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Hi africandreams, I usually do a litttle bit of training every day, no complete run throughs just components of what ever level I'm trialling in. With warm ups, it depends on your dog, I like my dogs to be ready and tuned into work as soon as we enter the ring, so with CCD I would be warming up when the dog before has completed the SFE or sooner if the handler is a fast worker, also be mindful of people not completing the trial and leaving the ring early. Hope this helpful.

Munsterlander, all have achieved their CDX and Millie her TD as well. Hopefully with Zizz I can finally get a dog titled in UD, without out side circumstances this time getting in the way.

I have been in involved in Obedince since 1995 when as a family we got beautiful borderX as an 8 week old puppy from AAPS here in VIC. I have always had dogs growing up, with Bess, I needed her trained as I had very young children at the time. We also zoomed through all levels of training, then one day I saw a man who was working his dog in the trialling ring, his name was Vic Thompson, and his dog was the same age as my Bess,( my poor first competitive obedince dog she needed a medal for what I put her through, correction chain era )Iwas hooked, 15 years and 5 dogs later I'm still trialling.Bess, Millie Large Munsterlander, Milton(god dog)Golden Retriever, Zizz Large

I shall try again, over the last 10 years there have been a couple of us participating Obedience Trialling, Showing Tracking and doing very well in Agility(my friend June Williams gaining her ADM and her Utility Title in Obedience plus her NRD Title in Retrieving with her beautiful Large Munsterlander Kelly) plus her boy Reily who gained his CDX and his AD. With my orginal Munsterlander Millie, we gained our CDX and TD titlles and on our way to UD when she was cruelly taken from me with Lung Cancer at the age of 6 we also dabled in Agility, but she was not sound enough to go on. I now have 2LM's my devil child Annie and her sister Zizz, Zizz has just recently gained her CDX and we are now training for UD so hopefully we will be ready next year. My Annie she is showing great aptitude for Tracking. Also there have a number of very good Obedience and Tracking and exceptional Show dogs in South Australia as well. Not to mention the lovely Show dogs that have gained Aust.Ch.'s and my dogs grandfather who gained his Grand Championship Title here in Victoria. I personally think that I own the best kept secret in Dogdom

Hi as every body knows I have Large Munsterlanders, and over the pasrt 10 years my friend and I

Hi valleyCBR, I cant acess my emails at the moment in reply to your request, also I thought Ihad done the all the right things to reply but me and computers sometime don't mix, sorry this is so off topic but I didn't know how else to contact you.

Was in a very wll known shopping centre in the south east suburbs bayside on Saturday, were a PP is located just off the car park ground floor level. Just had to go inside and make comments about puppy farms, lack of support for puppy once bought, and did you know that poodle cav just might drop coat,and you wont know until it is to late, and also that you will proabably pay $$$$$$$$$$$$$ more for a cross breed than you would a pure breed papered poodle or cavy and have no on going support. Shop assisant said it was only my opion and I replied, no the opinion of anyone who is experinced in the dog world and I was very experinced.Boy did that get my juices flowing, but it felt good. It made my day.

Hi WhippetsMum, I saw one at K-9 Antics down at KCC park, so they are available here in VIC, hope this helps

Hi Su888, what abour Bayside Campanion Dog Club, closer than all the the others, except Underdog, it is in Bentleigh, and everyone I have spoken to is very happy there.It just depends on what you want to do with your new baby. Where ever you decide to go, good luck with your training

Hi,if you are a responsible dog owner, your dog will be on lead except in off lead areas, it doesn't matter where you live.

Hi Helen, how about a LargeMunsterlander for real bit of glamour( not that I'm biased or one eyed of course ) I live not very far from the CBD and would love to meet up.

Hi FHRP I think you will find that where there is snow there is National Parks which equals no dogs.

Hi poodlelover2010, the age for all dogs in Vic to start agility is 18 months, however if there is no jumping, only contact or weaving then, start now.Where do you live, in my area there is a campanion dog club that trains agility for fun, if you have no experince, then a guiding hand could help you.

Yep COP here as well, apart as it being a lead in for UD signals, I feel it is one less jump that they have to do especially if you have a larger heavier breed.

Hi Scouty, a Dally is a Dalmation, sorry but I don't belong to Hastings, I thought I saw you at Mornington a few weeks ago.However, I will be trialling at Hastings look forward to seeing you there.I have Large Munsterlanders.

Hi Scouty, yes I'm a member, the next local trial I think is Hastings. Before I started trialling, I used to go and watch what went on asked a bizillion questions on everything so I .wasn't so raw when I started, I also was very lucky to have a mentor in those early days.Any of the triallers at club will only. be to happy to help you, you only have to ask. Welcome to the very addictive sport of Obedience Trialling.

Hi Zug Zug, yes those stays can be a problem my girl lost 197 and our Novice title few weeks back ,so she only did sit stays when we practised and now her sit is fairly reliable she did her first Open Trial on Sunday and she held her sit beautifully plus her down.Her only mistake was forgetting to wait for my command to come in the DOR, so I'm really with her first effort 161NQ.

Hi, with stays, if you are having a problem, I find that by going back to the begining is the best way to solve it. Set Jess up yo suceed, leave her for only about 10 secs go back and praise and feed her, then end exercise,play and relax her repeat it a few hours later, don't rush to extend the time you leave her. When trying to fix a stay problem, hasten slowly.

Hi Scouty, if you are not happy with your instructor's advice ask one of the experinced triallers at your club, of which there are many, have you ever had a run through in the ring, that is the best place to determine if you are ready for trialling. Did you go to Mornington's trial on Sunday, I hope you enjoyed yourself and got some valuable insight on what standard is required to trial.

There is never any question of my husband and I not being present, 2 weeks ago we said good bye to our Bess she was 15 yeqrs old, her passing was so serene, I then spent a further few minutes with her by myself, told her to be free and young again. I left her sleepng. However the worst was when I had my Millie go to the bridge , she was only 6, that was the most heartbreaking experince we have ever been through but she also died in my arms and Iknew she was no longer in pain but running and sniffing as only my Millie knew how to. I think in every case it is a very individual choice, but my dogs never make that final journey alone.

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The degree is there, it is just that at that high level you usually have a (degree) of confidence in your dog that enables you direct your dog without even using your peripheral vision, I had that experince on Easter Saturday my little Munsterlander only lost 3 points in the heeling, if anyone asked me where I lost my points I couldn't tell them.

Hi, being a Vic trialler of few years experince, I feel that if you have to drop your head and have constant eye to eye contact with your dog it shauld be condsidered a double signal. When you enter the trial ring you should have complete confidence in your dog that it will do as you bid with either voice or hand signal without the double backup of you eyeballing your dog all around the trial ring.To me there is nothing worse, than seeing a handler looking at their dog when they should have complete confidence that the dog will do as they indicate.

Hi, how about eliminating glove 2 al together until 1 and 3 are solid retrieves, 2 is always the easy option for the dog when first training the retrieves. When you get solid retrieves on 1 and 3 then introduce 2. Also be very careful with your turns and signals, they can make or break a good retrieve. I feel that we need to spend more time on our footwrk and signals before we ever try to teach our dogs what we want from them in the Directed Retrieve

Hi evryone. on Saturday, my beautiful Large Munsterlander proved that a gun dog can heel, I was sitting on 197 going into the group stays, but she decided that she had done enough, and in the groups slowly sat down, PHIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! went the best score that I have ever seen. However, on Sunday she managed to hold her Sit and is now the proud Large Munsterlander Ratek Ultra Stylish CD.