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GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.

                        THE BARK
                           MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER
                                 www.gawlerdogtrainingclubinc.org.au

                                                                                                   June-July 2015

A quick word from the editor....              the time out to come and help on our           For those of you who haven’t noticed,
                                              trial days....so thankyou all!               our clubrooms have gone through a
Hi all GDTC members                             Pics and results of the rally trial are    transformation (pictured below). Penny
                                              further on in this newsletter.               and Leanne have done a wonderful job

H
                                                                                           giving the clubrooms a much needed
     AVE to say this                            We have had luck on our side               coat of paint, and I have to say it looks
     year is absolutely                       weather-wise for training on Wednesday       great! So thanks girls, for all the time
flying by! With only                          and Friday nights, with a couple of          and hard work you put in to make our
three club trials left this year, where has   cancellations on Monday’s confirmation       clubrooms something to be proud of!
the time gone!                                class. But I know one thing for sure it      We have also had some club emblem
GDTC hosted a double rally trial on May       has been pretty cold out there on the        signs put up which look great.
24 which was a great day.                     training field!
                                                                                             If you have any enquiries or need
  The weather was beautiful which is           Although once you get running around        assistance please don’t hesitate to ask
always a blessing for those involved          on the agillity practice courses, you        at the clubrooms on any training night
and we had a pretty good number of            soon warm up and the dogs always love        through the week. We are happy to help!
competitors come out on the day, which        coming out even if it is bitterly cold, no
was fantastic!                                complaints from them.
                                                                                            Happy Training!
  The double agility trial, held on June 21     The cold, wet weather will be over
was also a great day, with lovely sunny       before you know it and there will be a
weather to greet all the competitors,         lot more opportunities to come out to         Deb Karutz
judges and helpers. And, as always we         training. I know my dogs are always
really do appreciate everyone who takes       keen! ... Well Huddy is at least!

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GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
Current Training Times (Winter)
                                                    Conformation
                                                   Monday evenings
                                      7.30 pm (no membership required for this class)
                                                       Agility
                                                 Wednesday evenings
      Newsletter Dates
                                  7.00-7.45pm Foundation / Post Foundation / Triallers /
       February-March                                Pre-Triallers
          April-May                           7.45 pm Advanced Triallers
          June-July                                     Obedience
      August-September                                Friday evenings
      October-November                             7.15-7.45 pm Puppies
                                   Beginners (3 classes) – Family, First Level, Graduation
                                                       Trialling, Rally
  The gift I am sending                      7.15-8.00 pm Dancing with Dogs
                                 8.00-8.45 pm Community Companion Class / Fun Class /
you is called a dog, and is          Dances with Dogs Beginners / Pre-triallers / Rally
 in fact the most precious                   9.00 pm Open class / Ring work
                                 Note: These are seasonal times and are subject to change, if in
and valuable possession of                  doubt please check with your instructor
          mankind
              – Theodorus Gaza
                                 Please keep in mind...
                                 Agility is a competition sport and it is expected that
                                 the members that present for instruction will make an
                                 attempt to trial. Also that it is their responsibility to help
                                 set up and/or dismantle equipment and should be at the
                                 clubgrounds on training night at least by 6.45pm.

                                 A quick word about FEES....
                                 Membership fees are $25.00 from September 1st and
                                 are due by December 31.

     LONG WEEKENDS
   In the event of long
                                                                    WET WEATHER
weekends, there will be no                                               POLICY
 training on the Friday or                                       If there is consistent
       Monday night.                                             rainfall in the district
                                                                prior to training, it will
                                                                      be cancelled.

     IMYDOG
      My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
Gawler Dog Training Club Inc.
    Obedience, Agility Instructors and Committee 2015

  Michael Vigor    Wendy Adams          Cherie Cleary         Wendy Horne          Sharon Garrett
  Obedience &     Chief Instructor &    Assistant Chief          Agility               Agility
    Agility &      Vice President      Instructor Agility       Triallers           Foundation
   President                                                                         Secretary

 Cathy Warcup        Ruth Egel          Stephen Miller        Lynne Staplyton      Alan Kennedy
    Agility           Agility &            Aillity &           Assistant Chief      Obedience
  Foundation         Committee           Obedience          Instructor Obedience
                                                                 CCC Class

