BWDC Trial

Bermuda Working Dog Club
Schutzhund Trial - 21-22 Nov 08
Glenn Stephenson Judge

Dennis, Aron - BH, Sch1 90, 81, 84 - 255 - High Track, High Obed, High Trial
Ann Sousa, Basko - BH, Sch1 84, 70, 87 - 238 - High Prot
Jojo, Nero - BH, High BH

Trial Photos

Long Hiatus

Been spending all my net time on Facebook.. Training still going along.

Back from Vegas and Good Obedience

I'm back.. It was a good week in Vegas for the World of Concrete trade show. The seminars were good and the show huge. It took 3 days of walking to just to see it all. Stayed at the Wynn, saw Le Reve and Mystere. Unreal shows...

We had a great obedience session this morning at 4 Hilton Drive. Will Kempe brought his boxer and pit, Scott brought his GSD and Ann worked Basco.

I worked Aron in heeling, and 3" oversized jumps, retrieves with the Sch3 dumbbell and the voraus.

Obedience and Protection

Great session this Sunday morning, with a pile of new pictures on the flickr account.

Ann worked Basco, Jojo brought Nero & Nitro, Scott brought Max, and Peter brought his puppy.

Sunday Morning Protection

A good session at 4 Hilton Drive. It was a little tight but we managed to get all 6 blinds up and run.

Ann worked Basco, Jojo worked Gunner and Nero, Jermaine worked Capone.

Aron had a little conceptual difficulty with the blinds at first, its just so easy to skip when the angles are that much tighter and the blinds that much closer together. The drive just got higher and higher as the frustration built and he ended up running really well.

Tracking

First track in 6 months and Aron nailed it like a superstar. I laid a full length Sch3 track, with 4 articles. He was perfect for the first half and first 2 articles and then my excitement and praise got him a little more excited and he was a little fast for the second half. Although he still hit the articles and cornered like a champ.

Jojo tracked Nero and Gunner and Ann tracked Basco. We tracked at the PHC practice field this morning.

Protection

The time change necessitated moving the start time back to 3:30 for the rest of winter. It was a good session at Port Royal School although we were dodging raindrops. Ann brought Basco, Jojo had both Nero & Gunner, and Jermiane worked Capone.

Aron ran the blinds very fast today in both sessions. We worked the side and back transports and he was good, borderline wanting to glance at me instead of the helper but he stayed watching Jermaine.

Police K9 Demo

Had a blast doing the decoy work for the Police Demo on Monday as part of Police Week for hundreds of primary school kids.

Protection - with Chloe supervising

It was a great session up at Port Royal School. Ann brought Basco, Jojo brought both Nero & Gunner, Jermaine worked Capone, Scott had both Chico and Max, Jeanette & Mark brought Nancy & Cesar, and of course Brian brought the 3 9month old Mals, the momma mal Nalla and Christine with the whole crew.

Aron did a little obedience with the blinds up, some heeling and a couple voraus, while we waited for the rest of the crew to show up. We did 2 sessions of protection until we ran out of daylight. He ran the blinds really well. good hold and barks. Good out from distance and solid side transports.

Protection

The time change necessitated moving the start time back to 3:30 for the rest of winter. It was a good session at Port Royal School although we were dodging raindrops. Ann brought Basco, Jojo had both Nero & Gunner, and Jermiane worked Capone.

Aron ran the blinds very fast today in both sessions. We worked the side and back transports and he was good, borderline wanting to glance at me instead of the helper but he stayed watching Jermaine.

Protection

The time change necessitated moving the start time back to 3:30 for the rest of winter. It was a good session at Port Royal School although we were dodging raindrops. Ann brought Basco, Jojo had both Nero & Gunner, and Jermiane worked Capone.

Aron ran the blinds very fast today in both sessions. We worked the side and back transports and he was good, borderline wanting to glance at me instead of the helper but he stayed watching Jermaine.

Protection

Really good session Saturday evening. It was a full house with Ann bringing Basco, Jojo had both Gunner & Nero, Jermiane worked Capone and his female, Brian brought the young Mals and Smiler had the Chocolate and the pup. Ingrid worked up a BBQ with the assistance of Antoinette and Wayne.

Aron ran the blinds well. The second trip was faster. Good hold and bark in the blind. clean solid bite. Fast escape bite. Clean out from distance. The side transport was really nice, once in the bite he got caught up in the whiplash and it pulled his dewclaw, recovered well and bit again hard.

Protection

Its been a while since I've entered but training has been continuing. With some really good sessions.

It was a good time at Port Royal School. Ann brought Basco, Jojo brought Nero and Gunner, Mark & Jeanette brought Cesaer & Nancy, Scott worked Chico and Max and Amanda brought her 15wk GSD Ozzie. Jermaine worked the front half and Jojo did the second round.

Aron ran the blinds well, lifted Jermaine off the ground on the run out bite. He did a good series of open field calloffs and finished with a solid long bite.

Helmut Raiser's Obedience WUSV 2004

Chloe on the boat

She is just too cute...

