Games and Good Work

Small but mighty group met at the Cowley Hall Sunday for some Rally Obedience work and some scent games.  We were especially excited to see Laura, Max and Sir on hand to have some fun as Laura is just beginning to feel better after a long and scary bout of respiratory problems. 

We set out an innocent but deadly Excellent Rally Course and the best of the best went to Laura and Max with a very smooth performance.  The course was named, "Made You Look" and an extra walk through or two proved to be the best 'course' of action.

Next we did some clicker work with Sir and Daisy to begin dumbbell work.  Both were immediately thinking about the dumbbell.  A good start.  Castle practiced delivering the dumbbell to hand. 


We set up some jumps and a scent box in order to 'test' Max on his scent skills and he passed with flying colors. We welcome Max and Laura to Due South!!!

Next, we brought Castle, Beckett, Sir, Justice, and Daisy out.  Daisy and Beckett did jumps to the box and back.   Sir did one jump to the box for a treat.  Justice did no jumps, but went to the box and picked up his dumbbell.  Castle did all jumps and picked up his dumbbell.  Everyone did fine.

Enough work done, we let the dogs play a different game.  One by one, off leash, the dogs used their noses to decide which of the hollow Easter eggs had treats in them.  It was sooooo interesting to see the different levels of excitement and the individual styles of indication.  Sir pounced on the eggs.
Castle bit the egg open.  Foxx pawed the egg. Drummer fetched the egg.  Remmie pushed the egg around with his nose.  And each dog became more excited after its first turn.  What fun they had and we will certainly do this activity again.  A nice way to end the day for the dogs.

Of course we stuffed ourselves with veggie trays and warm scones and tidbits.  And we shared some funny stories of things that had happened to us or our dogs in the past.  Lore offered to bring her grooming kit and show us some ways to prep a double coated dog for the ring using some enhancements to accent the outline.  

Shar won $12.50 from the 50/50 draw. 

We are on again next Saturday but will actually do  a show Rally Obedience course and the standard Novice and Open routines as if we were at a show.  No prizes but performances will
be scored as feedback for the handlers.

We will use the entire hall so we will begin with Rally excellent obedience walk-throughs at
9:15. 

Rally will be followed by Open obedience and Novice.  
Cost is $5.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members for the day's activities.

Anyone wishing to do a Pre-Novice or Utility run should contact the Prez
at  shadowbr@telusplanet.net  ahead of time.

Hope to see you there!!!

The Prez