B’dos. Dog Training Club’s Obedience Trials
The dog in the photo is my Tibetan Terrier, Ch. Araki Miss Conduct at Calliope. She competes in conformation shows and runs in agility as well as being trained at Novice level with The B’dos. Dog Training Club. She gets on very well with my Bouviers as she is not dog agressive. She has achieved leg A of the Novice but needs to pass legs B and C to have the CD title.
For those of us who have dogs in agility, obedience and also do conformation shows, it has been a busy period. A conformation show was on March 17 and for those of us with coated breeds, it is more challenging to prepare a dog for shows. And I, like most other people, I suspect, am glad of a four week break with no competitive dog activities and classes to attend.
When training resumes with The B’dos. Dog Training Club in late April, with agility and obedience, the dogs and their owners would have had a rest.
CD and CDX trials were yesterday evening. Congrats to Sarah Hamilton for passing the first leg of the CDX and also the second leg of the CD trials with (2) Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Brenda Kaufman, in my opinion, has done a fantastic job rescuing 2 puppies, what we would call “cane” puppies. As adults, one passed CD level B, and the other passed level A. I was impressed with Linda Pearson and her German Shepherd puppy, from working lines, who got the top score in part A of the Novice CD.
The trainer for the class was Rosemary Coghlan (from The B’dos. Dog Training Club). And she will be the trainer when classes resume in April.
Trials for the beginner’s group will be this evening. The beginner’s group is not marked hard and most people will pass but the trials give the people who have paid for training a feel at the end of the class, whether their dog/puppy will do the things the training class promotes such as sits, stands, downs with stays and heeling on leash. In the beginner’s class, the dog is always on leash but it becomes familiar also with a simple recall and come. And then if the handlers are keen, they can progress to the more advanced level of novice with off leash exercises. And, of course, basic obedience is needed for agility and some participants like to go on to that.
I like the fact that the dogs are in an enclosed environment at The B’dos. Dog Training Club’s location and there is a variety of dogs, and also people of different training levels on the B’dos. Dog Training Club classes.
People do not have to be a member of the club to do basic dog training but to participate in agility and also at advanced obedience level, they need to be club members. My dogs are usually trained from puppies and the social interaction with other dogs is good for them and I enjoy training with other experienced trainers.
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