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Bath and West PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Elliott   
Monday, 22 June 2009 18:36

The Bath and West display pictures are now available. See the Gallery

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 06:59
 
April - May 2009 News Letter PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Elliott   
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 21:04

FROME DOG TRAINING CLUB

APRIL/MAY NEWSLETTER

Please check notice boards for updates or visit www.fromedogtrainingclub.co.uk


DISPLAYS

Frome hospital 11th July

A.G.M.


This years Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 15th June at Beckington village hall. Please support the club and attend this meeting if you can, there will of course be a raffle, refreshments and a trophy presentation.

RESULTS

Please e-mail or give in writing to Sam  your competition results, as you can imagine this time of year there are a lot of dogs competing and it is difficult to get round everybody. If you give Sam your results they will appear in the news letter.

4th May at Lackham.

Oscar came 1st in medium Agility even with a few penalty points but got disqualified in the Steeplechase. Floyd got a clear round in the large agility and competed in the Steeple Chase.

Floyd:
Steeple Chase - Disqualified went under the first jump but after that was fine. The extra height of first jump put me off as the jumps for large dogs were higher than at Club.
Agility - Finished 11th   out of 45 with 5 pts for missed weave entry. Good round apart from that.
Oscar:
Agility - Disqualified after jump 3. Fell into the first trap. A tunnel was more interesting than where my dad was despite him giving me enough notice and block  the entrance off. I ignored two commands and  I  think was I getting used to the new environment
Steeple Chase - Finished 8th out of 34 with a clear round. I got rosette for clear round and was 2 places outside a place. Good day out and long day, we both felt the experience has served us well even though we were both disappointed with our first efforts, we seemed to focus more on the second attempts .We would like to thank all the trainers for their time in training us and felt we did not let you or ourselves down in our first outing.  Our parents both had their purple Frome Shirts on and look forward to competing again.

JERSEY

Well done to all members who went to Jersey, here are some results:
Angela & Dale 9th Agility, And 2 clear rounds in jumping. Kirry and Summer 5 Clear rounds and at the end was presented with a ‘judges special’ and 15kg bag of food and a teddy bear.
Carol& Chloe 2x4th 1x3rd . Made the final and disgraced herself!!! Barney and Izzy, 2 clear rounds each. Pebbles on the other hand was having too much fun air-scenting for pheasant, so nothing new there.
David & Charlie.    Worked hard and competed in 11 courses, trashing them all but the last one where they won a teddy bear!!!!!!      

WORCESTER

Angela & Dale . Jumping grade 1-7 clear. Angela & Spring Jumping grade 1-7 clear, and clear in agility.
Carol & Barney, 3 clear, Izzy 1 clear, Pebbles 3 clear (must have been a nice dry day). Lucy nearly clear, Chloe no clear and is going to semi-retire due to old age/general health (under great protest of course).

SICKNESS

There has been several poorly dogs within the club recently. It therefore seems another good opportunity to inform you that if your dog shows signs of sickness , diarrhoea, coughing, or any illness, please do not bring them to club. Phone/e-mail a trainer or committee member to say your dog is not well.
If you bring a dog with an upset tummy to any of our classes you will be asked by a trainer or committee member to take your dog home. It is important for the health and welfare of all members of Frome Dog Club that poorly dogs are not mixed with the rest of our dogs, we have many elderly dogs and indeed young puppies that could become really ill if a nasty ‘bug’ was spread.  Thanks for your consideration with this matter.

Setting up at Agility

Once again it has to be said that people are not turning up before 7.15 pm to help set up. The same few people are always there, and it does seem very unfair to me that is always the same people doing all the work.
This is not a person crusade on anyone in particular, but we have to address this issue, classes are starting later and later each week, I feel it’s not right that those turning up on time are losing valuable training time.
I would like to know anyone thoughts on this subject and suggestions on how to resolve it.
I feel like I’m always the bad guy having to bring the subject up all the time, when all I really want to do is come and have fun training you and my own dogs.
I am going to put this on the agenda for the AGM on 15th June.

Carol Scott.

