News in 2005 :
Good Citizen Awards:
Instead of our
normal Thursday night
class, December 8th was Good
Citizen Night. Dog Warden Gillian
Abel came to examine 16 club members who were taking their Bronze, Silver
and Gold awards. Gillian was impressed
with the standard of those taking part and that they all had made it look so
easy. Gillian was delighted that everyone
passed. More photos and details are on
the Good Citizen Night page
Puppy Class Graduates:
Our latest group
of puppies graduated on
In June, Arlene Deans qualified
for Crufts with her black Lab Phoebe (Temple Bells Tilly) in the Kennel
Club Special Pre-Beginners Stakes.
Phoebe took second place in the qualifying heat held at Prestwick & District Dog Training Club’s Open Obedience
show and went through as best Anything but Collie . Lesley Norrie sneaked out of Pre-Beginners at
the same show by getting a 3rd place in Beginners with Daisy (Lady
of the Day’s eye).
July saw us hold our own very successful open obedience show. Club member Hilary Hirst’s
Australian Shepherd Quincy (Trijem all American Tale
at Avawaga) took first place in the Beginner’s
class. Hilary went on to win her second
Beginners class at the Lochaber and District Open
show, which means that she is working Novice and A.
The first week in August saw
Alison Robertson win the Pre-Beginners class at the three day open obedience
show held by the Kirkwall Dog Training Club. Her German Shepherd Morse (Foxfold Delegate) did her proud.
Later in August, Judith
Owen won two Class A competitions
with her collie girl Mikki (Stonegrove
Mikki Plum).
This takes Judith to the dizzy heights of working Class B and Class
C.
The club started working for
the winter season again in September. We
held a heelwork to music morning given by Arlene Deans and
her friend Shona. The stars of
the morning were Arlene’s girls Libby and Phoebe, and Shona’s
girls Dot and Tess.
The scene stealer was definitely Tess, a Jack
Russell, especially when she ‘hid’ under
her lab friend Phoebe.
Well done to Murphy (What Murph says goes) on qualifying to go to