What
Better Way to Spend A Weekend – Working With Your Dogs Instincts, Learning The
Sport Of Tracking, Meeting New People, And Having Some Fun Outdoors Come Rain, Snow or Shine!
It is
another busy weekend for “The Crew”. On Saturday, Donna Brinkworth (Tracking
Instructor and CKC Tracking Judge) ran a seminar for the beginners who came
out to learn about the sport of Tacking. My Ash who has been taking lessons was thrilled to be a demo dog for the event.
When pursuing the art of "working" with our dogs, be it tracking or herding, one never knows what weather will be bestowed upon us. So, we always have to be prepared for all weather conditions. We had to work with cold temps, snow patches and veg, and wind. For those that love the outdoors and want to work with the natural instincts of your dog, then this post is for you! We all learn from watching different breeds and their owner/handler when they are given a chance to explore and channel their natural instincts in a venue that helps us become more bonded with our canine pal.
We had a great variety of breeds out today - two Miniature Schnauzers, a Pomeranian, a Basset Hound, an Australian Shepherd, and of course a few Canaans:-) From rare breeds to toys, to terriers, hounds and herding dogs - what a great mix of breeds and wonderful owners who all share one thing in common - We all LOVE exploring the working nature of our canine buddies!
Below are some favourite pics from today's seminar of the array of breeds with their owners - What an awesome day with our fabulous Instructor Donna and all the handler teams! All of the dogs did great and wanted to keep learning and working more with their handlers!
For PART TWO of the weekend to see Ash in her Mock Trial CLICK HERE!
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| Me and Miss Ash in her tracking harness getting down to business to demo a "serpentine track" for the beginners. Special Thanks to Fotina, one of the Seminar students, for the pic! |
Below are some Pics I captured of the students having a great time at the Seminar!
"CB" the
Pomeranian and his owner Fotina
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| CB says "I may be just "cutestuff" to some but, hey I need to work - just watch me! |
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| "CB" working on his scentpad |
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| Fotina and CB getting down to business on their track |
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| Fotina and CB having a great time at the tracking seminar |
"Hank" the Basset Hound and owner Linda
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| Mr "Hank" |
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| "Hank" takes in the scentpad |
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| Linda handling Hank as he pursues his track |
"Fierce" the Australian Shepherd with owner Colleen
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| Colleen and Miss Happypants "Fierce" |
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| Colleen and "Fierce" the Aussie getting down to business scenting the track |
"Riley" the Schnauzer with owner Judy
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| Mr Riley says" ok mom I am ready when you are!" |
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| Riley getting down to business with nose to ground on the track |
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| Riley taking in the scentpad |
"Tag" the Schnauzer with owner Sera
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| "Tag" gets right into the scentpad |
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| "Tag" in hot pursuit of his track |
And Last but Not least - We gave my Rook to Shelly who came with Colleen and needed a beginner dog to work - so we gave her a young fireball Canaan male:-) Shelly did great with him! I always love to be able to hand off one of my desert crew and say" here you go!"
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| Shelly handles my Rook as he dives in for the scentpad |
Donna's female Border Collie "Jet" looks after the glove during the seminar while mom is speaking:-)
Donna's German shepherd "Caden" sets out to do a beautiful demo for the group
Well done Michelle! It looks like everyone had a great time.
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Thanks David. It was a fantastic weekend all around for the dogs and owners. As you know, it is always fun to get together with a great group of people who love to work with their dogs. The crew were great hosts too and Ash loved being a demo dog for the beginners and really enjoyed the experience of the mock trial. She probably would of tracked all day! Sara would of been proud of Ash:-)
DeleteGreat pictures Michelle. It actually looks like CB and I know what we're doing! (Well CB does anyway)
ReplyDeleteThanks Fotina. I just loved Mister CB! He definitely shows lots of promise as a great tracking dog! It was so great to meet you both and so glad that you are hooked on Tracking!
DeleteLooks like a wonderful weekend. Ash looks like she is ready for the next stage in tracking with Rook not far behind her. Annabel
ReplyDeleteHi Annabel. The whole weekend was awesome! Donna certainly knows how to put on a great seminar and Mock Trial! Ash is so much fun to work with and I will now start to work Rook more now since he is also so eager to train. Onward and upward!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Pomeranian! Sooooooo cute
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