Elaine Kennedy      Olga Vidoni        Penny Hopper           Donna Palmer          Tori Watkin
  Obedience         Obedience           Obedience &            Obedience            Obedience,
                                       Sub committee            Triallers          Puppies & Fun

Joyce Winspear     Jo Harkness          Leanne Pelin          Denise Adams         Rosemary Kemp
Conformation &      Treasurer             Rally &              Dancing with          Committee
  Committee                              Committee                Dogs

                  Ashley Van Rooy       Debra Karutz           Paul Kearney
                    Committee            Committee              Committee
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC
                    Double Rally – Sunday May 24, 2015
      Thankyou to the competitors, judges and all who helped on the day to make our rally trial a
          great success! Janice De Gennaro kindly took these action shots on the day.

Here are the results:
Rally Novice – Judge: Jan Brabham
1st – RIVER CDX ADX JDM – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (D) – Miss Natasha Davis (98)
2nd – TEDDY CCD – Poodle X (D) – Joanne Storr (96)
3rd – APRILRAINE RED ZUMA (AI) CD JD – Nova Scotia Duck Trolling Retriever (D) – Miss N Davis &
      Ms T Kropman (95)
Rally Advanced ‘A’ – Judge: Keith Millington
1st – JASMINE RN – Australian Kelpie (B) – Elisabeth Brady (97)
2nd – TILLY RN – Border Collie (B) – R&J Ellis (87)
3rd – Ch WALDWIEZE GRAEVEVET AT POSHVWEI (IMP NZ) RN – Weimaraner (B) – Jessie Hughes (83)
Rally Advanced ‘B’ – Judge: Keith Millington
1st – OC TULLACREST LIQUID AMBER RN RA RE – Border Collie (B) – W&I Doburzynski (99)
2nd – OC CALANAIS ONE FINE DAY ADM JDM SDX GDX SPDX RE – Border Collie (B) – A McKenzie (98)
3rd – SILVANWOOD PRIME TARGET CD RE AD JD SPD DW DFS HTMN – Aus Shepherd (D) – SJ Baillie (94)
Rally Excellent ‘A’ – Judge: Neil MacDonald
1st – TOOKURRA LAST CHANCE F LUV CDX RA – Border Collie (D) – CA Pittam (90)
2nd – MICKEY CD RN RA – Border Collie (D) – Mary Vahaviolos (85)
Rally Excellent ‘B’ – Judge: Neil MacDonald
1st – OC CALANAIS ONE FINE DAY ADM JDM SDX GDX SPDX RE – Border Collie (B) – A McKenzie (95)
2nd – OC TULLACREST LIQUID AMBER RN RA RE – Border Collie (B) – W&I Doburzynski (94)
3rd – SILVANWOOD PRIME TARGET CD RE AD JD SPD DW DFS HTMN – Aus Shepherd (D) – SJ Baillie (93)

   These photos were taken and kindly
       supplied to us courtesty of
  Janice De Gennaro – Shadow’s Farm
             Photography
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GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
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THE
BRAG BOARD
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                                        If it looks like we are bragging...
                                                it’s because we are!
MrMJJackson RN ADX JDX GD SD – 6 Years
This is Jacko’s first obedience title. Obedience trials
have always been a struggle so Rally has been great
for him as I can talk to him whilst doing the course.

MissMMonroe RN JD – 3 years
These are Monroe’s first titles
Monroe also competed in a recent Dancing with Dogs
Mock Trial. Apart from both of us being very nervous
she passed her Heelwork to Music so we can now try
a real trial.

                                         First and foremost these dogs are our pets.
                                         Jacko is the first dog that I ever trained
                                         and it has been a big learning curve.
                                         It is a great way for us all to keep fit and
                                         while it remains fun we will keep doing it.

                                         Roz Short

                                          Dogs SA State Championships
                                                 Held at Munno Para Dog
                                         Obedience Clubgrounds – July 11-12, 2015

                                                  Congratulations goes to...

