ozjen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Nope, sorry to say but I go alot further back than that and have the grey hairs to prove it. But I have Mirawee who is good enough to run my dog in agility and jumping while I watch. Have you shown Jenna that whip?? We have a trial on Friday night remember Hope you have been working her hard since you got home from holidays :p The obedience in Vic Park is at Raphael Park (Or Rafael I can never remember how to spell it ) And it was way too hot today It was only meant to be around 30C! However I did manage to wash one of my yearling horses for the first time and take some nice photos of him Well we did take the girls to the beach for a good run and play but can't say they were overly keen to be active and I've run Jenna through the weavers and a few jumps, but she did act as though she had just run an endurence test and decided to hug the water dish instead. Will keep up the short sessions though even if I have to throw her over the jumps :p . In this weather she prefers air conditioned comfort, Fingers are crossed for a cool change on Friday and a well behaved dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozjen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 So does that mean I need to organise a Perth meet at my house? Yep, that sounds good. Just got to watch those youngsters that give lovebites, not mentioning any names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 In this weather she prefers air conditioned comfort, Fingers are crossed for a cool change on Friday and a well behaved dog. I know what you mean, mine just lay on the ground or Kyzer is a bit smarter and legs it for the nearest shade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab_Rat Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Fellow WA'er here - Hi All!! Hi thats ok mirawee, i gratuated 1996 Oh no I think I am the oldest!!!!!! *******Goes looking for grey hairs............................ Nope, sorry to say but I go alot further back than that and have the grey hairs to prove it. But I have Mirawee who is good enough to run my dog in agility and jumping while I watch. :p :p Looks like its you'n'me ozjen - so when did you leave school??? Oh how I wish I had graduated somewhere around 1990...something!! Oh well, good thing Im quite immature We got about 1mm rain - not good enough really, Im sooooooooooooooooo sick of the heat, the humidity and no rain! I think our dogs handle it better than me! We dont have aircon, but quite a well designed house re heating and cooling, but this last two weeks have just been yuck! Does anyone else here read the Quokka from cover to cover?? I found a few "strange" ads in the pet section, 'wanted' bit last night - someone looking for very rare, dont even think there are any in Aus, dogs. All herding breeds too............Oh and a dingo! I sometimes get a bit sad reading the ads though, there are soo many kittens it breaks my heart - why oh why cant people desex????? And I wont even go there with people looking for X dog to breed with their Y dog, who is oh so cute Pulease! Anyway, Im on RDOs now - dont go back to work til Thursday, yay!! Sleep ins and playing with my girls. Fencing and stuff as well, to keep our small smart-alec lamington out of the horse yard! Rat Well without giving too much away I was married in 1979 but still young at heart if not in body. I'm an avid Quokka fan but like you I sometimes feel sad at the number of designer breeds being rehomed with their first litter when people realise that their pups don't sell as well as the high priced petshop ones. What herding breeds were people looking for? I haven't bought a Quokka for a while. Dingoes are occassionally available but they do have very special needs. Personally as much as I love Dingoes I think it is a shame that they are available to the public as so many people aready have problems catering to their domestic dogs and cats. :D Thanks Ozjen - I feel alot younger now ;) They were after Briard, Bergamasco and Bouvier des Flandres as well as the Dingo!! Maybe theyre just after a 'rare' dog I dunno??? I dont think Ive heard of Bergamascos in Australia tho.. I agree about the dingo, beautiful animals but not for the average joe public I dont think! A work mate had one from up north and she was a gorgeous girl, and he was the right kind of person to have one, but I wouldnt even go there! I have enough trouble with the ridgy :rofl: Mirawee - yes a pony patting party at your place sounds fun :) Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozjen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Are you going to share these horse photos!?!? In a dog forum? OK... The palomino is my yearling Quarter Horse x Thoroughbred gelding, Xavi, who is unfortunately for sale since I have two Anglo Arab yearling fillies who are keepers And yes I do cross breed horses :p But they are all bred for performance/showing The naughty foal is Aeryn who is jumping on her mother Abbey... took that shot today as well and if you want horsey photos I figure you will enjoy it :p Abbey is a Holsteiner and Aeryn's dad is a KWPN warmblood... hopefully she will be a brilliant showjumper when older! Wow, didn't realise that was Xavi, gee he certainly developed rich colour,I thought he would be more Diva's colour, he's lovely. That's not to say Diva isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 My cousins had a dingo cross (no really, they lived in Kal) and she was the sweetest dog. They would always get wild dingos come to thier fence and they would just stare at each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozjen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I kinda feel like changing mine, but I think it's stuck :p I want to change it to be obviously Chesapeake but I might just wait till I (one day) get a prefix and make it that. (I just realised that my sig looks photo shopped but it's not :p ) I wanted to change my name to my prefix once i got it but i love my name too much now and don'twant to change it!! I use it on other forums as well (mostly dog forums though!) and i have used my prefix on one forum but can't get used to it!! i love your new siggy!! very arty Love the horse pics mirawee! does anyone know anywhere in perth that you can take herding breeds just to see what they can do? I thought about doinng it with the OES as he tends to like to round up stuff and thought it might be fun for him... but i don't know where to start looking... we got about 10 minutes of fat rain on Saturday afternoon... right after the massive stormwhich caused a small fire close by. at the time i was outsidein a puddle of water bathing a sopping wet Old English... I love storms but that one was MUCH too close for comfort. It frightened Charlie, and it freaked out poor Ari for about an hour. Anyway, waiting out the storm put us back about half an hour and I didn't get charlie to the show on Saturday night which sucked... i can't wait for our next show!! Steph Gibson does herding classes out at Mandurah, we've been a couple of times and so has Mirrawee and it is our dogs only experience with sheep. Also I believe there is a guy in the hills that does