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Kate Verhoeven & Bailey’s Story M

y name is Kate Verhoeven and I own a mischievous black and white, English pointer x named Bailey.

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All my life I have longed for a dog and now I am really happy to own a friendly, clever companion.

We chose Bailey out of a litter of dogs that were owned by a friend in school, in March last year.

The owners mothered him until we were ready to take him home. He adjusted very well to his new home but needed a lot of love and attention because it was his first time away from his mother.

Bailey would sleep on a bed in the laundry next to a hot water system to keep him warm. I remember cuddling and scratching him to sleep. In the morning we would both eat soggy weetbix together until he was old enough to eat solids.

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But like all puppies Bailey went through a chewing stage. He chewed up the indoor chairs to pieces which lead to moving out of the laundry. The number of things he chewed up was silly so we thought it was best for him to be located outside.

His favourite thing to chew up was mum’s bromeliads and I could never leave my shoes around because he would steal them and hide them somewhere. Bailey would take the washing of the line (still does) and would take it for a spin around the yard.

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SPRINGWOOD DISTRICT DOG TRAINING CLUB INC

August 2011-2012

Annual General Meeting: The AGM for Springwood Dog Training Club was held on the 25th August 2011.

We had several new members attend our meeting. It was great to see them and thank you for coming along.

Committee for 2012 is: Lynn Olson Vicki Finn Leanne Brown Ella Sweeney Bill & Ella Sweeney Robyn Assar Trevor Mawer Paul Kelly Dorothy Luker Wally Campbell Sarah Visser Ella Sweeney & Lynn Forward Ella Sweeney Nicola Read Ron Amann David Brown Charnie Cameron, Vicki Cooper, John & Gail Cameron, Paul & Maryjka Kelly

Annual General Meeting held at the clubhouse on 23rd August 2012 at 7:30pm.

There will be no dog training on that night.

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Honary Members: Pam Waters, Lesley Piggott.

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The dog next door had a big crush on Bailey. She is a very friendly Labrador named Kara. She would do anything to get over to see him. She even tried jumping off the balcony. She would knock the fence down and squeeze through so she could have a day with Bailey. I am sure Bailey loved the company but it needed to stop. The number of times dad had to fix the fence was just silly Now that Bailey is growing up he doesn’t need cuddles anymore (although he still likes the occasional one) He still likes to chew but he doesn’t do it as much. The dog next

door got over Bailey and our fence is staying in one piece. He will do anything for a bone or a pig ear and loves to go for walks with the family. He is really enjoying dog training and his ears and eyes light up when I say “we are going to dog training”.

He has made lots of friends and enjoys learning new tricks and commands. I thank the training club for there wonderful support and help to Bailey and I. I am very happy to have such a lovely dog and I’m look forward to the adventures to come.

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his sign says it all, well kind of anyway.

Lynn Olson sent this in to me a while ago and it is time to remind all our newer members to please pick up after their dogs at training, especially now we are training in the dark. The last thing we want to do is stand in something very smelly?

If you don’t have a bag ask if anyone has a bag. You will find we are all happy to help keep our oval nice and clean.

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Obedience & Agility Results

These were sent in by my friend Lynn. There is 30 of them so I will put some in every so often.

Grand Champion Obedience Marla and Bill have been very busy the last few weeks with some great results, some were in the last newsletter:

I had to look up “paraprosdokian”. Here is the definition: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

Okay, so now enjoy!

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

• At Port Stephens on Saturday the 5th May she won the UDX ring with judge Mr Butler on 189 points then she won the UD ring with Judge L Dibbin on 193 points.

• 19/5/2012 At Central Coast Trial which was a AM & PM Trial Marla won the UDX Ring on 187 points in E Temby’s ring in AM trial then she came second in UD Ring with Mr Butler on 184 points.

• In PM Trial she won the UD Ring on 190 points in M Fazekas Ring great weekend.

