This Sunday, October 23, we will begin our Cowley Hall Club Day at 9:30 with scent hurdle, followed by standard obedience, conformation and rally O.
Hope to see you there!!
The Prez
The Gang
Ain't We Got Fun?
Friday, October 21, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sad News
It is with a heavy heart that we report that Deb Golding said a last farewell on Saturday to her wonderful young shepherd, Fyre, diagnosed with liver failure earlier in the week.
Fyre was the dog that never put a foot wrong. Right from the start, although she was the littlest of the group, she had an 'old dog's sense' about her. She was so accepting of everything people asked of her. She was the first of the litter to try anything and she excelled at tracking; her favorite activity. She had a quiet confidence about her and the other pups never messed with her. She just had that look.
Fyre was Deb's 'keeper of secrets, her heart dog; she knew all Deb's hopes and dreams and Deb knew they were safe with her.
As Debbie says, "There will be an emptiness in my home and heart for a very, very, long time." Now we wait for the next rainbow or for the northern lights to let us know that Fyre has made her way to Smoke, Mike, Den and Koke."
Our hearts go out to Deb, and to Shar and Cathy, who loved Fyre like she was their own.
As did I.
The Prez
Fyre was the dog that never put a foot wrong. Right from the start, although she was the littlest of the group, she had an 'old dog's sense' about her. She was so accepting of everything people asked of her. She was the first of the litter to try anything and she excelled at tracking; her favorite activity. She had a quiet confidence about her and the other pups never messed with her. She just had that look.
Fyre was Deb's 'keeper of secrets, her heart dog; she knew all Deb's hopes and dreams and Deb knew they were safe with her.
As Debbie says, "There will be an emptiness in my home and heart for a very, very, long time." Now we wait for the next rainbow or for the northern lights to let us know that Fyre has made her way to Smoke, Mike, Den and Koke."
Our hearts go out to Deb, and to Shar and Cathy, who loved Fyre like she was their own.
As did I.
The Prez
Monday, October 3, 2011
First Club Day a Success
Yesterday was the first SAWHDA club day at the Cowley Hall and it was well-attended for sure.
We began with warm-ups and work in obedience and then Tubby Miller stepped in to judge the Open and Novice routines. We practiced sits/downs as well and went away with a set idea of what we have to work on to further ready our dogs for competition.
We moved on to scent hurdle practice and had some good performances here as well. Kipper even managed to find his dumbbell! It was great to see Donnie, Darryl, Liz, Amanda, Kim, Judy, and Jolene again.
We did some relay sprints and barrels with those club dogs that are travelling to Fort Macleod for the October 15th performance and then we did a Novice Rally course as well. Hobie loves the relays as does Drummer. And MoJo was running hard again, which is so nice to see. I think he wore Russell out!
We loved the Elvis tunes, especially for Rally.
In between, MaryEllen helped us with conformation practice with the pups and we had a chance to visit with Lanny, Barb's new fluffy puppy.
And a couple of us pulled out the old-style "armed" flyball box and worked our dogs at that. Drummer pretty well has the idea up close and now will work on distance and jumps. Ryder too. Tessa just loved the entire idea of a ball being tossed to her from a machine. And Hunter lucked out and hit the box a couple of times. He has the best catch, but then I think he has the widest mouth too!
We ended our day around two o'clock. Thanks to all who attended. It is so good to see you again.
The Prez
We began with warm-ups and work in obedience and then Tubby Miller stepped in to judge the Open and Novice routines. We practiced sits/downs as well and went away with a set idea of what we have to work on to further ready our dogs for competition.
We moved on to scent hurdle practice and had some good performances here as well. Kipper even managed to find his dumbbell! It was great to see Donnie, Darryl, Liz, Amanda, Kim, Judy, and Jolene again.
We did some relay sprints and barrels with those club dogs that are travelling to Fort Macleod for the October 15th performance and then we did a Novice Rally course as well. Hobie loves the relays as does Drummer. And MoJo was running hard again, which is so nice to see. I think he wore Russell out!
We loved the Elvis tunes, especially for Rally.
In between, MaryEllen helped us with conformation practice with the pups and we had a chance to visit with Lanny, Barb's new fluffy puppy.
And a couple of us pulled out the old-style "armed" flyball box and worked our dogs at that. Drummer pretty well has the idea up close and now will work on distance and jumps. Ryder too. Tessa just loved the entire idea of a ball being tossed to her from a machine. And Hunter lucked out and hit the box a couple of times. He has the best catch, but then I think he has the widest mouth too!
We ended our day around two o'clock. Thanks to all who attended. It is so good to see you again.
The Prez
Helena News
News From Judy Hunt
We attended a dog show in Helena, Mt last weekend and I am happy to say that Kona got 2 majors, 3 points each day….her first US points. She now has 6 points.
Roxy did Rally Novice and got respectable scores of 91 & 92.
Good for you, Judy. Nice to see, once again, the dogs performing in both the conformation and performance rings.
The Prez
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Group first win
Jeff & Cheryl's Brenner taking a Group First at the Castlegar Dog Show
Ch. Kris-T's The King & I
Well done !!!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
New Title from the USA Performance Ring
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| Mary Ellen & Tess with Judge Chris Cornell High in Class to gain her Rally Advanced Title Congratulations!!! |
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Club Days for October
Every Sunday in October is now booked for Club Days.
* We begin every club day at 9:30 with obedience routines for those who are getting ready for shows. (judge on hand).
*Obedience drills for those who are working certain exercises in obedience amid distractions. (pups doing their practice next to you)
*Scent hurdle / Rally course available for set up to use while scent and other club routines are in progress)
*Club routines........relay sprints, barrels, square dance, Old-style flyball .... the one where the dog actually has to catch the ball....
We need judges and rally course setters for those days so please let us know if you can help out.
We are lucky in that we can leave our mats down until Tuesday night. Yay!!!
Hope you can make it.
Reminder to square dancers that we are going to Fort Macleod on the 15th of October.
Judi
Ryder and Mojo ....
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