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Volume 8 Issue 1 APRIL 2015 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB 2

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GROUND USE ETIQUETTE Use of the grounds is reserved for financial

Club members and their financial dogs who are attending regular classes (at least 75% of the classes). BDOC does not offer ground use only memberships

No use of grounds during scheduled class times, when a trial is in progress, or when the grounds are otherwise booked. See the notice board for scheduled class times in agility, dances with dogs, flyball, obedience trialling and rally obedience

Training takes precedence at all times – do not allow your dog to distract others

Do not enter a yard already in use without first checking with the current occupant

Limit your use to 10 minutes if others are waiting

Handlers must always have their dogs under control and be able to recall the dog at any time

Do not permit your dog to run along the fences

Do not leave your dog unattended

Always remove your dog’s faeces immediately from the grounds and dispose of them in the bins provided. This includes the car parking areas

Smoking is not permitted on BDOC grounds (clubhouse, paddocks, carpark, and driveway)

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BDOC Executive 2016-2017 President: Lyn Clyde Treasurer: Christine Bates Vice President: Felicia Tracey Secretary: Maelyn Draper

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president’s patterBDOC is off to a great start in 2017. We have held two new instructors courses in January and May/June. I took part in the January course (even though I am an old instructor!) and found it very valuable. All our trainers are former or current instructors, and let me assure you, they do know their stuff and how to pass on that knowledge! You learn so much about dogs!

Our new instructors from the January session have been out in the grounds as apprentices working with current instructors and getting hands on experience. I am keen to see the May instructors out there soon too. The level of assistance you get as a member of the class when there are effectively two instructors is really high!

I would encourage you to consider participating in an instructors course and doing a couple of sessions as an assistant before stepping out on your own. If you are interested, please see us in the office.

Lots of other education has been going on for handlers and instructors at BDOC. We have held 3 Peta Clark sessions, BDOC was represented at an all-day event with Steve Austin who trains dogs for all types of different working uses (including eradicating introduced species on our coastal islands).

Please look out for the Events Flyers in your attendance cards. BDOC runs a number of fund raisers and social events throughout the year, to raise money for the grounds and equipment that we all use. I believe there may be a trivia night coming up! Our club calendar has all the events listed for you to check out.

I warmly welcome more people who want to get involved in their “fur kid’s” club, remembering that there are lots of activities we support that you can do with your canine companion. We are seeking a volunteer or two to manage our shop. We will provide all the training and support you’ll need.

We had 4 BDOC Flyball teams competing at the National Flyball Championships in Hastings Victoria over Easter and have held other dog sport competitions at our ground since the start of the year. The Sports Coordinators reports provide more details.

Don’t forget – the BIG Dog Extravaganza at EPIC on Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July. All the dogs sports will be competing on Saturday and Sunday so come along and see the dogs perform in Agility, Obedience and Rally Obedience, Dancing with Dogs, Flyball and Weightpull. There is also a major conformation competition over the 3 days.

On a sad note, a Life Member of the Club, Ray Leckie, passed away earlier this year. Our thoughts go out to Lorna, his wife, and his beautiful golden retriever Princess.

Don’t forget to rug up and keep warm and see you Session 3!

Cheers,

Lyn and Adora (aka Shorty!)


Volume 8 Issue 1 APRIL 2015 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB 4 Volume 10 Edition 1 JUNE 2017

agility~ RECENT AGILITY TITLE HOLDERS ~

Photos by Maelyn Draper

CLAIRE STALKER BOOTH: LIZZIE OBTAINED HER FIRST TITLE, JD

This year Lizzie has been wowing me with how much she is enjoying her agility. We started the year at the CDC trial in February and placed first in both the novice agility and jumping at 300 height and was the only 300 dog to qualify.

Our other highlights so far this year have been taking out first in both novice agility and jumping, 300 height at the Goulburn trial in March and competing at the Sydney Royal

Easter show. At the Sydney Royal, Lizzie came first in novice jumping 300 height and gained her JD title. This week I

received my Dogs NSW magazine and seeing our photos brought back just how much I enjoyed this event.


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FIONA FRASER: MIRRI OBTAINED ADX, JDX, JDO & GDX

NICCOLA HARDAKER: ZIM OBTAINED GD & SPD


agilityNOTES FROM A “NOVICE” AGILITY INSTRUCTOR

By Lisa Borthwick

It’s been around 18 months since I started on a steep learning curve that I hoped would take me from agility participant to instructor.