• 26/5/2012 a 2 day Trial at Kelso Marla came first in C Giles UD Ring on 194 points 27/5/2012 Marla won T Griffin’s UD ring on 189 points.

• Elsa keeps getting through to that last exercise with white leather and always wants the wrong one lol? But she has only been trialling in the top UDX ring since February this year and it is not an easy ring to get a pass in.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

• I was really happy to see 3 other SDDTC members trialling at Kelso and all doing well! Leanne and Eisha got through on both days in the open ring but due to being attacked in stays a while back left the stays at the end but its only a matter of time for Eisha.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station

• Shane Grundy Bombed his dog on the first day, but on the second day He and Chiko came 2nd on 98 points Great work Shane one more for that title!

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

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eaching your dog to come is an extremely important command, especially if his/her safety is at risk if they do not comply.

There are some huge mistakes people make when calling their dogs to come.

They ask their dogs to come when there is no way it’s going to happen. If your dog is chasing the neighbour’s cat, he will not respond to your calling and it’s unreasonable for you to expect him to. In fact, calling him to come at such a time will let the dog know that you can’t control what he does and that he doesn’t have to obey you straight away. It’s better to go and get him rather than call him and have him not come.

When the dog does finally come back, or when we go and get him, we punish him. BIG, BIG mistake. Why would the dog ever come to you if he thought he was going to get into trouble? He will not associate your anger with his non-compliance, all he knows is that he’s with you and you’re yelling at him.

The only time you call your dog to come is to put the lead back on and go home. The dog will learn that coming to you equals the end of the fun he is having. Combat this by calling your dog to you a number of times during his off leash time, just to give him a reward then let him go again.

So how do we teach come? There are plenty of things you can do to get your dog to come to you – crouch down, hold out a treat, run in the other direction, make an interesting noise. When the pup is coming towards you say “come”, and when he gets all the way in to you, reward and release. Then all you need to do is increase the

distance, then add distractions. Remember to keep the dog on lead so that you have success at each attempt. If he doesn’t want to come to you or gets distracted on the way in, use the lead to gently reel the puppy in.

Add distractions by getting a friend to walk close to the puppy or make a distracting noise while you are practicing the command.

Then practice in an unfamiliar or exciting place.

Once you are getting consistent results using a long lead or rope, take away the This isn’t distractions and start teaching off lead. non-compliance, Teaching off lead recalls the fastest it’s just there is and most fun way is by running no way it’s going to happen. away from your dog. This appeals to his prey instinct and he will be more than happy to chase you. Tell him stay, take his lead off and walk to a reasonable distance, then call him to come and immediately turn and run away from him. When he catches you give him a reward and heaps of praise. He will soon associate coming to you with fun and play and rewards.

If you find your dog is coming in but you would like it to be faster, then try this: 2 dogs, 1 treat. Get the two dogs to sit next to each other, tell both to stay and walk to a distance.

Show them the treat and call them both to come. The one that gets to you first gets the treat and the other will learn to be faster next time.

But remember this – no dog will ever be completely trustworthy off lead, there are just too many things that you cannot control.

Taken from Springwood District Dog Training Club Training Tips

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he next big event is obviously our own Obedience Trial which is on July the 14th. 2012 and we really want this to be a great Trial.

My husband Bill Sweeney and myself are the Trial Managers but you need a lot more people than just the Trial Manager to run a Trial. There is a lot of work involved but it helps bring members closer together and to be honest we have a great time too. We need stewards for our rings (6 rings with 2-3 stewards per ring) to help the judges and of course keep the rings running smoothly.

You don’t need to be experienced to be a steward as we have lots of stewards who have a lot of experience; some may have only started doing it last year but we put a mixture of

experienced and new helpers together.

Everyone has a sit down lunch (free) and a small thank you gift as well on the day.

We have 20 raffle prizes on sale before and during the Trial (our club has the most raffle prizes than any club we have trialled at and that is a lot of clubs believe me).

