Agility
Group obedience and agility dog classes resume end April with The B’dos. Dog Training Club. Obedience classes will be at basic level and also more advanced levels. It was nice having a break of a few weeks in between dog training. On April 10th, there were dog obedience trials: congratulations to the following who have [...]
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Continue reading about Group obedience and agility training for dogs, 2nd quarter, 2013
Looks like an interesting year to me and a year which suggests that some dog enthusiasts are moving away from conformation dog shows and getting involved in other dog activities which they regard as more fun. Dog shows only involve pedigree dogs but dog activities like agility can include all dogs whatever the mix. And [...]
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B’DOS. DOG TRAINING CLUB I understand the B’dos. Dog Training Club sponsored walk did very well. This club does give back to the community as can be seen from its recent presence at the local Agrofest where groups of people, especially children, enjoyed the dog agility demonstration put on by them. Below is a [...]
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Scheduled for Saturday, November 24th, 2012, at Lion Castle’s Polo grounds, the Ark Animal Welfare Society expects to have all kinds of stalls, over 50 stalls where people can start shopping for Xmas gifts. A fun day out with children, under 12, admitted free. A DJ, snacks and teas, a dog agility exhibition put on [...]
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Continue reading about Ark, a dog rescue organisation in Barbados organises a fund raising fun day
“Tibby” is now made up as a Champion. She won 2 out of 2 Best Puppy in Show under Jeff Horswell and Robin Searle and also the Utility Group under Robin Searle. Her third Challenge Certificate came from Valerie Foss. She loves agility and we have been doing mainly obstacles as she is still young [...]
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Agrofest which started some years ago in Barbados is eagerly looked forward to by exhibitors wishing to enter their stock in shows for sheep, pigs, beef and dairy livestock. And for spectators, it is a fun and educational event. The traffic numbers show that the show is well supported by locals and tourists. Last year [...]
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Final agility session for Rita for the year. Only 2 Golden Retrievers and 1 German Shepherd turned up for tonight’s class and although we did a course, there were no squatter toys as prizes. I don’t think Rita minded that as she prefers other rewards and it is more my other Bouviers who like squatter [...]
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This photo was taken tonight after an agility class and yes, except for Rita, the Bouvier, a German Shepherd dog, a Papillon, and an Akita mix who were not in the photo, all the dogs were Golden Retrievers. A couple of reasons for this. The chief trainers in Barbados from the Barbados Dog Training Club [...]
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The Barbados Kennel Club’s October and November All Breeds Championship Dog shows are fast approaching and I expect a lot of the exhibitors will go to Waterford with their dogs for handling classes on Sunday mornings. I usually take Rita and Rhapsody and hope that there is some friendly person around who likes dogs and [...]
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Continue reading about Dog activities in Barbados for last quarter, 09
Agility restarted a few weeks ago, and Rita (Rap’s litter sister out of Netherlands import Ch. Rick Lois From the Dogsfarm at Calliope and the UK import Ch. Farleycross So Far So Good of Calliope) whom I had booked for the agility class and was working with in agility now for a while, went into [...]
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