I wanted to become an instructor because I thought it would give me the opportunity to not only learn more about the theory and practice of the sport, but it would also enable me to give back to the club and to help others participating in agility.

The actual agility instructors course was a fantastic opportunity to learn – from specialists who were brought in to conduct weekend seminars, from our incredibly experienced BDOC instructors who led the course and from other trainees or “sorcerers apprentices” as I referred to myself and the others in the group.

My studies revealed just how little I actually knew about the finer points of the sport I had been participating in for a couple of years. But with help and guidance from our generous course leaders Barbara Brown and Pam McDougall, I quickly started to gain the valuable knowledge and understanding that I hoped I would eventually be able to share with those I ended up instructing.

As well as the theory and practical side of agility, we also had plenty of hands-on experience of being trainee instructors, largely achieved through months of turning up week after week to assist with classes being run by a number of the experienced instructors who were teaching at various levels - from intake to advanced.

After the formal training and assisting was finally completed, I received my “ticket” and stated sharing responsibility for teaching my own class with a more experienced trainer, instructor and friend, Jenny Drake.

We started off our first session with quite a big group of “green” handlers and dogs. The challenges for me were not just getting to know everyone’s names (although that was a challenge), but also understanding that the classes are also about applying adult learning principles as well as agility technique and that everyone has their own pace and way of approaching their agility training.

What really stood out to me was that everyone who participated in our classes had a great relationship with their dog and wanted to “do agility” as an activity that both handler and dog could participate in together as a team. It’s this aspect of agility that I love. There’s nothing like achieving a clear run, whether at training or at a trial.

My first few sessions as an instructor at the club have been extremely rewarding and quite often very good fun. I’ve continued to learn more about the sport, dogs, people and myself. I have made new friends in the club and I look forward to competing at future trials with many of the students who I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with over the past 18 months.


agilityA CORGI-X CROSS ENTERS A GUN DOG TRIAL BY LISA BORTHWICK

I hadn’t heard about the ACT Gundog Society until I was talking to someone whilst waiting for a run at the Easter agility trial held at CDC.

The event was highly recommended as a fun day, with great prizes and best of all, you didn’t have to be a gundog to enter!

That was lucky, because my dog Obi is an associate of unknown specific origins - well any that go further back than when we first met at the Lost Dogs Home in Gracie Street, North Melbourne are unknown to me.

When I applied to adopt him and inquired about his history, the staff told me he was captured by the council ranger in the City of Hume – a local government area in Melbourne’s north west. We always talk about him being a “Broadie Boy” – implying he came from Hume’s most infamous suburbs – Broadmeadows. The concept suited his confident personality and corgi-x working dog attitude.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when

we arrived at CDC on Saturday 20 May - the venue for the for the ACTGS 2017 trial. There were a lot of gundogs present – all sorts of spaniels, Brittanys, retrievers…and I was relieved to see plenty of other breeds represented, as well as a few fellow associates.

The person who recommended the event to me was right – it was a very well organised, fun day. We enjoyed our runs in novice agility and jumping (just missing out on qualies) and had fun watching others compete in events such as the Top Gun Shootout (which was for gundogs only) and gamblers, which is one of my favourite spectator events – especially for checking out the various tactics each team uses. We are working up to entering ourselves in gamblers one day soon.

All things being equal, we hope to participate in the event again next year. Thanks to the ACTGS and the trial manager, Lara Sedgemen for a great day – with a special mention to whoever organised the weather, which for May in Canberra was spectacularly warm and pleasant.



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dances with dogsUpdate Provided by Angela HAGEDORN

COMPETITION RESULTSBDOC held a Dances with Dogs competition on the afternoon of Saturday 29 April 2017. It was a perfect mild autumn afternoon with a small but enthusiastic number of entrants.

Judging Freestyle were Niccola Hardaker, Cheryl Neal, and Linda Harper. Judging Heelwork to Music were Linda Harper, Jane Richardson and Angela Hagedorn.

All competitors had put a lot of work into their routines and the performances highlighted the wonderful teamwork and understanding between handler and dogs.

Freestyle Starters:

1st Place, 153: Rebekah Pattison with Frank (Jack Russell Terrier) Performing to Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars.