Any member who wants to Trial their dog on the day can do that too as well as steward or help with morning tea, sell raffle tickets or any other jobs that needs doing on the day.

The Trial is held at Erskin Park with loads of parking.

If interested please either tell Bill at Training or email me at ella.sweeney@bigpond.com

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The Mystery Mutt

by Lynn Olsen

Members’ Guessing Competition No. 21

Who am I

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his breed is one of the oldest breeds of dog, with a recorded history in Europe going back nearly 700 years. The breed originally only had dropped ears and were called the ‘epagneul nain’ or ‘dwarf spaniel’.

Much of the breed’s development is known because of its depiction in paintings. This tiny breed is recognizable in 13th through 15th century Italian paintings in the Renaissance period. They were often painted on the laps of French and Spanish noblewomen.

Also called the Continental Toy Spaniel, the dog is a small fine-boned little dog. The small head is slightly rounded between the ears with a well defined stop. The muzzle is somewhat short, thin tapering to the nose. The dark, medium sized, round eyes have black rims. The large ears can either be erect or dropped with rounded tips. The hair on the ears is long, and fringed, giving it a butterfly-like look. The teeth meet in a scissors bite.

The long tail is set high carried over the body, and covered with long hair. The straight, long, fine, single coat has extra frill on the chest, ears, back of the legs and the tail.

Coat colour is white with patches of any colour accept for liver. A mask of a colour other than white covers both ears and eyes from back to front.

The breed is a friendly, intelligent dog that is tougher than it looks, and loves outdoor exercise. Do not over-pamper or overprotect these little dogs as they are likely to develop small dog syndrome. Which is a human induced behaviour they can display behaviours such as acting timid, demanding, willfulness and obsessive barking, however puppies should be well-socialised let them meet different people and animals in a positive environment, this way they will be exposed to a variety of situations.

These are very intelligent little dogs, and are easy to train. They are very sensitive for harsh words and should never be trained with a hard approach.

WHO AM I? Last months dog was a Doberman

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The Dalmatian Breed

Baptising a Glaswegian

Dog class – Non sporting Average height – 16 to 23 inches Average weight – 44 to 77 pounds Size – Medium Average life span – 12 to 13 years

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he Dalmatian is a medium sized, white dog with spots that are often approximately all sizes. Although black or liver spots are most common, they can also be blue, orange or lemon. There are also many different coat pattern variations. The Dalmatian usually weighs between 20 and 35kgs, and the males are often bigger than the females. Built for long distance endurance, this breed is well muscled.

The Dalmatian’s past is quite extensive and argued. Many sources claim the Dalmatian was the first spotted dog in Europe, Asia and Africa. The first positive location is Dalmatia, on the western coast of the former Yugoslavia, which was previously an Austrian province.

The Dalmatian is nicknamed by the English as The English Coach Dog, The Carriage Dog, The Plum Pudding Dog, and The Firehouse Dog. It is from its first home that the correct name originates: Dalmatian. The Dalmatian has been a dog of war acting as a sentinel at the border of Dalmatia and Croatia. They have been shepherds, as well as fire house mascots.

Dalmatians have also been used as sporting dogs in a variety of capacities: birds, trail hound, retriever or pack dog.

They were famously used as stylish coach dogs, running under the rear axle of the coach. Their stamina allowed them to keep up with the horses; their guarding abilities kept the coach and its contents safe. Dalmatians first came to firehouses as ratters to kill vermin in stables and firehouses. Because of their coach experience, they were soon running alongside, and eventually riding in the fire engines. To this day, many firehouses in Great Britain and the USA have Dalmatians.

Dalmatians love to run, especially beside bicycles. Be sure to have an attachment such as a Springer for your bicycle, if you bike with your Dalmatian or any dog. If your dog is only on a leash, he could get tangled in the bike, injuring both of you. Dals also like to swim, and make good running partners as well, especially for distance runners.

