Dutch Shepherd Forum

We're on week 4 of Koenig's SchH training. This was his second time on a sleeve.

He was doing wonderful runaways by the end of the afternoon! The first time scared the crud out of me. I wasn't positive he was going to go for the sleeve (but he did, and hit it beautifully. Hard, Fast, and Full) Gave our trainer a run for his money... my 80lb DS hits a bit harder then his 65lb Mali-gator, and his 60lb DS bitch. The trainer was raving about Koe the whole day.

I was SO proud. Thats all. Just wanted to share our success. (I'm sure I'll be back soon enough to share a failure. lol)

We're planning on going for our BH this spring. I need to start looking into trials, and really work on extended down-stays!

I need to work on bite work! Good to hear. We just signed up to work with Lisa Maze of Mutamorphasis for our technical training. She breeds Loups du Soleil malinois with Michael Ellis. Spit fire of a woman with awesome dogs I'm
Stoked!

How exciting!!!

Hi Kelly,
I know it's not technically 'spring' but there is tentively a WDA trial being planned for the end of Jan 2011 in the Woodburn, OR area if you're up for a road trip
*If* the trial gets confirmed I'll let you know.
I'm hoping to get Force's BH there if the trial ends up being a go ( we're also working on our long 'graze' ummm... I mean down ) and know of one other DS that'll probably be entered too.
Would be awesome to have 3 DS at a trial if it works out.
Jenny

Oh wow! If it's a go, we might head down just to get the experience. I'm not sure we'll be ready in Jan.... our long graze is exactly that, right now. Woodburn is semi-close to Portland, correct?

Yes, Woodburn is on the south side of Portland.
I'll let you know as soon as I hear if the trial is a for sure thing.
3 DS that'd be an awesome showing !!!

That'd be a pretty good representation of the Brindles!

Proper etiquette question.... If we are not ready to trial, is it frowned upon to bring a dog in training? Would it be OK to bring Koe just for the experience? We'll prolly come anyhow- but it'd be GREAT exposure for him to tag along. Dogs around that are not our normal bunch of training buddies. You know what I mean, I'm sure.
Advice, anyone? We're so new to the sport, I want to ask rather then annoy someone.

It depends on the club.
*some* clubs only allow trial entered dogs on the grounds on trial day.
If you're thinking about coming down to cheer on the DS entries in Jan ( *if* the trial is a go ) the club has in the past had no problems with none entered dogs on the grounds.
I've visited several trials to watch. For me , I show respect to the dogs working ( the handlers are stressed enough ) and don't get my dogs out while the entrants are working. I break my dogs away from the trial area during breaks between phases if needed. Once lunch break is announced I check with the trial secretary if it's ok to bring my dog(s) out and mingle ( mingle = work on a few fun exercises around strange people in a strange place )
I've so far never had an issue and not been allowed to have my dog(s) out under those circumstances.
After all, those 'in training' visitors are potential future trial entries . The clubs in my area are small and welcome all the support & entries they can get.

Black Mal wrote:I need to work on bite work! Good to hear. We just signed up to work with Lisa Maze of Mutamorphasis for our technical training. She breeds Loups du Soleil malinois with Michael Ellis. Spit fire of a woman with awesome dogs I'm
Stoked!

Will look forward to hearing all about your training! Lisa is a very talented trainer!