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In between the March 25th dog obedience trials and the new obedience training classes starting end April, the B’dos. Dog Training Club slipped in another trial on April 22nd for Novice, Open and Utility. I was not there as Isabelle, my Bouvier Des Flandres, was in season. Congratulations to Zoe Marshall who achieved the CD […]
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March 25, was the date for the first obedience dog trials in Barbados for 2015. A lot of very keen contestants. There were no passes in the Utility and CDX and only 2 dogs competing at each of these levels in the trials. There was keen competition for the CD title and 11 dogs were […]
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The judge was Derek Smith, from the UK, who has judged at dog shows in Barbados twice before this visit. In 2009 when he was last here his comment on that critique was that he had 109 dogs to go over. March 15th, 2015, he had about 60 dogs in the ring, not counting the […]
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The dogs in the above photo are Chepam Valentina at Calliope (Isabella) at 11 months old and her closest playmate here, the Tibetan Terrier Ch. Araki Miss Conduct at Calliope C.D. (Tibby). Isabella plays with the other Bouviers here but loves the Tibetan Terrier, maybe because they were the same size when she arrived in […]
Geoff Corish was on his first judging assignment to Barbados. In the ring he had about 50 dogs to go over and critique. This judge is approved by The Kennel Club, UK, to award Challenge Certificates in the UK to the Akita, French Bulldog, and the Miniature Schnauzer which were at our show. He is […]
Continue reading about Barbados Kennel Club’s All Breeds Championship Dog Show, November 16, 2014
The judge, Tom Mather, was on his first assignment to Barbados. In the UK, he is approved by The Kennel Club to award Challenge Certificates to the French Bulldog breed on show here. Two of the other breeds which he is approved to award Challenge Certificates to in the UK and which were recently entered […]
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Dog training classes for the CD (Novice) Obedience title had a large record number of participants for the September, 2014 class at Waterford. Some of the dog breeds there were German Shepherd, Boxer, mixed breeds, rescues, Bouvier Des Flandres, Golden Retriever, and Labrador Retriever. In earlier days, a CD class might only have attracted 3 […]
Barbados and Top Dog Trainers I believe it was a record number of participants in the Waterford’s B’dos. Dog Training Club’s ring on Wednesday, July 23rd, all trying for CD legs and the CD title which is achieved after three legs of the CD trials are passed under different judges. Eleven people entered, and ten […]
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I am seeing so many kind people trying to help the RSPCA, some with donations of food, some giving their time to help walk and care the dogs there. Belinda Castle and her husband Jim, arrived in Barbados for one of their repeat vacations to the island. They follow the RSPCA through its Facebook page […]
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Chepam Valentina (Isabella) came first in class in the Saturday morning, June 21st, trials with The Barbados Dog Training Club’s Beginner Obedience Course. This course is just a basic one and the dogs on it are kept on leash for the trials. I understand a Labrador came first in the Thursday class trials. Izzy will […]
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