Dogs ACT Dog Sports Extravaganza - July 7-9

DOG SPORTS PAST EVENTS

Dogs ACT Dog Sports Extravaganza - July 7-9

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Over 2,500 dogs will be on show when Advance Pet Nutrition and Dogs ACT host the EPIC ADVANCE International Dog Show and Sports Extravaganza at Exhibition Park in Canberra.

From Affenpinscher to Xoloitzcuintle, and all breeds in between — Canberra will be the canine capital from Friday 7th until Sunday 9th July 2017.

The three-day event includes five conformation shows along with a number of dog sport activities, bringing together hundreds of dogs, owners and breeders from across Australia, who will all compete for the highly prized title of ‘Best in Show or Trial’. 

Spokesperson for Dogs ACT, Judith Woolley, said that the Dog Sport competitions will include events such as Agility, Rally-O, Obedience, Flyball, Dances with Dogs, Weight Pull, Junior Handlers and a Grooming competition, some within the indoor heated pavilions of Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC).

Weight pull is a relatively new dog sport with less than 100 participants across Australia. Competitors qualify by pulling a four-wheeled trolley carrying 12 times their bodyweight in besser blocks.

“Choosing the best canine in each class and event presents a daunting challenge for the judging panel which includes international judges from Norway, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, Canada, Israel and New Zealand,” said Ms Woolley. “2017 is the second year for this event, which we hope will continue”.

“The weekend’s celebrations will include a special Supreme Dog Challenge, Rising Stars, Amish Challenge, Junior Handlers and a Breeders Team competition along with a Grand Parade of the Veterans – not to be missed.”

Each day starts at 9am but you will need to check the programme to see when everything is on. This is the programme for Saturday 8th July, the official Open Day.

What: Advance International Dog Show and Trial Extravaganza

When: Friday 7th to Sunday 9th July 2017, from 9:00am to 4:00pm

Where: EPIC Pavilions & Grounds, Exhibition Park, Canberra, Flemington Road Entry

For more details, please visit www.dogsact.org.au

So What is the Plan?

DOG SPORTS goals

So What is the Plan?

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(Kash practicing his Long Sit today in a distracting environment)

I think I've finalized my plan for the 2012 trialling season. Note, I've said planned, as we all know some plans can go awry (for instance, since making this plan, I realized I have since been invited to a wedding during one of the weekends I put on the plan, therefore making me alter that plan to choose another trial date....it would be nice to be human-social every once in a while, after all).

So, without further ado, this is what I'm hoping to achieve:

May -  Agility Trial - Shimmer and Gaci competing, out of province.
June - was originally Agility Regionals weekend in New Brunswick, but a wedding has made me have to change this. Will still likely be agility, just not sure which weekend, nor where.
July - Rally Obedience, for Kash.  Two runs, hoping to complete his Advanced Title that weekend.
August - Agility Trial - Shimmer and Gaci, out of province.
September - Agility Trial - Shimmer and Kash (his debut to agility), out of province.
October - Rally/Traditional Obedience trial.  There are 6 Rally runs, and I think 2 obedience runs, over three days. I know I want to enter Kash in at least one Trad. OB run, and also work on his Rally Excellent Title. So it's just a matter of figuring out how many of each I want to enter Kash in, and whether I'll do one per day over three days, two per day over less days, or some combination of those. I have time to decide, especially after I see how Kash's Trad. OB skills shape up.  We've started working on it, keeping logs, which I'll share in a future post!

My Overall Goals for the dogs:

Kash (as referred to before):
- complete his RA title, begin working towards his RE.
- enter Traditional Obedience and earn at least one leg towards his CD (he won't be entered until October, which is why I'm only expecting one leg - if we do two runs, then I'll hope for two legs!)
- make his debut in agility.  I'll probably only focus on Standard and Jumpers for his first weekend out, and I'm aiming for a fun, positive experience, with commitment to working, rather than placements (although a Q would be appreciated....I'd never say no, after all).
- if a CGN testing opportunity arises, we`ll try to jump on it.

Shimmer:
Shimmer's main goals are all agility-oriented this year. We're still on a break from Rally (she's received her CGN and RA titles). But, I also have more concrete goals for her this year:
- complete her second Starters Jumpers Q, and enter Advanced.
- complete her first Gamblers Q (we still have lots to do on this, to build up her confidence for distance work).
- begin her first Standard run, and -maybe- earn her first real Agility title. That might be a bit over-reaching, but I need to start somewhere.

Gaci:
Just have fun in agility and continue to build confidence in public areas, and to spend quality time together.

Zipper:
- continue warming beds like a champ!! (Love you old guy!)

November starts the beginning of the winter break again from trialling, so it's a lot to put into one season! I'm not 100% sure I'll reach all of my goals, and if not that's okay. I'm having a blast with my dogs, and that's what matters in the end. We will see how the summer pans out!