Margaret on February 22nd, 2010

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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Margaret on November 16th, 2009

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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Margaret on November 9th, 2009

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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Margaret on September 10th, 2009

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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Margaret on May 3rd, 2009

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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Margaret on January 14th, 2009

Agility with The B’dos. Dog Training Club resumed its activities in early January.  On its beginners’ classes are 13 dogs, one is a “mixed” breed and one is a German Shepherd from the Working Group.  I understand the others are from the Gundog group. Rita, a daughter of Rick Lois who is pictured above and [...]

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Margaret on December 25th, 2008

Kathrin Tasker provided me with this pix. of her winning dog, Chi Qui.  He’s a young dog, just over 2 years old. She said he did a clear run in the morning which put them into 3rd position in the semi finals and then they did a top performance in the afternoon, to emerge the [...]

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Margaret on December 24th, 2008

We just received the news that Kathrin Tasker won the prestigious Novice Agility Championship at the Olympia Horse Show. She said 10′s of thousands of people were there, including the television crew. Kathrin has had quite a long association with our local B’dos. Dog Training Club and when she visits Barbados on holiday, she will [...]

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