2nd Place, 146.5: Melinda Ford and Obi (Lagotto Romagnolo, INCAVALE OBSESSION RA) Performing to Rawhide by Rankie Laine

3rd Place, 145: Melinda Ford with Yoda (Lagotto Romagnolo, INCAVALE GALLIANO DANDY MAN RN) Performing to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters

DQ: Heather Swinbourn and Charlie (Miniature Poodle, Elire Nevada Kid) Performing to Chim Chim Cher-ee, Mary Poppins Original Soundtrack

Freestyle Novice:

1st Place, 147.5: Jody Asquith with Flynn (Jack Russell Terrier, WILDENFOX MR EARL FLYNN RN JD NE FS.S) Performing to Make ‘em Laugh by Donald O’Connor

Heelwork to Music Starters:

1st Place, 147.5: Renee Hajek with Laddie (Shetland Sheepdog, ASHMONT MISTER MOON LIGHT CCD RN FS.S) Performing to Dixie by Harmonium

2nd Place, 138: Melinda Ford with Obi (Lagotto Romagnolo, INCAVALE OBSESSION RA) Performing to Cantina Band by John Williams

Heelwork to Music Novice:

1st Place, 168.5: Cheryl Neal with Mya (Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois), CH Rowenglen Gurlesque, CCD, RAE, FS(S), HTM(S), ET) Performing to Kung fu Fighting by Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas

2nd Place, 151.5: Niccola Hardaker and Zimri (Welsh Corgi (Cardigan), Ch Llandwyn Crescent Moon (AI) CD JD GD RAE RM HTMS FSN) Performing to Dragon Racing (How to Train your Dragon) by Dreamworks Orchestra

WELCOMEA big welcome to our new DWDers who have joined us over the last few weeks. It’s been a lot of fun watching our new four footed (and two footed) partners learning new things or looking at new ways to do



behaviours!

• Leko & Gizmo and Toto

• Jenny & Chilli

• Sandra & Boo

• Alana Batho & Eddie

• Roxanne & Kota

• Lessa Jess & Hunter

• Janet Speed & Toby

UPCOMING EVENTSDWD will be providing two performances at Pooch Affair on 17 June 2017.

Competitions will be held as part of the Dogs Sports Extravaganza being held at Exhibition Park In Canberra in early July. DWD will be held on both the night of Friday 7 and Saturday 8 July.

RULES REVIEWThe official ANKC Rules for the sport of Dances with Dogs are currently being reviewed. As with all sports, this happens every three years. The ACT Judges (myself, Nic, Cheryl, Jane and Linda) reviewed these in January and we have now finalised our proposed changes and submitted these via DogsACT.

Generally, we are happy with the Rules for the sport and our proposed changes focussed on providing clarity.

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noseworksOUR NOSEWORK JOURNEYSNoseworks is a wonderful activity for all dogs – even deaf and blind dogs are able to use their noses! It can be as simple as your dog enjoying searching for food treats in boxes, snuffle mats, in the grass or around the house and yard all the way to learning to search for specific odours and trialling up to Elite level where the dog has to find multiple odours in various location types: indoors, outdoors, containers and vehicles/machinery!

Noseworks uses a dog’s massive olfactory senses to hunt smells – their specially designed noses and over 12% of their brains are just for sniffing. Noseworks uses both physical and mental energy and can be done almost anywhere and anytime and with any ability. For further information, visit:

http://acsw.com.au/about/

https://www.k9nosetime.com/

A few of your BDOC Instructors have been on a noseworks journey over the past few years and here are their stories.

ANGELA HAGEDORN AND JAZZMINE:

I first heard of ‘noseworks’ in October 2014 at the Association of Pet Dog Trainers Annual Conference, where a demonstration was presented by Marion Brand, K9 Nose Time and founder of Australian Canine Scent Works (ACSW), the first sanctioning organisation for the sport of nosework in Australia.

I thought Noseworks would be a great activity for Jazzy who will have ongoing mobility issues as she gets older, but who, out of all my dogs, loves to sniff the most and has high prey drive but isn’t allowed to do too much chasing of balls because of her joints. Along with Cheryl and Nic, we went to a workshop with Raelene Koerber which was our first paw in the water.

