Well the Royal Show started yesterday here in Perth. For those of you who don’t know the Royal is probably one of the bigger events on the calendar. It is one of the big three I suppose, up there with the State Titles and the Western Classic. It is a massive agricultural show that also …
Month: September 2007
WA – Home of the Masters Irish Terriers
Now I'm not sure if WA is just the most talented state at training the non-typical agility breeds but a special congratulations to Pam Connor and her Irish Terrier girl 'Nuala' (pronounced 'Nu-la') for gaining their Masters Jumping (JDM) title yesterday . They have only been in the game 18 months with Nuala just turned …
Double Trials and Training Musings
Yesterday Gosnells Dog Club ran a double header – full trial in the morning and full trial in the afternoon. I had 18 runs all up 16 with my two and 2 with Dexter my borrowed red and white BC. Dexter did really well yesterday – he did absolutely everything I asked of him and …
New Toy
So Tim got me a new digi camera for our anniversary (ten years - who'd have thunk it?). I think he was worried I'd keep nicking off with his rather flash (and horribly expensive) Nikon whenever I needed to take pics and he wasn't around. So I got a Canon Ixus 70. Don't ask me …
Cypher’s ET Day
Today Cypher did his Endurance Test with a bit of help from a friend at work who cycles regularly. The ET is basically a 20km test of the dog trotting along side a bike (or you can run it if you're that good) with a bit of basic on lead obedience at the beginning and …
Spryte News and Trialling Days
It’s been a while since I posted - I had been trying to find the time (and, if I’m being honest here, the inclination) to bath young Spryte up proper, give her the full grooming treatment so that I can get some recent (13 month old!) photos to go along with the brag of saying …
Sprytelee Agility Training 