They’re an all-purpose breed, capable of hunting, search and rescue and even obedience trials (with much patient training)!

There are even road dog competitions in keeping with their early use as carriage dogs.

During the competitions, the dogs accompany horses or carriages for distances of 12.5 or 25 miles. They can be good flyball, Frisbee, agility or backpacking dogs, depending on the nature of the individual dog.

This breed is active and energetic, and it enjoys the outdoors. Dalmatians are people oriented dogs that like to spend lots of time with their families. They love to play, especially as puppies.

Glaswegian is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptising people in the river.

The preacher shocked at the answer, dunks him into the water again for a little longer. He again pulls him out of the water and asks again, ‘Have you found Jesus me brother?’ The drunk again answers,

He proceeds to walk into the water and subsequently bumps into the preacher…

‘No, Ah havnae found Jesus.’

The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon he asks the drunk, ‘Are you ready to find Jesus?’

The drunk shouts, ‘Aye, I am.’ So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water. He pulls him up and asks the drunk, ‘Brother have you found Jesus?’ The drunk replies, ‘No, Ah havnae found Jesus.’

By this time the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk in the water again — but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds and when he begins kicking his arms and legs he pulls him up.

The preacher again asks the drunk, ‘For the love of God have you found Jesus?’

(Are you ready for this????)

The drunk wipes his eyes, catches his breath and says to the preacher, ‘Are you sure this is where he fell in?

Apology My sincere apologies for not getting this months new members and their pooches names in this issue due to circumstances beyond my control and will try and obtain them and put them in the next issue with June’s new members, again sorry about that?

Ella Sweeney.

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i Everyone I thought for a change I would give Brett a stick with all different dogs and people from different trials we have done which I have photos of to show it is not all work we have a great time together too, so here is a mixture of all sorts and I look forward to what they do with the middle pages with these. I do know that as usual they will do a great job they never let me down and are just awesome!

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i Everyone I thought for a change I would give Brett a stick with all different dogs and people from different trials we have done which I have photos of to show it is not all work we have a great time together too, so here is a mixture of all sorts and I look forward to what they do with the middle pages with these. I do know that as usual they will do a great job they never let me down and are just awesome!

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The Dalmatian Breed

Baptising a Glaswegian

Dog class – Non sporting Average height – 16 to 23 inches Average weight – 44 to 77 pounds Size – Medium Average life span – 12 to 13 years

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he Dalmatian is a medium sized, white dog with spots that are often approximately all sizes. Although black or liver spots are most common, they can also be blue, orange or lemon. There are also many different coat pattern variations. The Dalmatian usually weighs between 20 and 35kgs, and the males are often bigger than the females. Built for long distance endurance, this breed is well muscled.

The Dalmatian’s past is quite extensive and argued. Many sources claim the Dalmatian was the first spotted dog in Europe, Asia and Africa. The first positive location is Dalmatia, on the western coast of the former Yugoslavia, which was previously an Austrian province.

The Dalmatian is nicknamed by the English as The English Coach Dog, The Carriage Dog, The Plum Pudding Dog, and The Firehouse Dog. It is from its first home that the correct name originates: Dalmatian. The Dalmatian has been a dog of war acting as a sentinel at the border of Dalmatia and Croatia. They have been shepherds, as well as fire house mascots.

Dalmatians have also been used as sporting dogs in a variety of capacities: birds, trail hound, retriever or pack dog.

They were famously used as stylish coach dogs, running under the rear axle of the coach. Their stamina allowed them to keep up with the horses; their guarding abilities kept the coach and its contents safe. Dalmatians first came to firehouses as ratters to kill vermin in stables and firehouses. Because of their coach experience, they were soon running alongside, and eventually riding in the fire engines. To this day, many firehouses in Great Britain and the USA have Dalmatians.

