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Hi Harminee,

When things are up and running again can you please do something nice for a friend of mine.

This is Tess. She lived until she was 16.

I know they're going to question the Hep. I read in something or other from Dr Dodds that if there's immunity for 2 things, there's no point testing for others. Considering my dogs have been vaccinated for all 3 for their entire lives I couldn't see the point doing it but how do I explain that to my club when they're not entirely convinced about the whole thing.

If they don't accept my results I'll look for another club to join but I might come up against the same problem.

They could but I'm not sure how to get around not having Hep done. I'm hoping to find something to help with that.

I'm looking for some help re documentation.

I've had my 2 tested (both 1:80 fro Parvo and Dist). I now have to give my vet a letter to sign so I can give it to my club. I only had them checked for P and D and not for Hep.

Does anyone have a sample letter I could use that would satisfy the committee?

I'm so sorry.

ETA Give his dad a BIG hug from me.

Thank you so much for everyone who has replied. Unfortunatly things came to a head on sunday morning. Jamaica attacked my young pitty x Bundy and when that arguement was broken up he attacked my 12 year old Rotty x Menace. We made the heartbreaking decision to have him put to sleep. It is something that will always eat us up inside because he was still quiet young and there is so many what ifs. What if we had of penned him alone? What if we had of put him on sedatives? What if what if. But that is no life for a once champion flyball star so we made the only responsibe choice we could. And now we suffer the pain.

In answer to a few questions in this thread- we had him checked from head to toe. I had full blood work analysis done on him and he had been xrayed. We found that he had developed arthritis in his spine and he only retired from flyball when it became a problem for him. My OH always insisted he wouldnt run him into the ground and that Jammi would retire with dignity and before his joints or back suffered too much. He still spent one on one time with OH, he still slept inside with the other dogs and he was still a much loved pet. No matter what we did it didn't help and he kept getting worse. If he was human I'd say he was mentally ill.

Run free at the bride Jamaica, free from pain and the worries that plauged you through your life. We will be forever sorry for what we had to do. We love you

Hard choice

I've met Bundy and he's a big red smoocher.

There's a fairly long break from flyball after this weekend so maybe you could rest your flyball dogs and work on Bundy?

I couldn't care what it's called but it's a fantastic example of someone who understands how to develope a great relationalship with their dog. The dog knows what's expected of it and who's calling the shots and is working accordingly.

Great clip TD, thanks.

I'd rate a gundog far higher for trainability than a sibe. I'd also rate a gundog far better looking :D

Hell yeh.

I'm probably way out of my depth being involved in this discussion but here's my opinion on a couple of things. I add to these and change them often.

I have my 2 Tollers and one of them competes in flyball. The dog which competes has always been easy to train as long as you know what motivates him. He won't do anything unless there's something in it for him (food, game). I didn't get my other Toller until she was 5 years old and she'd had absolutely no training. She's quite different in that, although she works well for food, she likes to please as well.

She has fantastic drive and I can trust her with any other dog(small or young pups) but when it comes to cats, birds, lizards, rabbits or any other critter that moves, she's more than happy to dispose of them. When we brought our 9 week old kitten home our male was scared of it and our bitch wanted to kill it. It took a couple of weeks of VERY careful supervision and introductions and now there's no problem at all but she'd love to kill any other cat.

Todd competes in flyball for the love of retrieving and his treat at the end. It's all a big game and if something nearby looks more interesting, he's gone.

I also run a Kelpie for someone in flyball and they are so different. The Kelpie runs because that's his job and he's very serious about it. He likes his food but there's no need to use it and he runs his little heart out because that's his purpose in life and would never leave his post.

BTW Kelpie is fast and Toller is a cruiser (also older).

Tollersowned, if you end up in Geelong I might take you up on that

Can you take Todd on too???

I'm a crappy handler and would love to see him working with someone who knew what thay were doing.

Yep would not miss it , i cannot wait. The Borders have been on diets, so should run well. I will probably bring Clover along for the day out, she likes her days of just chilling out doing nothing much.

Oh goody, I'll have a couple of treats ready for her. I haven't seen her for ages.

Ballarat's xmas flyball comp is on this Saturday and I was wondering who would be coming from here?

Some of us have made some yummy treats for all of the dogs competing (all natural and healthy of course) and there's also a prize for the best decorated gazebo. We've got a couple of Cool Coats to raffle off too. (I want one )

If you're not competing come along and have a glass of punch while you're watching the crazy dogs.

Great video.

;) Congratulations to Clover and Elvis (he's a beautiful boy) for your Onyx title. That's fantastic. Did Wally get his too?

I was only there on Saturday and although the day started out a bit rocky (or muddy - ask Sparty) I had a great time.

Great photos Clover - thanks.

I'll be there on Saturday but can't make it on Sunday unfortunately.

I'll be running Todd and Zac the mad Kelpie.

Clover, are you bringing Clover with you? I love seeing the old girl.

I look forward to spending time with the giant red puppy, and crazy BC . Has anyone heard what the weather is going to be like yet? hopefully fine.

See you at Frankston Shooey . 2Ts will you be at Frankston as well?

Yeh I'll be at Frankston with bells on. Sparty you'd better not get lost if you're navigating and I'm driving.

I can't go unfortunately. Have a great weekend.

I joined one recently and a TT was fine..

Tess can you tell me which club?

Maiko - If you want info on titre testing in Perth send Ptolomy a PM.

Congratulations again to everyone who competed. I think you're all great.

The Nationals wouldn't be in NZ next year would they??? You'd think the Australian Agility Champs would be held here.

Yahoo leopuppy and Jess

Excellent news.

Where's Pippi? Come on, I need it from the horses mouth (woof).

Which dogs have come down from Ballarat?

We did exceptionally well for our crew (I do own Labradors, the standards aren't as high!!!), and so very very pleased! Off to watch the finals today in the rain and steward in the rain, did I mention the weather opened up!!

We have a few as far as I know. There is Pippi, Darci. Pip, Kate, Spike, Bob and there could be more.

Hooray for Tricia and Princess Pippi.

There's so many names to look through on the lists, it's good to have someone passing infor on about individual dogs we know.

Thanks Ptolomy.

Go Debbie. She's not a Westralian yet. :wink:

Hey Ptolomy, can you ask you "resources" how the Ballarat dogs are going? The WA dogs sound as though they're kicking butt. Great news for you guys.

It was a dry day in Vic today so hopefully the grounds have dried out well. Fingers crossed for the next 2 days.

Nope Agility Nationals are definitely 2010 in Perth and Obedience Nationals 2009 in Perth.

More time to plan and save for a longer holiday. :D