The Brittany Forum

doganjo · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:

Probably in house this year, Sue, John A, possibly Fiona, plus one other possibility - not confirmed yet
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Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away

Patricia · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject:

Do we not know of other trainers for a different perspective and approach?? Every trainer has their own way of thinking...and doing...

doganjo · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

I leave that to John - we have to think of costs as well
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Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away

Patricia · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject:

I just think from time to time we need some " fresh ideas", we can all become stale.
I think like Guy says, maybe a working test in a format of training day?
In a GWT, you have puppy, Novice, special beginner to open...So, different levels, short seen retrieves, a bit of obedience up to much higher levels.
How about Di Arrowsmith? I was told years ago she was good with puupies?? Only ideas, nothing else meant!
Let people bring their own lunches!

doganjo · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

I think you should bring this up at Committee level. Unless someone mentions it to John very soon it will be too late for this year. At the moment we have 5 for the training day. If anyone else wants to come please let me know.
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Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away

Lin Dyke · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

We had originally planned to attend the training day but unfortunately will now only be there for the show on Sunday.
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guy · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:57 am Post subject:

Dogs without KC papers - I assume you mean 'pedigree' papers can register with the KC Activity register and are then able to compete in certain events.

I don't think the club days should be seen as an alternative to a local trainer or mentor. They are aimed at training like with like. Very few local trainers have experience with HPRs. They are also a chance to share experience with similar minded people.

I am with you on the problem of centralised events disenfranchising distant members. But it is hard enough to align venues and trainers to the current scheme - this does not mean it would not be possible to vary the venue - just it might not be as straight forward as it might seem. The reverse argument also applies, to the organisers - to create experiences in different parts of the country from scratch requires a lot of time and effort - putting a great strain on a single individual with regards their time and travel - to inspect, arrange, attend etc.
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Ghilliegumdrop · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

At the moment, I think that the only things that 'unregistered' dogs can do when put onto the working register is obedience and agility. Possibly also working trials, it's a shame that the KC don't let unregistered gundogs do a form of gundog working test of some description. If a breed club runs a training event then I think that any dog of that breed should be allowed to enter even if it is not KC registered. After all the owners may then be encouraged to buy a dog that is registered next time they purchase a pup.
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doganjo · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: