This weekend I had the chance to attend a Flyball Seminar organized by the Alldogs, a training center in Algarve.
It was a very fun experience and the simplicity and easiness of the dogs in learning such a fun sport quickly provided a very joyful experience.
The organization of this seminar was impeccable and this also allowed for us to focus all our attention in Joachim Müller teachings, so a huge congratulation to the Alldogs organization.
Angel, CHPT For Angelus do Vale D'Huyo, in a video made with love and care by Fátima Casais of Alldogs.
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Sintra, with a very nice weather and friendly people !
I took the two Australian Shepherd, Teco and Diamond who made friends, ate bread with Bifana and Teco stole ... a piece of meat ball (I think this was not to say).
Diamond results:
Saturday - EXE RCAC
Sunday - Very Good
This weekend was my little Australian Shepherd debut in the Dog Show world. It was an experience that started to be very strange for my little puppy and ended to be very enriching, since it was the first time he saw so many different dogs, so many people and walked so long with a leash. His father and aunt went along to provide strength, company and show that to go to this places is “very cool”.
Of course, Angel and Teco, are ambassadors by excellence, since they nice behavior, joy to be with their owners and will to please is contagious. It isn’t every day we can see two dogs playing loose with a ball in an environment with lots of people and dogs.
My little one was 1º baby of the breed in both days. The performance of his first presentation was quite week, but he soon overcome that, and behaved quite well in the next performances. His brother Dilan also showed on Saturday and behaved quite well, even being his first dog show, so all the credit goes to his owner Fernando, that has train and work with him.
And that is it ! A canine weekend, in my favorite show of the year, on the beautiful gardens of the Casino do Estoril, in the company of my friend Luis, that is also rendered to the Australian Shepherd friendship and companionship.
Teco, my Australian Shepherd Blue Merle, went back to Lisbon dog show in a new attempt to achieved the QC ... but we come back with the reservation and excellent classification.
Diana, daughter of Teco and Cookie, went with her father to meat new people, since she is still looking for 5 star owners.
My Australian Shepherd, Teco deserves a reward, since he achieved excelent in Class II of the 3º Obedience Trophy organized by Doggy Clube and accomplished 1º place in his class.
Yesterday was the Agility 10º Open from Os Cãogurus and finally, even in extreme cold conditions, me and Angel, my Australian Shepherd, were able to show some positive results. Of course we made some faults, but globally it was a very rewarding experience.
On this weekend took place the VI Animal Show, on Jardim Almeida Garrett, in Portela (Loures).
These initiatives are created with the goal to promote and educate the population in their relation with their pets.
Since the dog is the pet more adopted by the families has their 4 leg companion, it is on him that this kind of events is more focus.
Pedro Araújo of Doggy Clube presented by João Sá, of the Os Cãogurus, the school that organized the event
As such, in this event, several schools, associations and other entities were represented and it was possible to watch a demonstration of physical therapy and its benefits organized by the Monte dos Vendavais, watch a demonstration of obedience organized by Os Cãogurus, where the Obedience National Champion made a demo temperate by a Frisbee game, and watch a agility demonstration also organized by the school Os Cãogurus.
João Sá of Os Cãogurus presents Pedro Araújo of Doggy Clube in a very excitement demo of Obedience and Frisbee
Other initiatives, like adoption of animals, interaction with animal, like rabbits, ponies and horses (made available by Escola Profissional Agrícola D. DINIS - Paiã), were also available to the visitors.
Me and my sun, as members of the team Os Cãogurus, couldn’t have ceased to be at this event to help represent the school.
For my sun it was a very positive experience, because, until now, no working or showing attitude was requested to him as a representative of his work with Bianca, his Golden Retriever.
My sun and Bianca, his Golden Retriever, in the Agility demonstration
Of course, not all was gold, since as a child, he was extremely exited with the games that were available for the kids in the event, or he was exited with riding the horse and ponies, or he was exited with the other animals like rabbits, or … So it was difficult for him to calm down and focus on the important task of represent the club and some exercises were forgotten (I hope the master wasn’t to mad).
Teco, Bianca, my sun and a little friend
But to be fair, Bianca in her Golden Retrievernature and in the middle of much pamper from the children also forgets to turn off the “pamper” mode and turn on the “working” mode, so she doesn’t focus on the demanding tasks (yes a lot of patience is required) and so adding the Bianca excitement with my sun excitement we got ...
Well, but his mother wasn’t exactly perfect and she is older and experience.
It is never easy to work with dogs in a middle of a crowd and with extra distractions like smells, other animals and females in that “hiper appealing” phase, is lesser easier. So in the obedience demo, me and Teco, my Australian Shepherd, on the first day wasn’t so bad, but on the 2º day he wasn’t foul by the tasty rewards and the “hiper appealing” colleague odour attract him (I thought in placing a nose mask) and his work was far from good (oh, well, now the master can shoot us).
At this stage I thought that Angel, my Australian Shepherd, would save our good name and represent us in a glorious manner … but or her owner, like a crooked head she sometimes is, got wrong in leading, or the distractions were so many that we couldn’t got the slalom right, witch left us frustrated and very sad.
Well, we went, make our presence, showed will and tried to shine ... only it was a very low fainted shine ... << sigh >>
Pedro Araújo of Doggy Clube in a very excitement demo of Obedience and Frisbee
Anyway it was always a learning experience and we only have to thank our presence to the school Os Cãogurus and to the organization by Câmara Municipal de Loures.
This weekend I had the chance to attend a Flyball Seminar organized by the Alldogs, a training center in Algarve.