Obedience

Thursday night was a good session up the house. Jojo brought Nero & Gunner, Ann brought Basco and Margaret brought Riggs.

I worked Aron over the jump and AFrame, some heeling and of course the voraus.

Obedience

Good session at Hilton Drive tonight. Ann came and Jojo brought both Nero & Gunner.

I brought the AFrame and Jump up from the warehouse during the day and we worked on the equipment as well as heeling and send outs.

Training without sleep

Theres been lots of training in the last 4 weeks but no writing.... I have been remiss.

The schedule has been tweaked a little with the addition of Tuesday evenings at Port Royal School for Obedience and Protection and Thursdays have effectively moved from the NEC at Vesey St to my new place in Paget.

TOnight was a good turnout with Ann bringing Basco, Brian bringing Nalla, Clifford although the twins and Shannan didnt bite much lol. and Jermaine came.

I worked Aron on heeling some but mostly on the send out.

Chloe Helena Fagundo

She's here !!!

Chloe Helena Fagundo was born yesterday morning at 10:20, weighing in at 8lbs4, filling up the cot at 19".

Obedience

We started a new schedule this week with Jojo talking to a number of the members and arranging for the field.

We met up at Port Royal School for a 7:00 start. Ann brought Basco, Jojo brought Gunner and Nero, Margaret brought Riggs, and Cliff brought his new male.

I did a BH type heeling pattern on leash including the group and the in-motions. While Jojo worked Nero Aron did a rock solid long down.

Protection

Good session at Port Royal School.

Aron ran the 6 blinds first and last. In the middle we did several open field call backs using the method given by Wallace Payne. Thank you Wallace, it lays a good foundation and seems to work well for the first try at it.

Obedience

Jojo and I met at PHC field this afternoon and had a quick obedience session.

I worked Aron in heeling, transitional speeds, sits, downs, in motions and a couple long recalls.

Tracking

Southside this Sunday morning, Ann brought Basco and Kay tracked Loki.

Aron ran a good track or 3 legs each approx 150yrds, inorder to make it all fit the corners were a little tighter than 90deg ending up with an almost triangle shaped track.

Madison ran a fairly quick u shaped short track, of course cleaning up the food every 25 paces or so.

Protection

We had a good session at Port Royal School Saturday.

I have been waiting for Aron to try a shortcut on the blinds after weeks of flawless running and today was the day I was ready for. He was stopped, made to follow the correct pattern and after a couple more trys freed back up and was running smoothly.

Obedience

It was a quiet night at Vesey St. Ann brought Basco.

I worked Aron in heeling and voraus. He seems to have picked up a hesitation in the Voraus from somewhere. I'm not sure how but just about every other send out he stopped about 50ft out in a dead still stand waiting..... not sure what for. We seem to have gotten over it but it was a bit confusing I must admit. I just pulled him backwards to the starting position for that send out and sat him, fused him and did it again. He eventually ran through wide full open again.

Protection

Light rain showers came off and on throughout this afternoons training session at Port Royal School. Ann trained Basco, Jermaine worked Capone, William Welton brought both Kiara and Errol, Jeanette brought Nancy and Jojo worked both Nero and Gunner.

Aron did well running 6 blinds very cleanly and quickly twice in each session. In the last run he did a nice hold and bark, not his strongest ever but good, a clean call out back to heel, and a super strong escape bite.

Obedience

Fairly quick session at Vesey St tonight. Ann worked Basco, Jojo worked both Nero and Gunner.

Aron worked soe heeling and basic in motion stuff. I was tired so I didnt push the complex stuff. Madison did real well with some heeling, recalls and in motion exercises.

Protection

Well it was a quick session for me on Saturday at Port Royal School field.

I ran Aron 6 blinds and he was fast and clean. He did a good hold and bark in blind 6 and we worked a little on transports.

Wedgewood

This is the new place. Doesnt that look a lot like a training field with all the banana tree gone...

Tracking

It was a good morning at Southside. Ann tracked Basco on 3 tracks, Kay tracked Loki.

Aron ran his track well. It was 300yrds, 3 corners, 3 articles, I was between 15-30' back on the leash. The conditions were very difficult for us. It was quite dry and windy so you couldnt see the track from behind. He ended up just off a couple times and I couldnt see it right away.

Protection

It was a cool afternoon up at Port Royal School. Ann brought Basco, Aaron brought Uzi, Jermaine worked both Capone and the young bitch, Mark & Jeanette brought both Nancy & Cesear.

Aron ran the blinds beautifully, under distraction from the helper, he was clean and fast. We did a couple side transport bites and a couple back up bites ending on an escape. In the second session he again ran the blinds perfectly.

Tracking

Souhtside this morning, Ann & Basco, Kay & Loki.

Aron ran a 300yrd track, 3 articles, at the end of the 30' line. He did really well. It was good conditions, the dew on the ground meant I could clearly see the track from the end of the line and verbally growl/correct if he was even a couple inches off.

Basco is really getting the hang of things. He is tracking approximately 75% of the track without trying to look up or to the side of the steps. There are still corrections required to empahsise the behaviours required.