September is nearly here already!!

A quick update, my puppy has been keeping me busy over the last 4 weeks, she is 12 weeks now and allowed to go out. She is fab and so much fun. We went to the Cheshire Game fair on Monday with Jayne and her husband, we took Pickles and Taz and Jayne took Cara.
Jayne took Cara in the Scurry. She ran out really well but stopped before the dummy which went much further, so Jayne did a great retrieve instead :-) !
Pickles wasn’t bothered by anything, dogs, people, chainsaws, gunshots so we were really pleased. She got tonnes of attention!!

It was the first CAP2 last Sunday we have two new additions to the course, Rae from club and also Gillian who came all the way from Glasgow who is on the Bishop Burton degree! Everyone got on really well and we had a great day. It was good to get some more stuff to do. I’m freeshaping Dinky to wag her tail along with some other stuff.

Matt is off this week, he has gone to France with Teal on a road trip to visit Teal’s breeder for the week!! So I’m dog walking all week and training everynight! I’ll probably need a week off when he gets back! At least the weather looks good for walking this week! Poor Matt has got soaked recently, it will take him a week to dry out!

We were business of the month in the Bury Times for August, many people commented on what a great write up it was.

Its been quiet this last month but always is with everyone away on holidays etc, September is booking up now, puppy classes have around 5 places left for September across all 5 classes and DayCare is busier in September than its been so far so that’s good. The Bronze Course for September has one space left due to a cancellation.

We finally laid a new floor in the office last week which has been bare since the flood! We are getting a new floor delivered this week for the reception area, its non slip polyfloor, this is going to enable us to expand the daycare having an additional quiet area!

I get my results for my Degree in the next week or so, scary!!!

Show Success for Ringcraft dog

Holly the Hungarian Puli and her owner Elaine attended their first ever Championshipship Show last weekend, Elaine said Holly behaved really well and gained a 2nd place in Puppy. This means they have qualifed for Crufts 2011. A massive well done to Elaine and Holly.

Silver Awards and a New Arrival

Sue from Dogs Can Do came on Sunday and put 4 dogs through the Kennel Club Silver test and all passed with flying colours! Well done Carl and Bonnie, Sue and Zac, Gail and Branston and Dee and Diesel.


I’ve finished my degree now, just waiting on results, it seems so weird waking up with no assignments to stress about! Guess it will all start again in November!

I picked up my new puppy on Wednesday from Country Durham, we have called her pickles, she is a liver working cocker spaniel and is 8 weeks old.


I’m hoping to do agility, heelwork to music and field trials with her! She has been introduced to the clicker and is very smart, there is a video on the WaggaWuffins YouTube page. The field trials is something totally new to me to we will be visiting Helen Phillips for that. It’s CAP2 first day on Sunday I’m really looking forwards to that.

WaggaWuffins Kennel Club Good Dog Citizens

We had our Kennel Club Bronze tests on Sunday and 7 dogs passed. Our Assessor was Keith Davis
Well done to Chris and Mille, Mike and Willow, Bev and Ellie, Natalie and Ruben, Carl and Bonnie, Catherine and Indy and Kate and Brae.

It’s a Silver Test next on the 8th of August with Assessor Sue McCafferty and another Bronze and Gold at the beginning of September.

Lots of Local Fun Shows this weekend!

There is loads on this Sunday 18th July for some fun with your dog!

The Lancashire Dog Training and Behavior Centre and Rochdale MBC have an Exemption dog show at Queens Park, Heywood, 1pm reg, 2pm start

Bury and Oldham RSPCA have a Summer Fair with a fun show at Rhodes Bank Oldham 11.30am

Pets In Need have Summer Fair on at Greenmount Old School 11am

Bury Dog Club have an open fun day at Phillips Park 11am

ABTC - Animal Behaviour and Training Council

The Animal Behaviour and Training Council is the newly formed regulatory body that represents animal trainers and animal behaviour therapists to both the public and to legislative bodies.

It sets and maintains the standards of knowledge and practical skills needed to be an animal trainer or animal behaviour therapist, and it will maintain the national register of appropriately qualified animal trainers and animal behaviourists.

It promotes the welfare of animals in their interactions with humans, lobbying for humane methods in training and behaviour modification, and for the education of the animal owning public.

The Animal Behaviour and Training Council has developed out of a working party co-ordinated by VETNET LLN. This was formed in response to the invitation from the Companion Animal Welfare Council (CAWC) to respond to its recommendations for the self-regulation of the dog training and behaviour therapy sector.

The Council has followed CAWC’s lead and has initially focused on animal behaviour therapists and dog trainers, as dog trainers form the largest group of animal trainers in the UK. However, trainers of other species will soon be included and organisations representing their interests will be invited to join the Council in April-May 2010.

The Council is made up of the major professional organisations from the veterinary, re-homing, behaviour therapy, and dog training sectors of the industry. The Council is supported and guided by Lantra, Defra and the Animal Welfare Departments of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments.


Im a member of two of the current members of the council the APDT1058 and also CAPBT

More info here.....................
http://www.abtcouncil.org.uk/

Last Block Week and Sunshine and Success at Blackpool

I had my last block week at college last week, My Mum, Matt, Jayne and Stewart looked after WaggaWuffins for me. Thanks Guys!
We had some lectures at college and also got to spend time in the lab analysing dog food! It was really interesting and a bit scary, we had to break down the food and find the ash, protein, fat, fibre contents and calorific value. Then compare to what it said on the packet. I had Hills T/D.
The weather was lovely and most of us were staying at Robeanne, so we had a good laugh in the evening together, it was more like a holiday than college. We had to do a presentation on the Thursday for the Psycho Pharmacology module and we all passed that, it was the last practical assessment to do! I have 2 assignments to complete and then I have finished. We get our results in September and Graduate at Beverley Minster in November. I have received provisional offer of a place on the Bsc in Canine Behaviour and Training 2 year top up too.

Sunday was Blackpool Champ Show and it was very hot, I took Snoopy and Dinky. It was Dinky's first show in 3 years and Matt had a go at handling her something he has never done before, Matt did a great job but Dinky didn’t get placed.

Snoopy however won a strong Open Dog Class and took the Dog Challenge Certificate. We were very pleased and I think I got my showing bug back!! Snoopy has 2 Reserve CC's but this is first CC, two more and he gets the title of Champion, I will certainly be chasing those now!

Jayne entered Jed her Swedish Vallhund in post graduate dog and he got a 2nd place which means he has qualified to compete at Crufts 2011.

Well done Jayne and Jed!

We should have more show results from our friday ringcraft class dogs as two of them have their first shows in August and September.