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July 2012
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M O NTHLY
SPRINGWOOD DISTRICT DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
Agility Nationals 2012
13TH - 17TH JUNE SYDNEY EQUESTRIAN CENTRE
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very 2 years the National agility event is held in a different state of Australia. This year NSW was the host state and the event was held at the Sydney equestrian centre. With over 700 competitors (from all over Australia and New Zealand) and more than 6000 runs this event was huge, in fact the largest agility nationals yet. All breeds of dogs are able to enter. Each event was run in separate height categories, which means if your dog measures 300mm it only has to compete against other dogs of the same height.
Goodbye to Bebson It’s a sad goodbye for us all but mainly Leanne and David who had to say goodbye to their Beautiful Boxer Boy Benson! Everyone who met Benson fell in love with him me included and fortunately I had a few cuddles with him the day before he was put to sleep, Benson was like an older Gentleman with manners to suit and did not have a bad bone in his body and so gentle with everybody he will be sadly missed by all, Leanne fed him a bar of chocolate that he loved so much (but was not allowed to eat) that the vet found for her! he munched through that then went for his long sleep in his mums arms! RIP Benson Gorgeous Boy.
Ella Sweeney
Dog Of The Month? If this photo shows your dog and you claim it at the table by the end of the month from Ella, Leanne or Wally, you can then pick a small gift out of our raffle box.
Judges from every state and New Zealand were invited to set courses and judge this event. Dogs could be entered in Agility- an event which has a dog walk, A frame and weaves , Jumping-a course which has jumps and tunnels and agility games gamblers and snooker also strategic pairs ( 2 dogs working together to complete the course. Dogs compete at their level attained so far, Novice the entry level- after 3 passes at this level you can enter Excellent- after 5 passes at this level you can enter Masters. ). Two other events available to enter were open jumping and agility. In this class dogs at all levels can compete against each other, hence Open. Being such a big event dog heights were run on different days. 5 rings were allocated- 3 outdoor and 2 indoors allowing competitors to compete in all rings over the 5 days. At the conclusion of the event dogs which had
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placed in their heats competed in the finals. Each state and New Zealand also had selected teams to compete in the final event of the Nationals the Teams event. Nicola Read and I were privileged to enter the Nationals agility. Nicola has 3 Labradoodles, Coogee 13, Puzzle 7 and Crumpet who is a young puppy in training. Both Coogee and Puzzle competed on Friday in Agility Masters and Jumping Masters and they had clear runs (clear runs means no mistakes and within the course times set by the judge). On the Sat Puzzle ran clear in both events and Coogee ran clear in agility. Eisha my Boxer ran on Wednesday in gamblers, Agility Novice and Jumping Excellent. Eisha ran clear in gamblers and made 1 mistake in her other events. We competed again on the Friday Continued on page 3
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