In 2015 I took a class called ‘Noseworks 101’ through the online training portal, Fenzi Dogs Sports Academy (FDSA). Working through the six week program, I learnt about odor (in a good way!) and ‘source’ (the highest concentration of odor); how to shape Jazzmine to find source - working through having this in an odor tin in the hand and then progressing to boxes on the ground; learning to read Jazzy when she was working the odor to source and her ‘alert’; and culminating in a search of 12 boxes required to pass an Odor Recognition Trial, or ORT. Earlier this year I took the second class in the series (120) which took us through the search process for interiors, exteriors and vehicles.

I finally thought we were ready to tackle an ORT! I took Jazzy to Sydney for the ORT on 21 May 2017. I don’t like long days, so drove up on Saturday afternoon and ‘car camped’ at the nearby Sydney Hills caravan park, Jazzy enjoying chicken nuggets


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and fries for dinner and lots of pats by everyone in the caravan park.

The odors are run in reverse order Clove, Anise then Birch last. (In the trials, at NW1 you only find Birch, in NW2, Birch and Anise and in NW3 all three odors can be in play, including multiples). At the ORT you can attempt all three odors in the one day, but many newbies choose just to do the Birch, as I had, so that was the biggest class with close to 30 dogs (luckily the turnaround tends to be under 4 minutes!) I had also volunteered to assist in the first trial so did the videoing for the Clove runs. Each team has 3 minutes to find the source box and call alert and the biggest mistake by the handler is being nervous and calling alert too early. Watching the tests was really valuable and it was very interesting to be able to see all the different start, search and alert styles.

I then had several hours wait as Jazzy was the third last dog of the day, going through just before 3pm. And we passed – a moment of relief and joy! But her 22 seconds of searching seemed like minutes! As we all know, sometimes all the prep can fail us on the day and there were several challenges, not least of which is finding the source odor. The challenges for us were that Jazzy is reactive (although by that time of the day she no longer cared very much and she switched off very quickly after a bark.). They do try to minimise visibility of other dogs, particularly as you are waiting for your turn, but there are still plenty of dogs around. Second challenge was the temperature in Sydney – going from 13 degree Canberra days to a sunny 23 degrees was lovely, but also very dehydrating. And the third challenge was that Jazzy (and I) had spent the most of 24 hours in the car with just a few 15-20 minute walks every few hours.

On the flip side, the best parts about trialing in Noseworks is that the dogs generally love it and you can carry food and toys and reward your dog as soon as they find odor (and your alert has been confirmed) and even if you call it wrong, you are directed to the correct spot so you dog can ‘win’ and get rewarded. Now that’s an awesome sport!

I’m now preparing the Border Collie ‘twins’ Heather and Pepper for the July ORT and possibly all three for the Noseworks1 trial in late August. There is talk already that there may be so many competitors that a ballot may be required (this is the norm in the US where competitors often drive for 7 hours to enter competitions and go into ballots with hundreds of entries).

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started in Noseworks and even for those who don’t want to compete it is a really fun and brain-demanding activity for your dog and something that can be done easily indoors on a rainy day. We also hope to get Peta Clarke down for some more workshops.

What I find most fascinating is how the odor travels – not at all what we sometimes expect as it moves differently across different surfaces – i.e., glass or tiles – pools in corners or acts very strangely when on a post or when it is left for longer periods – wafting a long way away. Watching your dog work odor is wonderful and there really is no way to even fathom the detail of what they ‘see’ with their noses – meaning we must let them lead but hold up our end of the team! Even when the tin or box is sometimes right in front of them, they don’t see it with their eyes, but search with their noses. Did you know your dog’s nose is completely separated down the middle – they smell in true ‘stereo’ – and they breathe out along a different channel so there’s no mixing of outgoing smell with incoming – awesome, right!

CHERYL NEAL & MYA:

Like many, I have long been interested in olfaction, the act or process of

smelling, and the fact that dog’s sense of smell is said to be a thousand times more sensitive than that of humans. In particular I am fascinated by working detection dogs including those I have come across in my own employment.

In early 2014 Mya and I participated in a La Trobe University trial which assessed the effectiveness of a training method used to teach Diabetes Alert dogs. Basically Mya was taught to alert to a particular scent which simulated low blood glucose. Diabetes alert dogs are trained to smell chemical changes the human body produces when blood glucose is dropping or low, and provide a signal to their owner to check blood glucose and if necessary


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treat hypoglycemia. This training was great fun for Mya and I, so in later 2014 I was delighted to do some further Noseworks training with local dog trainer Raelene Koerber.

