Training

Shane on September 12th, 2010

I noticed the article for dogs being critiqued and just had to mention somethings (at least mainly about gaiting). Well what was stated was in fact true, if a dog has been born and raised in a warm climate, they would have been use to it. However, one must realize though that the heat can […]

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Margaret on September 9th, 2010

Around the middle of September, The B’dos. Dog Training Club will be resuming its training classes for Beginners’ Obedience, Novice (CD title) and the Open (CDX). Classes for various levels of agility will also be resuming. I plan to alternate Rita and Rhapsody on the Open class as both of them have achieved the Novice […]

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Margaret on August 29th, 2010

Wayne Nicholls, I believe, is the chief judge in Barbados for the open (CDX) and as Wayne told me this morning, he has been judging dog obedience for a long time. He started training in 1972 and in 1976 was judging on his own. He also used to judge obedience in the nearby island of […]

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Margaret on August 23rd, 2010

Barbados has an active Surfing Association and places like the Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, are popular spots for local and visiting surfers to wait for the waves to ride. We host surfing competitions in Barbados and we also send teams to international surfing competitions. So far I have not seen any surfing dogs in Barbados but […]

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Margaret on July 20th, 2010

Dogs have been man’s friend for a very long time and it is interesting to see how their usefulness has evolved from being a guard or watch dog, a companion type dog, a farm worker herding sheep and cattle to the more specialized training we are seeing today. For many years now, dogs have been […]

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Margaret on July 9th, 2010

I have Bouvier Des Flandres dogs. This is a breed noted for herding and guard dog abilities. It is a breed which is also fun loving and loves to be around its owner(s). It is a breed which is alert and intelligent. It is not a subservient breed and does seem to get bored with […]

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Margaret on July 1st, 2010

A disappointing night for several handlers. Highest mark in the CD trials went to a Golden Retriever who was handled by Jean Ray and this is the successful completion of the first leg of the trials. In second place was a Labrador Retriever handled by Zoe Marshall who has now also passed the first leg […]

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Margaret on June 26th, 2010

Wednesday next week should have the largest amount of dogs on record doing a CD trial through The Barbados Dog Training Club. The dogs are at different levels and I believe a dog doing leg C will be marked harder than a dog doing leg A. The CD title consists of legs A, B and […]

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Margaret on June 7th, 2010

Today was the Thanksgiving Service and internment of Anthony Harris. “Tony” as most of us called him, had been around the dog scene in Barbados for a long time. He would have served in the positions of President, Vice President and on the Committee of the local Barbados Dog Training Club. Besides being a trainer […]

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Margaret on May 1st, 2010

It is interesting to read about the therapy dogs which visit hospitals and cheer up persons who may be sick and dying. I think it is also great of the handlers who probably feel empathy with the patients to take the dogs to do the visits. And therapy dogs who help children, who have problems […]

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