                                             MissMMonroe RN JD – Roz Short
                                                  1st Place Novice Agility
                                              Novice Agility State Champion

                                                Ralphie JDX – Jo Harkness
                                                    4th Place Gamblers
                                                 5th Place Strategic Pairs
                                                    (with Mr Squiggles)
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
So ...
                   THE BOLT REPORT
What’s Bolt been up to these past few weeks?.... Well, he is growing up fast and is cheeky as
ever!! But he is certainly a beautiful boy. Quite a few of us are just wondering when Bolt is
going to stop growing hence the picture below! (haha)
Wendy has had to cut down the food a little, “Bolty” was getting just a little too fat! He loves
his food that boy! In fact, he just loves life! Bolt has been learning DWD under the careful
instruction from Denise and handler Lynne every Friday night. His agility training with his mum
Wendy is coming along nicely too, he just loves it!

                                                    “My goodness, Bolt is gonna be a huge dog
                                                       Wendy, just look at those big paws!”
                                                       “What breed is he?....Is he a Bernese
                                                                   Mountain Dog”?

                                                               No! Bolt is an Aussie
                                                            Shepherd and what do you
                                                             mean he’s big? He is not
                                                            big at all! He is just fine...
                                                                 aren’t ya Bolty?

    What do ya think of Bolty’s
   new Boltswagon?... pretty nifty
     huh? Handy way to get his
   home away from home around.
   Just gotta train him to move it
           around himself!
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
Does your dog have a really reliable recall?
Recall is a complex behaviour and it comes part in parcel with the relationship you have with
your dog. It’s common sense really, the more value your dog has for you and being around
you, the more likely he or she is to come back first time happily when called!

So what is your perfect recall?
What does it look like?
How does it feel?
What are our expectations or criteria for it?

Does your recall need work? Are you stuck for ideas?
Here are some tips to try...                                 having their collar grabbed or do they shy away? The
Choose a special recall word. Has your dog learnt to         collar grab game is simple. Grab collar, feed a treat,
ignore their name or current recall word? If that’s the      remove hand…and repeat. By doing this game you are
case then it may be best to start from scratch with a        building value for the collar being grabbed. If played
new word. To the dog, all the word needs to mean is          enough it becomes a really fun game and you may find
something amazing is about to happen. Build value for        that your dog starts offering you their neck as they are
the word by playing the name game. The name game             so eager to have their collar grabbed! Now how cool is
is whenever you say the word great things happen!            that?
Practice at home first. Set yourself up for success          Don’t be obvious. If you only recall your dog when the
by practicing your recall in your house and then out in      walk is ending, your dog will soon learn this pattern!
the garden before taking your training out and about.        Throughout your walk practice your recall (don’t forget
When your dog is ready to be tested gradually build          to reward your dog) many times and randomly attach
in distractions, when you are starting out don’t throw       the lead and then let your dog go again so your dog
them in at the deep end by taking them to the park           never knows when the fun is over.
at the busiest time when there are lots of other dogs        Recall training should be fun and remember all recall
around. Building in distractions gradually is essential to   needs to mean to your dog is; ‘I’ve heard that special
the success of your recall training.                         word, something amazing is about to happen I had
Use a training line. The first rule with recall is to only   better get back to find out what’. And on that note,
say your special recall word just once. What do you          make sure something amazing does happen! Reward,
do if your dog ignores you I hear you ask? Well, you         celebrate and have a party with your dog when they
go and get them. We appreciate that approaching              have recalled. As we say to our life skills students, let
your dog may instigate a game of ‘chase me’ so               go of your inhibitions and show your dog how pleased
using a training line puts paid to such shenanigans!         you are that they have come back.
By attaching the line to a harness and leaving it to trail   At the end of the day, cheering, wooping, clapping,
means that if your dog ignores your recall, you can go       congratulating and rewarding your dog when he or she
and get them and if need be, you can step on the line        comes back is far less embarrassing than having a dog
to stop them from running off. This keeps your criteria      that is running amuck in the park!
black and white. As an extra tip, we recommend tying
knots in the line so it doesn’t slip through your feet.
Teach your dog to love having their collar grabbed.          This article was sourced via email from
Most of the time the end bit of your recall is that you      author/trainer: Lauren Langman
take the collar to attach the lead. Does your dog love       www.devondogs.co.uk
Canine Cooking Class

           Easy Liver Training Treats

                      Fresh Liver (lamb or beef)
                      Salt
                      Water

                      Add fresh liver to water which is at full
                      boil. You may add salt to this water if
                      you wish. Allow to cook until the liver is
no longer pink. Usually about 5 minutes.
Remove liver from the water and promptly rinse with cold water under the sink tap; all the
while gently rubbing the liver to remove any slime and white foam that may be on it. Pat
the liver dry with paper towels.
Place liver on cookie sheet and place into a pre-heated 200 degree C oven until it takes
on a leathery appearance and feel. The liver should not crumble or break when picked up
This should take about 20 minutes. Once cooled, cut liver up into bite-sized pieces.