So fast forward to 2017 when the lovely John Sam tells me he is both training for a triple Odour Recognition Test and learning to become an NACSW qualified Noseworks instructor as well. My excitement was reignited and a month or two later I was off to Sydney to undertake a birch Odour Recognition Test with Mya. I wasn’t overly confident as Mya had experienced an “off night” in the days preceding the test. Regardless, we departed on our three hour drive to Sydney, where upon arrival we waited a further two hours until it was Mya’s turn. Once we finally commenced the test, Mya identified the odour in 17 seconds and we had a relieved and happy three hour drive home!

I would encourage anyone to have a go at Noseworks, regardless of the age and breed of your dog. Noseworks is an amazing sport, with incredible therapeutic benefits for dogs with a variety of issues.

JOHN SAM AND TYSON:

I have a two year old labrador, his name is Tyson. After completing the obedience classes in BDOC, we were looking for a sport that we both can enjoy, have fun, train with positively reinforced method and build a good personal relationship.

About six months ago, I came across Nosework. Further reading on the subject, I found that it not only ticked all the boxes, it also has beneficial effects to the mental health of Tyson. It has proven a wonderful journey for us, and we have never looked back. We have been

to places far away and met nice, supportive like-minded people. Last month, we passed all three of the Odour Recognition Tests (ORTs). I plan to learn more about Nosework and share this wonderful experience with others.

NICCOLA HARDAKER AND INARI:

I first heard about Noseworks through friends who were training in it in Sydney, and online forums, and found the idea really fascinating. I started dabbling in some classes with local trainer, Raelene Koerber, which mostly focused on finding food, a hunt that my Cardigan corgis thoroughly enjoyed! I completed the basic online course through the Fenzi Academy last year, and discovered that my rather nervous little Cardigan girl, Inari, showed a definite talent for scent detection sports. When I found out that BDOC instructor John Sam was planning to do the official noseworks instructor training, I was keen to do more training!

In the interim, I had also organised a workshop for BDOC with the lovely Peta Clarke (enjoyed by many of our members, and we decided to include a

Tyson, interiors search

Peta Clarke workshop, April 2017

Photo by Cheryl Neal


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workshop on noseworks, to give more people a chance to experience this fun sport. We thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the sport from Peta, and watching some Novice dogs starting the game. Peta also kindly offered to do a practice Odour Recognition Test (ORT) for us, so we frantically practiced with our dogs, to see if we might be ready to compete in the real deal. I knew I was asking a lot of Inari, as she was only working four or five boxes at the time, and the ORT is twelve! However on the night, she magically put all that previous experience together, and searched like a little pro. Inari is the gentlest and most systematic of our searching dogs, preferring to thoroughly search before indicating on a scent, and with a subtle indication that includes a gentle nose poke at the scent, then a very clear look at me, clearly expecting her treat!

Inari hunting under the guidance of Raelene Koerber, picture by Edwina Bevk

Despite me almost being convinced that the trip to Sydney and overnight stay before the ORT would be too scary for her to be able to focus on her search, lots of massage, treats, and quiet acclimation in a new environment saw her successfully search her ORT boxes and pass her

Birch test (she also passed her sheep herding instinct test the day before). She might never be an obedience or agility star like her brother, but she loves her scent sports!

Noseworks gives my nervous little girl a chance to work her fine brain and nose doing something that she loves. We’re enjoying puzzling out this new sport and training with some of our BDOC friends.


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lure coursingLURE COURSING BY NICCOLA HARDAKER

During May, both Zimri and Inari earned their Junior Courser (JC) titles. I think they are possibly the first Cardigan Corgis in Australia to do so. A JC pass involves earning a qualifying score in both runs at a meet day. Dogs are judged on their ability to follow the lure (a white plastic bag) which is dragged on a pulley at high speed around a course. The elements of scoring are Enthusiasm, Speed, Follow, Agility and Endurance. A coursing dog must be very fit, with courses varying from 650m to 900m. In the ACT, we run at a country race track outside of Yass, one of the few places which provides the flat open space needed for a course. The course includes loops and corners, and it’s great fun to watch the dogs running flat out. It’s quite fascinating to watch, as we humans have very little control; either the dogs are keen, and will course after the lure, or they just won’t! It’s especially impressive to watch the super fast

sight hounds speeding around the course, everything from huge Irish Wolfounds, elegant Borzois and Afghans, and speedy little Whippets.

