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Wayrod was absolutely amazing! I have truly never come accross anyone more helpful. The mating had been planned for 1 year. Stud dog carefully chosen; (stud dog lives approimately 350 KM SOUTH of Melbourne) I planned to drive bitch to stud dog at the right time. The bitch has been like clockwork with her seasons, till now. Bitch was not due for season till 1 1/2 months from now, Co owners/carers, carefully planned to drive her to Melbourne 2 weeks BEFORE expected season was expected to begin. Owners went away for 10 days overseas. Arrived home to CANBERRA, Friday night after 18 hour flight & housesitter/Mother In Law, (not a dog person not a breeder), mentions she "thinks the bitch has been in season for about a week". Hopefully with Wayrod help alls well & will end well

FYI to anyone interested; Photos of Obedience & Agility winning dogs are now up on PEDINI Photographers Web Site They have put BOTH Obedience & Agility on the page for Sept. 30th

That is a kind & completely & utterly generous offer. Much appreciated!!!!!! We have got her booked on a flight through Wayrod

WAYROD You have saved the day! You are my "hero" Thank you for going WAY (pun intended), beyond the call of duty, to do what I was told by the airlines etc., was "impossible" Thanks so very much, for the enormous amount of assistance you gave me to get the Bitch on a flight from Canberra to Melbourne this weekend You are a magician. I breed 1-2 litters a year & often, pups fly to new homes, which are interstate. ANY time in future, if I need a Pet Care & Transport service you will be 1st on my list of who to call & who to reccommend to others To the rest of people who offered ideas & assistance. Thank you so much!!!! I intend to name a pup after each of you.

I have also sent you 2 private E Mails They do not have a crate The circumstances that created this urgent situation were unexpected, as I am usually very well organized Thank you so very much I recived your message & Private E Mail at midnight I would be most grateful for your assistance I will try to ring you at 8AM Saturday My DIRECT E Mail addie is giday000@ gmail.com

After waiting many months, a bitch, who lives in Canberra is now, suddenly in season & is apparently ready to be bred very soon, to a dog here in Melbourne Apparently, "making a booking & flying a dog out of Canberra on a weekend,is impossible", according to Virgin Blue Qantas Both said no one is available at Australian Air Express to take a booking until Monday morning Neither will accept direct boookings. The phones at Jet pets, Dogtainers & Pet Express are not answering & we have been told that no one will be available till Monday, at the earliest to take a booking No one is available to drive the bitch Any ideas?

That would be much appreciated THANK YOU!

G'day I am writing a short, introductory article on RALLY O. for a pet magazine I have been asked to include a couple of photos, that show a couple of different breeds actually performing in Rally O. It would be useful to have the Rally Station sign showing in the photo & the dog doing the whatever the sign says I am not getting paid for the article IF you would be willing to send me a photo with permision to use it, please send it DIRECT to me at [email protected] I need the photos in jpg format as an E Mail attachment THANK YOU!!!! Canine Coach

I am delighted that at Frankston on Sunday, my 3 year old Standard Poodle, "ROXY" attained her Obedience Champion title. Roxy attained her Novice title 12 months ago by winning Novice at the The melbourne Royal ROXY has attained so far, 5 Obedience titles (CCD CD CDX UD O.CH) 3 RALLY O. titles (RN RA RE) 3 AGILITY titles JD JDX AD & an Endurance title (ET) Happy but tired Time for a long rest!!!! Well.....maybe some more Rally O...... Linda & Dual CH. (O.CH.) Cosalta G'Day Roxy RE JDX AD ET

I am in SE suburbs near KCC I have a 2 year old used contact trainer for sale However I paid ALOT for it & therefore I will not sell it for less than $350.00

Hi Are there any specific classes/placings you are interested in findsing out which breeds were entered ? I tell you most the breeds of those entered in Obedience This is weather they placed or won, in no particular order Dogs & Bitches Dogs Entered Border Collies, Sheltie, Chesapeake Bay Retriever , English Pointer, Standard Poodle, Dalmation, Australian Shepherd, Working Kelpie, German Shepherd, Associate/Crossbreed, Irish Setter/ Cross Bitches Entered Standard Poodles, Border Collie, Australian Shepherd, German shepherd, Mini Poodle, Rottweiler, Golden Retriever, Australian Cattle Dog, Associate/Crossbreed

At the Melbourne Royal Trial today there were VERY strong gusty windy conditions, which made the UD seek back & scent discrimination exercises VERY hard The noise from kids screaming, roller coaster, clapping form Conformation rings, men standing right on the edge of with small kids on their shoulders eating ice cream & hot dogs OMG It was the most extremely noisy & highly distracting environment I have ever trialled in . MY BRAGS DUAl CH. (O.CH.) GiDay Violet Crumble RE ADX JDX ET "VIOLET" won 1st place UD CH. Cosalta G'Day Roxy UD RE AD JDX ET "ROXY" won 2nd place UD VIOLET won 1st Place In Open Bitches with 196 Points ROXY won 2nd Place Open Bitches with 193 points VIOLET won the run off for BEST IN TRIAL /WINNER OF WINNERS ROXY only needs 1 more Qualifying Pass over 185 for her Obedience Champion title Roxy is just 3 years old & attained her NOVICE title just 1 year ago when she won Novice at the 2011 Melbourne Royal AFTER she gets the final O.CH. Pass from UD I will train for UDX I LOVE the PROCESS of training!

Thank you all very much. It was extremely windy & gusty at The Melbourne Royal Trial today, which made the UD Seek Back & Scent Discrimination exercises VERY difficult The noise from kids screaming, roller coaster, clapping from Conformation rings, men standing right on the edge of with small kids on their shoulders eating ice cream & hot dogs. OMG, It was the most extremely noisy & highly distracting environment I have ever trialled in . MY BRAGS VIOLET won 1st place UD ROXY won 2nd place UD VIOLET won 1st Place In Open Bitches with 196 Points ROXY won 2nd Place Open Bitches with 193 points VIOLET won the run off for WINNER OF WINNERS/BEST IN TRIAL 2012 This is Violet's 2nd year in a row winning this award

Does anyone have results for the Melbourne Obedience Dog competition? If so, please can you say which dog won which class & if the winner Qualifyied or not Thanks!!

Hi I would be most grateful if anyone could tell me the class & Best of Breed results for STANDARD POODLES Thanks!!

TASSIE I am very happy for you & RORY. I think that you showed great patience & good sportsmanship with RORY This has now paid off. WELL DONE!! My own most recent brag, is ROXY, got 2 additional UD Passes &as well as a Highest Score In Trial, in the afternoon at Melton this weekend It was VERY windy & very gusty. It made the scent discrimination more difficult & the dogs had to work hard with the scent being blown around. I want to start teaching ROXY UDX , AFTER ROXY gets her O.CH., whenever that happens. As a future trainer of a hopefully, eventual UDX dog; I would be interested in hearing more about ANY UDX Rule changes. Based on listening to comments/suggestions, from numerous people, over the past year,, I now hope a couple of the UDX exercises are modified/changed or eliminated I would venture a guess that the latter is probably not going to happen? Please give details if you have them Thanks!!

I have been feeding a diet consisting mainly of raw chicken wings & necks since 1985. The diet was 1st suggested to me by a now retired Vet, due to my dogs at that time, having tooth tarter & stomach gas In 27 years, I have never again had problems with my dogs teeth nor indigestion. The FRESHNESS of the chicken is crucial I buy very fresh chicken at a wholesaler, Camaroto Poultry, on Thompsons Road, 1 KM East of KCC Park I pay $24.00 for a 15 kilo box.... WAY cheaper per kilo, than even supermarket dog food! I then freeze it in portions ready to thaw in the fridge the night before ALL my pups start on necks at 4 weeks of age I also feed a COOKED LOAF of carrot, sweet potato ,eggs, white potato, fish, & pumpkin. I add plain gelatin to make a solid loaf that I can cut The few times I have bought chicken at the large supermarket chains, it smelled after a day in the fridge I have never ever found this to be true when buying from the wholesalers Vets, have a vested interest in selling $100.00 + a bags of dog food They make commission Almost all dry dog food consists mainly of grains, Grains of any kind are NOT a natural part of the canine diet IF you have a breed with a deep narrow chest, grains can contribute to Gastric Torsion/Bloat It is not the dryness it is the grains, beet pulp corn wheat, which makes up most of a bag of dry food JMHO FWIW

Please note there is no Club address listed on their flier The correct address to mail entries is as follows: Bairnsdale & District Dog Obedience Club P. O. Box 335 Bairnsdale Vic. 3875

I am seeking anecdotal &/or Vet opinions as to the most up to date products for heart worm prevention I prefer to to use the least toxic but still effective means of heartworm prevention Please can you share which products you find VERY safe, & lowest in toxicity Thank you

Hi Tassie Both Morwell & Bairnsdale know how to put on great events! It will be nice to meet up again. Hope we get a chance to chat! I plan to stay at dog friendly cabins near Sale which is approximately, 1/2 way between Bairnsdale & Morwell About to send my entries I am contemplating IF it will be too tricky for me to enter Obedience with 1 dog & the early Rally & both the later RALLY O. Advanced B & Excellent B .....with two dogs ?