BATH AND WEST


Well another excellent display was put on by the members of the club. It was a very hot day and all the handlers acted responsibly with their dogs and managed to keep them all from any ill affects from the heat (apart from a few getting a bit grumpy). The water trough was well used with most of the dogs having a dunk in at some point during the day!
The tricks and obedience kicked things off with a well rehearsed routine, the public seemed to enjoy the tricks and when the dogs don’t ‘comply’ is when we seem to get the best response from the crowd.
Next in came the helter skelter course, this went down well, seeing the dogs at speed.
Meet the breed was a real hit, the children seemed to enjoy coming and stroking the dogs, and all of our four legged friends behaved in a way to make any owner proud.
We took a break for lunch and then had a sponsored weave, Liam kindly said he would donate to the club charity and Bex had the fastest time through 48 weaves (blink and you would have missed it!)
We came back from lunch with more tricks and obedience followed by ‘catch me if you can’ this was fast and furious and gave the crowd a laugh, most of the dogs doing something completely unrehearsed and hilarious.
We finished the day slightly earlier for the sake of the dogs (and owners) health and the heat started to wear heavy.
So basically an excellent day, professional performance, but most of all I think we showed that owning and training a dog should be FUN, and that we at F.D.T.C all have a great time with our dogs. Many thanks to you all for making this a successful day.

Photos should be on website soon.....

 
Chloe's Birthday PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Elliott   
Monday, 30 March 2009 19:02
 The Birthday Cake 

 

It was Chloe's (Chloe Little Gem) birthday on 26th March,  Katie cooked a special doggy cake which was enjoyed by all (the dogs not the trainers)

As it went down so well Katie and Samantha thought they would share the recipy.

DOGGY LIVER CAKE
By Sam and Katie

  • 1lb Lambs liver
  • 1lb flour (plain or self raising)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 Large clove garlic
  • teaspoon baking powder


Place liver in food processor and blitz until smooth. Add garlic clove, flour, eggs and baking powder and blitz for another minute or so until ingredients well combined. The mixture should look gooey and sticky.
Place in baking tin and bake in oven 200 (fan 180) for 30 mins, check cake cooked by inserting skewer, if it comes out clean its cooked. Allow to cool and then dice into 'treat size' pieces.
This cake is suitable for home freezing.

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2009 20:13
 
Feburary - March PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Elliott   
Monday, 30 March 2009 19:00

FROME DOG TRAINING CLUB

FEBRUARY/MARCH NEWSLETTER

Please check notice boards for updates or visit www.fromedogtrainingclub.co.uk

 

 

CRUFTS

Congratulations to all our club members who competed in some way at Crufts.  If you have any news from this years event please let Samantha know and it can be included in the next newsletter.

Lorrain did brilliantly in the Cani Cross with Amy and came 7th, well done Lorraine, although I hear you suffered an injury whilst posing for a photo after the event!

Angela was proudly showing Harvey the Cavalier King Charles, although he wasn’t placed he showed very well.

Kirry also should be proud of herself, although she was unfortunately eliminated, other than that one mistake she had a clear round. Well done Kirry, you showed great maturity and confidence and Kia responded well to you.

BATH  AND WEST

If you have been selected for the Bath and West this year, you will have already had obedience training dates and information. Agility selection will be made shortly. Please make sure that you attend training sessions for this display, if you fail to attend then your place may be given to another member, if you have and questions please ask a trainer or committee member, it is important that the routines are well rehearsed so as we give a great performance on the day. The Bath and West is our biggest opportunity to showcase what we do and advertise our club. Your support in making this display run smoothly is greatly appreciated.

We shall also be organizing a sponsored weave for the Bath and West to raise money for our charity, more information to come…

DISPLAYS

Frome hospital 11th July

Bath and West 30th May

 

A.G.M.

This years Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 15th June at Beckington village hall. Please support the club and attend this meeting if you can, there will of course be a raffle, refreshments and a trophy presentation.

Any subject you wish to bring up for discussion or any nominations for committee should be given in writing to a committee member by 18th May. Only items on the agenda can be up for discussion on the evening so get your questions in before the deadline!

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2009 20:14
 
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