Although originally designed for Sighthounds, a lot of herding breeds seem to enjoy the chance to run, and my sturdy little farm dogs are no different. Now that they have earned their JC titles, Zim and Inari will work towards their Coursing Ability Test (CAT), the stream available to non-Sighthounds. It’s just as well they enjoy it, as a CAT title requires 10 passes!

Any breed or mix can try lure coursing, if they are fit enough. If you think it might be something your dog might enjoy, join the Canberra Region Lure Coursing page on Facebook, and watch for try out days.


club newsBDOC PAWTYLITE FUNDRAISER

Thank you to all who attended & supported the BDOC Partylite fundraiser held on 31st March 2017. It was a huge success with BDOC securing a number of awesome products for upcoming club raffles.

Events such as these are so important in keeping the club running and maintaining the grounds and equipment. You may not be aware, but BDOC is a non-for-profit group, so fundraising is important. Please encourage your family, friends & colleagues to support our fundraising endeavours that we run throughout the year.

We are always looking at new and novel ideas to raise funds, so if you have any ideas or skills that could be beneficial for our fundraising, please see the BDOC office and complete a volunteer’s form. You can assist as little or as much as you like. Any help is appreciated.

Thank You to…..

for supporting the ACT State Title, Winter Classic flyball competition in June 2017

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A HUGE thank you to the following businesses who supported the ACTEWAGL Canberra show flyball competition 2017, by donating awesome

prizes for the raffle……………With all profits going to BDOC.


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canine companion passesBEGINNERS SESSIONS 1 & 2

