Dog Handling - Tag - Dog Training Program2018-11-17T23:08:34+13:00urn:md5:a6407b570be288920034c4868ce30b5aDotclearGood Dog Training Newsletter - November 2017urn:md5:8623275b2e3c453f9cd1731e2f248a632017-11-10T18:49:00+00:002017-11-10T05:57:01+00:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersdog behaviourDog Training Programobituary <p>OBITUARY LINDA BRISLEN
by Raewyn Saville
It is with a heavy heart that I type those above words. Linda was a very close friend of mine. We were always pleased to be able to help each other and be there for each other, although the ledger was rather in my favor as she seemed to need to bail me out far more often than the other way.
If you... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2017/11/10/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-November-2017"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - November 2017</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - February 2017urn:md5:f234698b8040e2089bf9d807b875d2972017-02-18T08:54:00+00:002017-02-17T20:38:33+00:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersagilitydog sportsDog Training Program <p>WHAT IS LEARNING TO LEARN FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG?
I have a very interesting quote to start this…
'When the dog knows what his job is he can do it' Chris Hutchings.
Chris has said this often over the years and it is completely correct and chrystalises everything there is to know about dog training. A lot of people come to Dog Sports with... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2017/02/18/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-February-2017"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - February 2017</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - April 2016urn:md5:5ec415dbc836cba888800cba965f8a772016-04-21T18:17:00+01:002016-04-21T06:27:38+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersAGMbig dogsclub newsDog Training Program <p>AND THE WINNER IS.......
It is the end of the year for Dog Sports Competitions and trophy organising time even though we don't do the ceremony until the AGM. It has been a big year of competition at shows and tournaments for our senior club members but also our regular Club Competition has again given a lot of satisfaction and advancement to... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2016/04/21/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-April-2016"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - April 2016</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - June 2015urn:md5:f7bcd6e4e3f582cadaae8f8b8f09c6fe2015-06-14T16:26:00+01:002015-06-14T04:33:25+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersAGMdog behaviourdog handlingDog Training Program <p>TRAINERS REPORT FOR DOG SPORTS ROTORUA AGM 2015
The newsletter editorial for this month is a piece I did to read at the AGM. The AGM was enormously successful and celebrated the success of Dog Sports Rotorua with a presentation of certificates and trophies.
Dog Sports now have a number of people waiting to join Agility Classes which are... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2015/06/14/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-June-2015"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - June 2015</a></p>LIVING WITH THE PACKurn:md5:305194a5f57ed8c55d0b74c6a0fc63df2015-02-10T22:34:00+00:002015-02-10T09:43:14+00:00Raewyn SavilleClub Corner: Personal Storiesadopted dogagilitydog behaviourDog Sports Rotorua Inc.Dog Training Programflygilitypack leader <p>I have decided this year (2015) to start a daily blog about living with my four dogs. I suspect that not too many people live in a house with four cross bred dogs and share most of their property with their pets.
My oldest dog is Becki Boo who is a Foxi Huntaway cross. She only recently became the oldest dog as I had to put my 15 and a half... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2015/02/10/LIVING-WITH-THE-PACK"><em>Read</em> LIVING WITH THE PACK</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - September 2014urn:md5:73f7dbc024d60934ca4fa75318faba9c2014-08-30T18:52:00+01:002014-08-30T07:39:58+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewsletterscommunity bylawsdog handlingdog sportsDog Training Programflea controlgames <p>NEW CLASS CALLED SEARCH
Things at Dog Sports morph constantly as it becomes obvious that we need to give people and their dogs jobs to do to assist with training. All the obedience lessons in the world will not keep people sucked up to dog training in the same way as learning Agility or Flygility.
However, it goes without saying that these... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2014/08/30/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-September-2014"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - September 2014</a></p>The end of Summer Flyball tonight.urn:md5:2c8e585727b9f062f6f2a864929c31032013-03-07T07:58:00+00:002013-11-09T18:22:49+00:00Raewyn SavilleClub Corner News: Events & Resultsagilitydog sportsdog trainingDog Training Programflyballgamesrace gamessocialisation <p>Since daylight savings kicked in at the beginning of October and with the exception of two weeks over Christmas New Year, we have had Summer Flyball on Thursday nights from 6p.m till 8p.m. We started with a raw bunch of 16 dogs and retained 12 for the whole season. Those who had done Flygility formed the Senior division and all the rest were... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/03/07/The-end-of-Summer-Flyball-tonight."><em>Read</em> The end of Summer Flyball tonight.</a></p>Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 16 - Tyson wins a purple ribbonurn:md5:1eae489f584b7b0cc13be6ee7ff58d832013-03-06T08:16:00+00:002013-03-07T17:58:54+00:00Raewyn SavilleThe Adventures of Fae the Fat Fairyagilityanecdotedog behaviourdog sportsdog trainingDog Training ProgramFaefairy talesgamesplaying tug <p>Well wouldn't you know it, I wasn't even at Agility Training so I missed my boyfriend Tyson doing the best Agility ever.
Last Saturday the Boss was really pleased with me I did good Agility all day, I worked off lead without running away to look for the B..naughty word, hopping fluffy thing. On Sunday we had a busy day at home. On Monday a new... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/03/06/Fae-the-Fat-Fairy-learns-Agility-Episode-16-Tyson-wins-a-purple-ribbon"><em>Read</em> Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 16 - Tyson wins a purple ribbon</a></p>Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 15urn:md5:6be55f5afd539ed2b06849626b90ffe52013-03-01T08:24:00+00:002013-03-07T18:00:04+00:00Raewyn SavilleThe Adventures of Fae the Fat Fairyagilitydog sportsdog trainingDog Training Programgamesplaying tugpuppy training <p>Tomorrow is Saturday and I have been practicing my weaves all week and tomorrow I will have to do them at the new Club grounds at Paradise Valley in Rotorua.
Every night my boss and I go out onto the lawn in front of our house and she throws the ball through the weave poles and I run and get it and sometimes she asks me to bring the ball back... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/03/01/Fae-the-Fat-Fairy-learns-Agility-Episode-15"><em>Read</em> Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 15</a></p>Moving the Dog Cluburn:md5:cefd72b80c4370bd0ee0112fefb2b40e2013-02-20T09:07:00+00:002013-11-09T18:23:21+00:00Raewyn SavilleClub Corner News: Events & Resultsagilityclub newscontroldog sportsdog trainingDog Training ProgramflyballflygilitygamesNALApuppy trainingrace gamessocialisation <p>For the last four years we have had a dog training club running from the Rail Park in Ngongotaha. For many and various reasons the Rail Trust and the District Council did not like us being there. When we first moved there we had 19 dogs and about 14 handlers. Now we have close to 40 handlers and about 50 dogs in various stages of development and... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/02/20/Moving-the-Dog-Club"><em>Read</em> Moving the Dog Club</a></p>