Dalmatians love to run, especially beside bicycles. Be sure to have an attachment such as a Springer for your bicycle, if you bike with your Dalmatian or any dog. If your dog is only on a leash, he could get tangled in the bike, injuring both of you. Dals also like to swim, and make good running partners as well, especially for distance runners.

They’re an all-purpose breed, capable of hunting, search and rescue and even obedience trials (with much patient training)!

There are even road dog competitions in keeping with their early use as carriage dogs.

During the competitions, the dogs accompany horses or carriages for distances of 12.5 or 25 miles. They can be good flyball, Frisbee, agility or backpacking dogs, depending on the nature of the individual dog.

This breed is active and energetic, and it enjoys the outdoors. Dalmatians are people oriented dogs that like to spend lots of time with their families. They love to play, especially as puppies.

Glaswegian is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptising people in the river.

The preacher shocked at the answer, dunks him into the water again for a little longer. He again pulls him out of the water and asks again, ‘Have you found Jesus me brother?’ The drunk again answers,

He proceeds to walk into the water and subsequently bumps into the preacher…

‘No, Ah havnae found Jesus.’

The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon he asks the drunk, ‘Are you ready to find Jesus?’

The drunk shouts, ‘Aye, I am.’ So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water. He pulls him up and asks the drunk, ‘Brother have you found Jesus?’ The drunk replies, ‘No, Ah havnae found Jesus.’

By this time the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk in the water again — but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds and when he begins kicking his arms and legs he pulls him up.

The preacher again asks the drunk, ‘For the love of God have you found Jesus?’

(Are you ready for this????)

The drunk wipes his eyes, catches his breath and says to the preacher, ‘Are you sure this is where he fell in?

Apology My sincere apologies for not getting this months new members and their pooches names in this issue due to circumstances beyond my control and will try and obtain them and put them in the next issue with June’s new members, again sorry about that?

Ella Sweeney.

Dog Quote of the Month …God gave to every dog an understanding soul.

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The Mystery Mutt

by Lynn Olsen

Members’ Guessing Competition No. 21

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his breed is one of the oldest breeds of dog, with a recorded history in Europe going back nearly 700 years. The breed originally only had dropped ears and were called the ‘epagneul nain’ or ‘dwarf spaniel’.

Much of the breed’s development is known because of its depiction in paintings. This tiny breed is recognizable in 13th through 15th century Italian paintings in the Renaissance period. They were often painted on the laps of French and Spanish noblewomen.

Also called the Continental Toy Spaniel, the dog is a small fine-boned little dog. The small head is slightly rounded between the ears with a well defined stop. The muzzle is somewhat short, thin tapering to the nose. The dark, medium sized, round eyes have black rims. The large ears can either be erect or dropped with rounded tips. The hair on the ears is long, and fringed, giving it a butterfly-like look. The teeth meet in a scissors bite.

The long tail is set high carried over the body, and covered with long hair. The straight, long, fine, single coat has extra frill on the chest, ears, back of the legs and the tail.

Coat colour is white with patches of any colour accept for liver. A mask of a colour other than white covers both ears and eyes from back to front.

The breed is a friendly, intelligent dog that is tougher than it looks, and loves outdoor exercise. Do not over-pamper or overprotect these little dogs as they are likely to develop small dog syndrome. Which is a human induced behaviour they can display behaviours such as acting timid, demanding, willfulness and obsessive barking, however puppies should be well-socialised let them meet different people and animals in a positive environment, this way they will be exposed to a variety of situations.

These are very intelligent little dogs, and are easy to train. They are very sensitive for harsh words and should never be trained with a hard approach.

WHO AM I? Last months dog was a Doberman

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eaching your dog to come is an extremely important command, especially if his/her safety is at risk if they do not comply.

There are some huge mistakes people make when calling their dogs to come.

They ask their dogs to come when there is no way it’s going to happen. If your dog is chasing the neighbour’s cat, he will not respond to your calling and it’s unreasonable for you to expect him to. In fact, calling him to come at such a time will let the dog know that you can’t control what he does and that he doesn’t have to obey you straight away. It’s better to go and get him rather than call him and have him not come.

