Sunday, July 30, 2006

Tracking & Protection

Well I use the title tracking very loosely. Ann tracked Basco, I slept in. Made it down to Happy Valley Park for 9:30 for protection. Jojo and Jermaine were unable to make it, so I worked Frank's pit Tyson, Johnny's pit Daisy, then Basco, and then Johnny held Aron for me and I did a little work with him.

Aron worked well, dragging Johnny out on the field for a couple easy line ites, then running a single blind for a really powerful hold and bark. The blind was a little makeshift using 4 blue plastic barrels. Then he did 2 long bites, with the first being really nice, fast with a long leap and good targeting.

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Protection

Saturday's session started slowly, Ann and Basco met me there at 5:00 and we worked obedience as the others began to show up closer to 6:00. Jojo came with Gunner and Nero, Mark and Jeanette brought Cesaer and Nancy, Jermaine came.

I worked Aron in obedience with the voraus at the end being his reward. I managed to squeeze in one session of protectionw ith him before I had to leave for a dinner. He worked well. Mostly prey work with a good long bite.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Obedience

It was a nice quick night at Vesey St. Ann brought Basco and the horses were still out training in the main ring.

In keeping with my goal of avoiding any unecessary conflict between Aron and myself, I worked him with the ball on a clothespin around my neck. He worked beautifully, and I sent him for a voraus to the hanging tug to finish the first session. In the second trip out I worked him on the sit in front. The ball gave him something to focus on and I tried siting in a chair to clue him in that touching my legs and being square are the keys to success. On the third trip out I kept it easy, with some easy heeling and the voraus to finish.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Tracking & Protection

The heat was on this Sunday. We got to tracking at Souithside just after 7:00 and already it was damn hot. Ann brought Basco, and Kay had Loki.

Aron worked but had moments of absolute confusion. He lost the track on a couple of corners but had stretches were he put his nose down and worked really nicely.

Madison just didnt work to begin with. After the first 15ft she caught on and worked a bit.

We moved on the Happy Valley Park for Protection at 9:30.

The heat was kicking and the dogs worked well, but we kept it short.

We did some more prey work with Aron, he worked well, bit hard and dragged Jojo around the field.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Protection & BBQ

It was a great session of Saturday evening. We started at 5:00 Saturday afternoon at Port Royal School. Ingrid had the BBQ going by 6:30... Training and Eating was enjoyed by all. Jojo brought Nero & Gunner, Kirista had her dobe, Ann brought Basco, Mark & Jeanette had Cesear & Nancy, Johnny brought Daisy. Ali came to cheer on Madison & Aron..

Aron performed well. We started with some prey work, letting him drag on the field and drag to Jojo. We did a couple prey bites on the line, a miss to a dragged escape, and then moved to run two blinds. We finished on a simple prey long bite and off to the truck.

Madison came out full of fire. She worked the best I have seen in ages. It must have been the smell of the hamburgers... lol.. She did a coupole strong bites, then ran a strong two blinds held a strong hold and bark and finished with a strong bite and carry.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Protection

Saturday was interesting up at Port Royal School. There was a great turnout with Ann brining Basco, Jojo had both Gunner and Nero, Kirista brought her Dobe, William had both Kiara and Errol, Mark and Jeanette brought Cesaer and Nancy, Charles stopped by and Jermaine was there with Capone and his rottie bitch.

It was a hot day so I kept the session with Aron short. He is starting to become more and more sensitive to me, although it doesnt seem to be affecting his work with the helper, in fact he seems mostly impervious to helper pressure. I am not particularly strong with him but apparently I have to walk a fine line of the level of correction required when he is in drive and not in position or whatever, and not hurting that bond that is so strong at this time.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Obedience

It was a good night of training at Vesey St. Ann brought Basco, Jojo brought Gunner & Nero, and Frank and Anne came with Tyson.

I worked Aron on speed of response. Using the tug for drive work and quick commands for sit, down, heel, in front, with fast reward of tug & fight.

He worked really well and responded to not receiving the tug by getting faster. He wore my ass out but it was a good session.

Government Meeting - Dept of Environmental Protection

Well kids the meeting with Government was held.

It was a very good meeting. They obviously didnt change all their proposals to reflect our wishes but they recognised the validity of our concerns.

It was very much a bridge building excercise. They recognised the club as a positive addition to Bermuda's dog community.

The way is open to reduce the scope of the current breed ban given that certain issues are kept in mind.

In Attendence
Dr Nesbitt - Government Vetrenarian
Dr Sleeter - Director - Dept of Environmental Protection
Charles Butterfield - President BWDC
Dennis Fagundo - Vice President BWDC

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Protection

It was a good afternoon of training at Port Royal School today. We had a full house, Jojo brought both Gunner and his new pup Nero, Ann came with Basco, William brought Errol out for some muzzle work, Jermaine came with Capone and his new bitch, Mark and Jeanette brought Nancy and Ceasar, Stanley came with his leased bitch from England and Charles brought his GSD pup.

It was very hot with humidity hovering around 80% so I kept it short with Aron today. On the first trip out I ran 2 blinds, he was very clean, call out, escape and drive, out with sit(quiet) and a reward bite to carry back to the truck. The second run out was a basic repeat.

Dawn came with Cornelious the Canon and shot some great pictures of everyone. I will see about putting a couple of each dog on this site for everyone.

Monday, July 03, 2006

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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Tracking

Well I have been slacking with the Blog lately.

This Sunday we had a good morning tracking, there was no protection work although a couple of us managed to get down to Smilers to shoot the shit for an hour before Jojo headed to the airport to pick up his new dobe.

Ann tracked Basco and Kay tracked Loki out at Southside.

I ran three tracks with Aron. The first was 150yds, straight, one article. The second was 150yds, 4 corners, 2 articles. The third was 200yds, one corner, one article, and I was at 20'. He ran this last one very well. He spent about 5' in the middle of the track quartering, otherwise he was right on and downed clean on the article.