can't wait to hear how you all go . We sent our entries off today for the GSD one next month. Anyone else doing it be sure to say hi, l'll be the lady with the gold cocker spaniel. Any news on when the Canberra ET will be held ?

l saw some made out of green shade cloth at a show, it looked so nice and cool in there but l forgot to ask where they got them from.

We just sent in our papers and desexing cert, only done it last week so could be months before we get anything back

We just got back from 6km's in the rain our first real chance to try wet grass, puddles and riding into wind and rain. Not much fun but we can tick that off now.

Willingness test - can anyone point me in the direct as to what is required ? We only started obedience in March with view to doing the ET and have just move into class 3, not sure if we have covered what is expected on the day ???

Wow this thread is really moving along now. Hamish is going great with his training, 3 x 5km's per week, 1 x 8km's with a 10km on the weekend, he is managing really well and we have had the kids out with their dogs so he can get use to dogs in front and behind him as well as catching up to his place in line incase of a toilet stop. We are going to do the 25th of June ET at the GSD Club Cherry Lake Reserve, Altona. Hamish will be 2 years and 9 days old for it Just wondering what lengh lead are people using ? Is it required to be a certain lengh ? Anyone else doing the Altona ET ?

Hi all, how's everyone going with your training ? How many km's are you all doing and how often ? We are doing about 3-5 km's every second day just walking and 8 -10 km's on the bike twice a week, with a day off for shows or obedience class. Aiming for a late June early July ET. Really pleased with my little mans progress, by the time we do this ET he will look like the Hulk.

Was just saying to OH the other day next show l am camping at l'll take the float instead, could certainly fit everything in that way.

My numbers started arriving today. Excited !!!

Really looking forward to these shows but with having entered Noorat the weekend before it's going to be a busy week and abit.

No, riding on the road with your dog is illegal. We rode past our local police station the other day and one of the officers were outside, l asked him if it was OK to train on the roads around town and he said yeah just remember your helmet next time. Ahhh small country towns. Don't know why l didn't think of using one of his snoods but l still need to work on him moving at a safer distance from the bike.

What going on with the events calander, it has no shows on it for May, how can l plan what shows l will and wont do if l can't see whats on ? Prefer the old events calander much easier to read too.

l think our Molly has a low drive, she is a challange to train as nothing motivates her, l would love for her to achieve her CCD title but she lacks the desire to perform the tasks asked, and lacks the desire for rewards, l think this is due to her rough start in life she does not feel he need to interact with us, she knows l wont starve her, no interest in toys or other dogs she is a very low maintance easy going dog. She knows her stuff but a recall is her slowly walking upto me and sitting a foot away, to her she performed the task asked to me l want her to be moving faster and coming all the way to me. Our boy is not high drive but middle of the range he understand getting the job done results in a treat or his fav toy, he is a joy to train, once he knows what's being asked he gets it right and gets the goodies. To me Molly has potential that hasn't been tapped into, hopefully as l learn more l can find a way to approach training her further.