When the dog does finally come back, or when we go and get him, we punish him. BIG, BIG mistake. Why would the dog ever come to you if he thought he was going to get into trouble? He will not associate your anger with his non-compliance, all he knows is that he’s with you and you’re yelling at him.

The only time you call your dog to come is to put the lead back on and go home. The dog will learn that coming to you equals the end of the fun he is having. Combat this by calling your dog to you a number of times during his off leash time, just to give him a reward then let him go again.

So how do we teach come? There are plenty of things you can do to get your dog to come to you – crouch down, hold out a treat, run in the other direction, make an interesting noise. When the pup is coming towards you say “come”, and when he gets all the way in to you, reward and release. Then all you need to do is increase the

distance, then add distractions. Remember to keep the dog on lead so that you have success at each attempt. If he doesn’t want to come to you or gets distracted on the way in, use the lead to gently reel the puppy in.

Add distractions by getting a friend to walk close to the puppy or make a distracting noise while you are practicing the command.

Then practice in an unfamiliar or exciting place.

Once you are getting consistent results using a long lead or rope, take away the This isn’t distractions and start teaching off lead. non-compliance, Teaching off lead recalls the fastest it’s just there is and most fun way is by running no way it’s going to happen. away from your dog. This appeals to his prey instinct and he will be more than happy to chase you. Tell him stay, take his lead off and walk to a reasonable distance, then call him to come and immediately turn and run away from him. When he catches you give him a reward and heaps of praise. He will soon associate coming to you with fun and play and rewards.

If you find your dog is coming in but you would like it to be faster, then try this: 2 dogs, 1 treat. Get the two dogs to sit next to each other, tell both to stay and walk to a distance.

Show them the treat and call them both to come. The one that gets to you first gets the treat and the other will learn to be faster next time.

But remember this – no dog will ever be completely trustworthy off lead, there are just too many things that you cannot control.

Taken from Springwood District Dog Training Club Training Tips

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he next big event is obviously our own Obedience Trial which is on July the 14th. 2012 and we really want this to be a great Trial.

My husband Bill Sweeney and myself are the Trial Managers but you need a lot more people than just the Trial Manager to run a Trial. There is a lot of work involved but it helps bring members closer together and to be honest we have a great time too. We need stewards for our rings (6 rings with 2-3 stewards per ring) to help the judges and of course keep the rings running smoothly.

You don’t need to be experienced to be a steward as we have lots of stewards who have a lot of experience; some may have only started doing it last year but we put a mixture of

experienced and new helpers together.

Everyone has a sit down lunch (free) and a small thank you gift as well on the day.

We have 20 raffle prizes on sale before and during the Trial (our club has the most raffle prizes than any club we have trialled at and that is a lot of clubs believe me).

Any member who wants to Trial their dog on the day can do that too as well as steward or help with morning tea, sell raffle tickets or any other jobs that needs doing on the day.

The Trial is held at Erskin Park with loads of parking.

If interested please either tell Bill at Training or email me at ella.sweeney@bigpond.com

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We now have beautiful Club Polo Shirts and light Jackets at the moment. Paul Kelly is looking after them and some of us, me included, have already bought some. They are so comfortable to wear.

“If I were a furless human on a cold night like this, I’d be getting a Club Jacket!”

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These were sent in by my friend Lynn. There is 30 of them so I will put some in every so often.

Grand Champion Obedience Marla and Bill have been very busy the last few weeks with some great results, some were in the last newsletter:

I had to look up “paraprosdokian”. Here is the definition: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

Okay, so now enjoy!

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

• At Port Stephens on Saturday the 5th May she won the UDX ring with judge Mr Butler on 189 points then she won the UD ring with Judge L Dibbin on 193 points.