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Hypatia Bruhn-Strain & Bem

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Jessica Burrows & Pepper

Kim Woodford & Diesel

Deborah Anderson & Lola

Anish Nadathur & Jarvis

Nicole Cook & Max

Teja Sethi & Romeo

Emily Hanna & Zara

John Bowen & Teddy

Henriette Theron & Freedom

Lucy Taylor & Skylah

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Marie Gearman & Rocky

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Elisabeth Idnurm & Maimu

Chris O’Shea & Bentley

John Paterson & Pepper

Matthew Miles & Harvey

Sean Curran & Toby

Elise Crabb & Madison

Claire McGregor & Ollie

Steve McGowan & Grace

Adam Hilhorst & Maysha

Susan Redman & Millie

Meaghan Arundell & Micky

Cristal King & Diesel

Amy Garden & Tully

Lena Tobin & Archie

Fiona Milligan & Luna

Elizabeth Ring & Apollo

Ko Sun Kwan & Molly

Rachael Hooker & Zoe

Fleur Reid & Milly

Tracey Bajenoff & Daisy

Vanessa Kelley & Harry

Myall Hingee & Kelly

Jordan Bakani & Pablo Emilio

Sonja Zeylemaker & Dougal

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Rowena Gregson & Hugo

Henry Warre & Toffee

Michael Bussing & Teddy

Diana Hallas & Charlie

Kate Watchorn & Benjamin

Janelle Irwin & Frankie

Jody Murchie & Moose

Megan O’Keefe & Willow

Abigail Glew & Banjo

Ali Khan & Sootie

Andrew Fanning & Bailey

Angela Corin & Sidney

Anna Anueriyeva & Lulu

Ashley Howse & Merlin

Aston and Michael Devey & Tristan

Brendan Wood & Ziggy

Caitlyn Miller-Knight & Shaka

Christopher Schuck & Missy

Cynthia Jacobs & Zoe

Damien Gainey & Dex

David Jones & Ronnie

Dominic Bellani & Kahlua

Ernestine Ryan & Max

Fran Stevens & Bella

Gracie Ferguson & Rufas

Henry Ferguson & Mr Barkles

Jacqui Richards & Finley


Jane Halsey & Hattie

John Breusch & Charlie

John Griffiths & Iain

Justin Jarvis & Murray

Kiri Backhouse & Bonnie

Kirsten Douglass & Rory

Kirsten Dresselaers & Loebas

Laura Burton & Helga

Lauren Greenup & Vader

Leah Sherwood & Ellie

Leanne Smith & Apollo

Lina Ostyn & Winston

Luke and Liz Stamos & Maddie

Mark Donaldson & Luna

Mary Ton & Kali

Myall Hingee & Molly

Nathan Gumley & Polly

Nikki Morris & Letti

Otto Benda & Finn

Patrick Polis & Walter

Pip Henderson & Kenny

Ponti O’Hara & Jerry

Rob Schuck & Krystal

Robin Renwick & Nala

Rosanna Wild & Mia

Ross Phillips & Penny

Sean Cunningham & Cheddar

Sharyn Butts & River

Simon Parbery & Eddie

Stephen Withers-Norris & Ava

Sue Jagla & Indi

Tanya Howitt & Louis

Ted Szymanshi & Balu

Thomas Lester & King

Toni Hasson & Archie

Torin Allen & Scout

Tracey-Ann Leahey & Tipsy

Vanessa Elliottt & Zorro

canine companion passesWendy Thompson & Toby

BRONZE SESSIONS 1 & 2

Louise Sharp & Matilda

John Bowen & George

Stephanie Hillman & Rocko

Sharon Hourigan & Ruby

Megan Defaweux & Pepper

Lena Cashen & Winston

Diane Taylor & Murphy

Julia Evans & Dudley

Alex Terpstra & Otis

Kahn Shorter & Lacey

Renee Hajek & Maple

Tracey Muir & Ginger

Emma Birch-Marston & Charlie

Stuart Doyle & Billy

Brendan Taylor & Lexi

Damien Waters & Ziggy Stardust

Fiona and Andrew Jones & Matilda

Brendan Quaglio & Spartacus

Teagan Johnston & Koda

Hannah Hunt & Coco

Tonya Rooney & Fish

Joanne Parker & Indy

Stephen Cullen & Pip

Rebecca Tregurtha & Oliver

Rosemary Agnew & Jessie

Wayne Scott & Patty

Rhiannon Collins & Ella

Jo Mason & Benedict

Belinda Harding & Maja

Amanda Regan & Waugyl

Alex Terpstra & Amira

Catherine Kattenberg & Star

Fiona Milligan & Luna

Hannah Lendon & Lola

Henriette Theron & Freedom



Hypatia Bruhn-Strain & Bem

Jessica Burrows & Pepper

Jo-Anne Munoz & Matilda

Jody Murchie & Moose

John Landt & Teddy

Justin Wheeler & Dior

Kate Watchorn & Ben

Kristine Evans & Koa

Lee Grant & Zebedee

Marion Langworthy & Meeko

Mark Wallace and Lydia Guja & Gem

Megan and Luke O’Keeffe & Willow

Michael Bussing & Teddy

Michelle Brown & Bowie

Myall Hingee & Kelly

Myall Hingee & Tully

Rachel Hooker & Zoe

Susan Redman & Millie

Tanja Warre & Toffee

Vanessa Laddrak & Bess

Yolanda Heineman & Claude

SILVER SESSIONS 1 & 2

Kam Beck & Lucca

Tessa Ivison & Nori

Annabel Lamb & Billy

Lauren and Grant Nowlan & Campbell

Camille Geromboux & Zoomy

Kiri Sollis & Gypsy

Lauren Fobister & Archie

Alyce Shearing & Tori

Alison Lawrence & Sunny

Amanda Regan & Waugyl

Brooke Campigli & Duke

Carol Shawcross & Monte

Janet Speed & Ty

Janet Speed & Toby

John Landt & George

Rosemary Agnew & Jessie

Teagan Johnston & Koda

Wayne Scott & Patty

GOLD SESSIONS 1 & 2

Melissa Snape & Halifax

Alana Batho & Eddie

Toby Lendon & Molly

Jacqui Vandenbroek & Archie

Natalie Davis & Beans

Louise Moodie & Ruby

Yolanda Heinman & Odie

Rhyanna Boyce & Lottie

Cas and Nathan Le Nevez & Molly

Coleen Davis & Molly

Hayley Blyth & Phoebe

Kiri Sollis & Gypsy

Louise Moodie & Ruby

Luke Arganese & Harley

canine companion passes

THANK YOU!A big thank you to all the instructors and assistants who took classes and helped run the Canine Companion

Classes during Sessions 1 & 2.

The club could not run without you all. Thank you!!


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