         Peanut Butter, Banana and Parsley Biscuits
1 medium banana, peeled
1 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup rolled oat flour
1/2 cup parsley
3 tblspn all natural peanut butter
1 egg, beaten
A little water if needed

                                     Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Mash banana in large
                                     bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix well. Let sit for
                                     5 minutes. Roll out mixture to desired thickness and
                                     cut with cookie cutters. Place on a baking tray with
                                     baking paper for 30-35 minutes.
                                     Let cool completely, and then enjoy making your
                                     dog’s day!
GAWLER DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
                   RULES, POLICIES & GUIDELINES FOR TRAINING
                   TO BE OBSERVED BY MEMBERS AT ALL TIMES
   A copy of these rules is displayed on the training notice board located
                          outside of the clubrooms.
 A full set can be obtained from the Secretary Sharon Garrett. We ask that you observe
these rules in good spirit and for the comfort of yourself, your dogs and other members.
                          Some of the rules to keep in mind are:
1. Training equipment must be of a club approved standard (leads, collars, muzzles,
   haltees and harnesses etc.)
2. A $2.00 training levy must be paid before entering class. Please collect a ticket to
   confirm payment. Members must wear current membership badges at all times.
3. Sensible footwear must be worn at training – no thongs or bare feet.
4. There is no training on long weekends.
5. There is no smoking on any concreted or grassed area in the vicinity of the clubrooms.
6. All dogs must have current vaccination certificates and any dog suspected of having a
   contagious disease is not permitted on the grounds on training nights.
7. Agility – dogs must be six months or over to attend agility training and must remain in
puppy class until they are twelve months old. All dogs must be deemed fit and suitable
for agility competition by instructors. The chief instructor can and will exclude any dog
considered unfit, either physically or temperamentally, for agility training. A clearance by a
vet may be requested.
8. The chief instructor or assistant chief instructor can direct that an aggressive dog
must be removed from the training grounds. Only the chief instructor or assistant chief
instructor can insist that a dog be muzzled.
9. Bitches in season are not permitted on the club grounds on training nights.
10. Dogs must not be left unattended unless in suitable dog crates. Please do not
congregate with dogs under the clubroom verandah. Members are responsible for their
dogs at all times and if a dog fouls the ground, the handler must remove the droppings.
11. Any incidents, accidents or complaints occurring on training nights are to be reported
to the chief instructor or the assistant chief instructor preferably in writing. Complaints
against instructor’s are to be directed to the chief instructor and complaints against the
chief instructor are to be directed to the secretary in writing.
12. Members are asked to refrain from using social media to post negative comments.

                                                                                 Thankyou
                                                                           GDTC Committee

              Club trial dates for your diary - 2015
                             Sunday 23rd August – Games Trial
                       Sunday 27th September – Obedience & DWD
                        Sunday 18th October – Double Agility Trial
                  Thursday 31st December – NYE Rally – Agility – DWD
                               (may change disciplines)
Remedial, Relaxation & Reiki
A canine massage is very similar to human massage,
         with similar benefits and results.
  A massage keeps the muscles and joints pliable,
increases blood flow and eliminates toxins and most
                  dogs love them.

Home visit - $35.00 – initial visit can be up to an hour,
  taking your dog’s history and assessing movement.
     I offer repeat customers half price on their
                     5th Massage
          If you have 2 dogs - $30.00 each
             3 or more dogs $25.00 each

Event Massages (trials, shows & fetes) - 10 min $15.00

 These massages are a short introductory massage –
 good to prepare your dog for the ring or if you like
              after they have been in.

         Ring to arrange an appointment
                 0414 252 374
        My Website: www.paws4massage.com.au
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pawsfourmassage
             Email: paws4massage@mail.com

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