Has anyone else entered Northern Double Obedience trial on sundat Sept. 9th? I sent a self addressed stamped envelope for my receipt but it has not been returned When I E mailed the Club my E Mail bounced back When I tried ringing the Trial Sec. on 2 occasions, the recoding says to "call back later" There is no option of leaving a message on their phone Has the trial been cancelled?

I would be delighted if Jazz & Zipadee's owners got involved with their dPoodles, in any of the performance sports The dogs will love it & the owners will have fun too I stay in touch with most of the owners & hope to hear from Jazz & Zipadee's again soon! I would be grateful for any updates/news you might have too Please feel free to e mail me privately any time

I assisted in training a Borzoi, in USA, to O.CH about 15 years ago Form follows function & all "good temperament" & TYPE of intelligence, is breed specific. The Borzoi, was not "stupid". She was super smart. However, for hundreds of years the breed was selected to course/chase. Pups who inherited, the temperament to stay close and work cooperatively, were culled.The temperament to be very sensitive to moving objects as well as to be independent & run long distances in pursuit of moving objects, was selected for This dog was very difficult to train as we were working against her inherited, breed specific ,temperament HIGHLY intelligent! She was still an "Obedience" person's nightmare We used prey drive for rewards The silver Standard Poodles & I had an exhausting weekend but a happy one We gained 2 passes in UD, that count towards Roxy's O.CH., & 2 Rally Excellent titles Please note that all errors in Rally O & U.D. were handler caused. When will I learn, that running 1/4 KM straight out of a UD ring, into a Rally Excellent ring that I have rapidly walked 1X, is not the best thing to do (for me) Having admitted that.... I think several RALLY O. signs/stations, are ridiculously ambiguous, cryptic, & un necessarily confusing to the handler Where the HALT icons are placed on the signs, is only one example of many ambiguities The signs need a total revamp as to make the challenge of RALLY O., THE EXERCISE instead of a struggle for the handler to interpret the oddly written signs correctly. In addition, as far as Novice Class goes, IMHO, as handlers can coax encourage, pat, praise, their dogs, a tight lead on more than 2 occasions, or ANY harsh command, OR any intentional jerk on the lead should be an instant automatic NQ JMHO MY WEEKEND BRAGS August 25th Westernport Obedience Club Ch Cosalta G'Day Roxy UD RA AD JDX ET Utility (UD) Class 1st Place 192 points Judge Frank Valastro August 26th Moorabbin Obedience Dog Club Double Obedience & Rally O. Trial OBEDIENCE Ch Cosalta G'Day Roxy UD RA AD JDX ET (P.M) Utility (UD) Class 1st Place 191 points Judge Ray Ashman RALLY O. (A.M.) RALLY EXCELLENT Class 1st Place 98 points Judge David Hutson RALLY EXCELLENT (R.E.) TITLE ATTAINED (P.M.)RALLY Excellent Class 1st Place 97 points Judge Christine Geary August 26th Moorabbin RALLY O. Trial DUAL CH. (O.CH.) GiDay Violet Crumble RA ADX JDX ET (AM) RALLY EXCELLENT Class 2nd Place 95 Points Judge David Hutson RALLY EXCELLENT (RE) TITLE ATTAINED

Hi Tassie & Hi Sparky Thanks to both of you for your kind words I can not think of much that makes me happier than seeing one of the pups I bred happily working & doing well for the handler Most of the credit goes to the owner/handlers that do such positive training with this very sensitive highly intelligent energetic breed I consider myself very lucky when I find such wonderful owners

Karen Bradford & her 2 year old, delightfully happy, silver Standard Poodle, GiDay Bluegum Joey TDX, "JOEY", attained their Tracking Champion, (T.CH.) title this past week end, at IDogs Victoria Tracking Trial at Inverleigh Karen is too modest to brag, but as Joey's breeder, of course, I am thrilled enough to brag on her behalf