• 19/5/2012 At Central Coast Trial which was a AM & PM Trial Marla won the UDX Ring on 187 points in E Temby’s ring in AM trial then she came second in UD Ring with Mr Butler on 184 points.

• In PM Trial she won the UD Ring on 190 points in M Fazekas Ring great weekend.

• 26/5/2012 a 2 day Trial at Kelso Marla came first in C Giles UD Ring on 194 points 27/5/2012 Marla won T Griffin’s UD ring on 189 points.

• Elsa keeps getting through to that last exercise with white leather and always wants the wrong one lol? But she has only been trialling in the top UDX ring since February this year and it is not an easy ring to get a pass in.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

• I was really happy to see 3 other SDDTC members trialling at Kelso and all doing well! Leanne and Eisha got through on both days in the open ring but due to being attacked in stays a while back left the stays at the end but its only a matter of time for Eisha.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station

• Shane Grundy Bombed his dog on the first day, but on the second day He and Chiko came 2nd on 98 points Great work Shane one more for that title!

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

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The dog next door had a big crush on Bailey. She is a very friendly Labrador named Kara. She would do anything to get over to see him. She even tried jumping off the balcony. She would knock the fence down and squeeze through so she could have a day with Bailey. I am sure Bailey loved the company but it needed to stop. The number of times dad had to fix the fence was just silly Now that Bailey is growing up he doesn’t need cuddles anymore (although he still likes the occasional one) He still likes to chew but he doesn’t do it as much. The dog next

door got over Bailey and our fence is staying in one piece. He will do anything for a bone or a pig ear and loves to go for walks with the family. He is really enjoying dog training and his ears and eyes light up when I say “we are going to dog training”.

He has made lots of friends and enjoys learning new tricks and commands. I thank the training club for there wonderful support and help to Bailey and I. I am very happy to have such a lovely dog and I’m look forward to the adventures to come.

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Lynn Olson sent this in to me a while ago and it is time to remind all our newer members to please pick up after their dogs at training, especially now we are training in the dark. The last thing we want to do is stand in something very smelly?

If you don’t have a bag ask if anyone has a bag. You will find we are all happy to help keep our oval nice and clean.

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August 2011-2012

Annual General Meeting: The AGM for Springwood Dog Training Club was held on the 25th August 2011.

We had several new members attend our meeting. It was great to see them and thank you for coming along.

Committee for 2012 is: Lynn Olson Vicki Finn Leanne Brown Ella Sweeney Bill & Ella Sweeney Robyn Assar Trevor Mawer Paul Kelly Dorothy Luker Wally Campbell Sarah Visser Ella Sweeney & Lynn Forward Ella Sweeney Nicola Read Ron Amann David Brown Charnie Cameron, Vicki Cooper, John & Gail Cameron, Paul & Maryjka Kelly

Annual General Meeting held at the clubhouse on 23rd August 2012 at 7:30pm.

There will be no dog training on that night.

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Honary Members: Pam Waters, Lesley Piggott.

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Training Nights at Lomatia Park Agility: Monday 7:30pm Obedience: Thursday 7:30pm Wet weather call Bounce back on 19922767 text dogtraining and you will get a message back whether the oval is open or not.

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Kate Verhoeven & Bailey’s Story M

y name is Kate Verhoeven and I own a mischievous black and white, English pointer x named Bailey.

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All my life I have longed for a dog and now I am really happy to own a friendly, clever companion.

We chose Bailey out of a litter of dogs that were owned by a friend in school, in March last year.

The owners mothered him until we were ready to take him home. He adjusted very well to his new home but needed a lot of love and attention because it was his first time away from his mother.

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But like all puppies Bailey went through a chewing stage. He chewed up the indoor chairs to pieces which lead to moving out of the laundry. The number of things he chewed up was silly so we thought it was best for him to be located outside.

His favourite thing to chew up was mum’s bromeliads and I could never leave my shoes around because he would steal them and hide them somewhere. Bailey would take the washing of the line (still does) and would take it for a spin around the yard.