classes, Mirrawee would probabaly know more. Some of the dogs you least expect to be naturals with sheep turn out to be the best ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozjen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks Ozjen - I feel alot younger now They were after Briard, Bergamasco and Bouvier des Flandres as well as the Dingo!! Maybe theyre just after a 'rare' dog I dunno??? I dont think Ive heard of Bergamascos in Australia tho.. I agree about the dingo, beautiful animals but not for the average joe public I dont think! A work mate had one from up north and she was a gorgeous girl, and he was the right kind of person to have one, but I wouldnt even go there! I have enough trouble with the ridgy :p :p Mirawee - yes a pony patting party at your place sounds fun Rat I bet you do wish I could say the same. I think there might be some Brairds around (interstate) and there was a litter of 10 Bouviers born recently in WA, 4 boys and 6 girls. Can't say I've seen any Bergamscos though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I dont think Ive heard of Bergamascos in Australia tho.. There is a breeder in NSW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharna3 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi All, Wondering if there are any WA dog lovers out there who would be interested in getting involved in Lure Coursing ? I'm trying to establish a lure coursing club, if I can get enough interested parties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess live die Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi All,Wondering if there are any WA dog lovers out there who would be interested in getting involved in Lure Coursing ? I'm trying to establish a lure coursing club, if I can get enough interested parties! this will sound so silly but wats that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest belgian.blue Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi All,Wondering if there are any WA dog lovers out there who would be interested in getting involved in Lure Coursing ? I'm trying to establish a lure coursing club, if I can get enough interested parties! this will sound so silly but wats that I'm with Jess, what is that!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Lure coursing is commonly a sighthound sport although any breed can compete. The dogs on a course chase a fake lure & compete for titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipitgood Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Wondering if there are any WA dog lovers out there who would be interested in getting involved in Lure Coursing ? I'm trying to establish a lure coursing club, if I can get enough interested parties! YES YES YES!!! And i could guarantee at least another 5 people with Whippets that would be interested too! :p Where would you do it? At Cannington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyjules Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Wondering if there are any WA dog lovers out there who would be interested in getting involved in Lure Coursing ? I'm trying to establish a lure coursing club, if I can get enough interested parties! YES YES YES!!! And i could guarantee at least another 5 people with Whippets that would be interested too! :p Where would you do it? At Cannington? Absolutely! We tried to do it with the retired racing Greyhounds that had been adopted some time ago at Cannington race track but the racing industry wouldn't be in it, they would have needed tractor driver, vet etc on course and the only day available would have been Sunday - not a problem with us being Owners but tractor driver, vet etc would want paying - and being their only day off! Unless you could find an enclosed oval somewhere that would be willing, we used to have Greyhound playgroup at the German Shepherd Assoc in Southern River they had a huge enclosed straight track the Greys could run up and down to their hearts content but then they wouldn't allow us to go there anymore. We would definately be up for it as I'm sure would other Greyhound owners, if you need a hand please let me know. Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 OH I would love to but sadly too far away - there are a few occasions when I wished I lived closer to Perth - I am sooooo jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommy Lhasa Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hope you don't mind me butting in on your thread. I'm in the UK at the moment, but hoping to be in WA within the next few months and will be bringing my Lhasa Apso with me of course. Once she gets through quarentine and I get her registered with Dogs West, I'm hoping to be able to do some showing over there. I've been reading up on your show system (which is so different to ours) and trying to get my head around it, but I'm hoping you will be able to give me some tips if needed. My family and I are so looking forward to life out there, our son married an Aussie girl and has been there for 10 years now. We have 2 young grandsons who we can't wait to spend more time with. We've been over there several times over the years and love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas1981 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hope you don't mind me butting in on your thread. I'm in the UK at the moment, but hoping to be in WA within the next few months and will be bringing my Lhasa Apso with me of course.Once she gets through quarentine and I get her registered with Dogs West, I'm hoping to be able to do some showing over there. I've been reading up on your show system (which is so different to ours) and trying to get my head around it, but I'm hoping you will be able to give me some tips if needed. My family and I are so looking forward to life out there, our son married an Aussie girl and has been there for 10 years now. We have 2 young grandsons who we can't wait to spend more time with. We've been over there several times over the years and love it! Welcome, I am also an immigrant, cant help you with the show info though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab_Rat Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 To DOL Pommy Lhasa - How exiting for you, moving all that way! Bet you cant wait to spend time with your grandies!! Ill let the more experience showies help you out in that department, Ive only done *cough* about a half dozen shows Sharna - lure coursing would be great fun, but like rommi n lewis, Im too far from Perth to commit!! I cant even get to obedience classes an hour away Im sure Ive got a picture somewhere of ridgies racing/lure coursing somewhere over east. Ahhh, it would be so much fun!! Closest I get is playing hide and seek chasey with my two nutters! Its so much fun, they get so into it, chasing me around trees and cars, while I try and sneak to the next obstacle Anyone get to the shows on the weekend?? Any results?? Group 4..... Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess live die Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 bummer to far for me too lol i dont drive hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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