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Pippa had her puppies this afternoon. 2 boys and 2 girl. Sad news is we lost one of the girls Remaining three are going great guns, most active litter I've had yet!

Forgot to mention Ron Smith . Not only one of the best stewards but one of the nicest guys you could meet!! He is show manager for a few of our local shows and he is great to work with!

Len Goffin is one of my favourites in Vic

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I was exactly the same with Pippa's first litter (and I probebly will be with this one too ) Don't feel embarrassed, better to be safe than sorry Last time Pippa started frantic nesting at 7am, she didn't start contractions until 5am the next morning. Will be thinking of you today, tonight and tomorrow morning Good luck!!

I noticed that!! Dogs went in with great toplines, half way round they were bum high, then running low

I got my numbers, I'm only entered on Tuesday and it depends on Pippa if I go or not. I've never showed inside at Bulla before, can you set up inside with trolley and chair or do you have to set up outside? I've had a look in there once and there doesn't seem to be a lot of room. I might not have had a very good look though

Best of luck SP!! I hope all goes well and I can't wait to see puppy pic's

There are new props at the Barclay Motel. They sound lovely and welcome dogs but STRICTLY no dogs in rooms. You stayed there last shows didn't you? Yep, we stayed there last time, I thought there were no dogs allowed in rooms last time? If I do come up again I would probebly camp on the grounds, depending on the weather

Yes! What did you get and where are the photo's??!!

9th Group 2: First Number: 226 Last Number: 323 Cairns: 6 ETA: 8th - Cairns: 6

I am hoping to enter, just trying to find someone to go up with, too long a drive by myself I love these shows and the venue so fingers crossed I can find someone to drag along

There were a lot of lame dogs in the rings too, not lame when they went in but were when they had finished Lots of spikey harsh grass. I know it's not the show commitee's fault, but the grounds were not the best this year. I only had Brian entered and he came home with Reserve CC & Minor of Breed, nice early day for us

Any group 3 results?

Pippa's X Ray showed 4 puppies There might be one hiding behind another, couldn't quite make it out, but 4 sounds perfect to me for her last litter Super excited now, only just over a week to go

When I was using Eagle Pack all I got was a bag with brouchers and a sample pack of puppy food which was enough for 2 meals? Maybe they have changed since. I just found this thread after I ordered my Advance Puppy Packs last night I hope they turn up!

Which is why I mentioned it, incase anyone thought they were missleading people with false information without visiting the site to see for themselves It clearly states 2008

No its not...Im ranked the number 1 breeder in the country, she was the leader in 08 It does say that they were Number 1 in 2008. They seem to have some lovely dogs

I use Dazzle Dog on the show JRT's and Fido's Aloe Vera Gel Shampoo on the rest. I LOVE the smell of Fido's!

This describes Jake my 2yr old JRT perfectly If you take your JRTs to an offlead exercise area, do they want to be with you or off checking stuff out? Are they happy to zoom back to your side from greeting other dogs? How did they cope with group obedience training sessions.. was it easy to keep them focussed on you, even when offlead? Of course they are off checking things out, they are terriers after all Pippa's recall has never failed. She will spot a bunny and take off but as soon as I call her, she comes. I have done many group training sessions with her and using food in training, it was VERY easy to keep her focussed, on and off lead. She is a beautiful worker but she learned quickly that trial ring = no food Maintaining focus without distractions is not a challenge for most dogs. Add other things of interest and the challenges may begin. Adding the requirement for complete focus over a fairly long period of time just ups the degree of difficulty. During formal obedience trialling, the handler cannot encourage or reward the dog during exercises and all forms of motivator are banned from the ring. Which is the problem. I always tell people that JRT's will do just about anything for thier owners, but not for nothing, they are not a 'just want to please you' type of breed. Training sessions are always short, if they get bored, you have lost them, and it's hard to get them back. Are posters familiar with what's required of a dog for formal obedience trialling? Formal, directed retrieving is one such aspect. So are long group stays in a variety of positions with the handler out of sight in the higher levels. Scent discrimination is also required. Yes, I am quite familliar. I have been involve in my local Obedience club for about 20 years and I have helped my mum trial her dogs (one who is one pass short of Triple CH) I have no doubt in my mind that if I stuck with it, Pippa could have been a fantastic obedience dog, it just doesn't interest me as much as other things. She does the drop on recal, broad jump and several other exercises, but I only done them for fun. She is not a retriever, never has been, so my hopes of gaining anything past CD were always just a dream JRTs can do these things.. but they still aren't a breed that jumps out at me as a likely obedience trialling prospect. But they can be, in the right hands. If someone is experienced in Obedience and have the time and patience to put into them, they can be some of the best little workers around As I said earlier, they'd be a better bet for agility. And your right, they love to run and jump and do make fantastic Agility dogs, we have several training at our local club.

I see where Poodlefan is coming from. I can say that JRT's are very easy to train for obedience but for competitive trialing, they do need a lot of work and patience!! I have done Tracking with Pippa which she was awesome at, I also done some obedience, she is fantastic in training as she knows there are treats and balls on offer for correct behaviour etc. but put her in the trial ring and she knows I cannot give her anything! She will still work but not with the same attitude. She will also not do the stays very often. She gets bored and just gets up and wanders off Recall is fantastc, I taught her that early but she is too smart for her own good in every other instance. I know few UD titled JRT's and more in the lower rankings, it can be done but it's not for the faint hearted As for the other Q's, all my guys are different. Pippa is very independent and will sit on my lap when she feels like it. She loves her walks and is insane with water but she isn't overly energetic. Stella is a little ball of energy, she bounces of the walls and the back of my legs! She is also the most sooky, loves her cuddles and loves being carried around. Paige is like a kangaroo when she gets walked, she doesn't walk, she bounces the whole time She will come to you for a cuddle but she doesn't like you picking her up. Brian is my shadow, he loves me if I go outside, he comes with me, if I get on the couch, he gets on the couch and licks my face to death. He has energy to burn but most of the time just wants to be with me.

I'll be there! Only an hour from home

The update has been on the DOGS Vic website since Thursday but I do see your point. A lot of confused people yesterday trying to find out what time it was starting.

Yep, as the weather has dropped, it is back to a 9am start time.It's on the DOGS Vic website and they announced during the night. Group 2 BIG - Staffy (Bronyayr Comedy of Errors) RUBIG - Wire Foxy Baby - Smooth Foxie Minor - Staffy Puppy - ? Junior - RUBIG Inter - Cairn Aus Bred - ? Open - Staffy Sorry I missed some, was putting cool coats back on dogs and getting changed and missed a few classes :D Best of Breed Border Terrier was Burrowa Canny Lad Bitch CC was Ricki, not sure if her of Archie were RUBOB. Brian had a good night picking up an 11pt Best of Breed from the minor class, the judge was aparently a JRT breeder from Italy!

Well I went and I am glad I did. Sure it was warm, but you get that in summer! Just need to look after our dogs and ourselves. Me too, had a good night! Dogs were kept cool in their cool coats and play pen And for the record, just incase anyone missed it... 9AM start for Saturday!!