Dog Handling - Tag - control2018-11-17T23:08:34+13:00urn:md5:a6407b570be288920034c4868ce30b5aDotclearGood Dog Training Newsletter - June / July 2018urn:md5:35bad8f890e8ccb389f707ec338853eb2018-06-11T17:31:00+01:002018-06-11T05:37:29+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersagilitycontroldog training <p>THE HAPPINESS FACTOR.
When I go out to Compete with my dog I am doing it in my time out from the dreary reality that life often is. For many working for a living is a brutal fact of mind numbing money go round. It is the glue that makes life function on a practical level but it is also stressful and boring.
So when I am working with my dog... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2018/06/11/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-June-/-July-2018"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - June / July 2018</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - September 2017urn:md5:089bfad8b355470b682c14d3b07784dd2017-08-31T13:22:00+01:002017-08-31T01:28:34+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewsletterscontroldog behaviour <p>Working with the donkey!
You may notice in the photograph that Koda the full coated Border Collie (Belonging to Tina) is a part of the walking pack.
This is my Donkey Sam forcing the dogs to be a pack and keeping everyone on the straight and narrow even with Recco (Tina's son) riding him, he is still in control. Nineteen plus years ago I got... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2017/08/31/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-September-2017"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - September 2017</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - October 2015urn:md5:1bc6549b3ddfda060151f7724115168c2015-10-10T18:09:00+01:002015-10-10T05:54:25+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersagilitycontroldog behaviour <p>BOOK A PUP!
Rob and Sue's 'Girl' is pregnant
The Sire is Eunice Brother's 'Ranger'
Ranger is a son of Chelsea' Marriners 'Shift'
She is due to birth around the 22rd November.
Pups will be ready for homing about 20th January.
If you want a real working dog for Agility Obedience and Fly. These are the pups for you. There will only be one... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2015/10/10/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-October-2015"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - October 2015</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - May 2015urn:md5:bee279921458b04be79582b4b759f9cc2015-05-10T18:28:00+01:002015-05-10T06:36:43+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersagilityCanine Good Citizencontroldog behaviourdog handlingdog trainingNZKC <p>Walking the talk without reinventing the wheel
As an instructor for Dog Sports Rotorua my job reaches way beyond teaching people how to handle their dog for best outcomes or teaching the dog which is the right side to walk quietly on a loose lead, or indeed teaching a dog how to safely jump a hurdle or run over an A frame. I end up in a... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2015/05/10/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-May-2015"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - May 2015</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter - April 2015urn:md5:66a1ffba686f74766fd351a1e288e1032015-04-15T19:31:00+01:002015-04-15T07:37:01+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersagilitycontroldog behaviourdog handlingdog trainingflygility <p>Lets join the club!
A long time ago I joined a Dog Club and started doing Agility and Obedience and Flygility, in fact I would have done any sport that involved dogs having already done a bit of duck and pheasant shooting and some field trial work.
I quite enjoyed the Sport of Agility but I didn't find the Agility Community at that time... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2015/04/15/Lets-join-the-club%21"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter - April 2015</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter -April 2014urn:md5:1214212167bd4108aa090bf624e8655e2014-04-04T19:05:00+01:002014-04-04T06:18:24+01:00Raewyn SavilleNewsletterscontroldog behaviourdog handlingdog training <p>What is Dog Training about?
I had an interesting conversation yesterday about certain dogs who cannot leave home.. What?? That is right, they were born on the property, they do not go anywhere and they cannot cope with new things when they do.
This sounds a little strange but put into context of farm dogs on 400 plus acres they may be born... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2014/04/04/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-April-2014"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter -April 2014</a></p>Good Dog Training Newsletter -February 2014urn:md5:90e1f3107e081eb20c2d4a7918ddaed22014-02-03T07:35:00+00:002014-02-15T20:24:42+00:00Raewyn SavilleNewslettersavoidancecontroldog behaviourdog trainingsocialisation <p>FREE RUN - A NEW CLASS FOR 2014
Towards the end of last year it became apparent to me that I was failing
some of the dogs, and people who come along to Dog Sports. My feelings of failure
really came to a head with the three Bella’s.
Bella #1 came to me three and a half years ago with her owner Mo. Bella is a Labrador/
Sharpei. She is a... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2014/02/03/Good-Dog-Training-Newsletter-February-2014"><em>Read</em> Good Dog Training Newsletter -February 2014</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>Fae the Fat Fairy learns more Agility Episode 11urn:md5:764ada389173126e5cdc9f60e28f14f92013-01-26T08:43:00+00:002013-02-02T18:04:30+00:00Raewyn SavilleThe Adventures of Fae the Fat Fairyagilitycontroldog sportsdog trainingDog Training ProgramFaegamesPerforming Dogsplaying tugRail Park <p>It is a whole week since my last Saturday Agility lesson. Nala and Bree didn't come today because they are in Fielding with the Young Kennel Club doing Junior Dog Handling Camp. I hope they are having a good time. Big Dennis was there though and Tyson and Bella the Greyhound came today as well.
Today we learnt fast tunnels and fast hurdles and... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/01/26/Fae-the-Fat-Fairy-learns-more-Agility-Episode-11"><em>Read</em> Fae the Fat Fairy learns more Agility Episode 11</a></p>Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 9urn:md5:c4e15888e0d67cac628d90b7832775e82013-01-19T20:57:00+00:002013-01-20T18:21:42+00:00Raewyn SavilleThe Adventures of Fae the Fat Fairyagilitycontroldog sportsdog trainingFaegamesplaying tug <p>Remember me I am Fae the Fat Fairy who wants to fly but my person wants me to do Agility classes. All through Christmas when she didn't have other classes she spent time teaching me the equipment bit by bit whew that was hard work, now she wants me to start putting it together.
Maybe I had better go back a bit. When I was little my person... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2013/01/19/Fae-the-Fat-Fairy-learns-Agility-Episode-9"><em>Read</em> Fae the Fat Fairy learns Agility Episode 9</a></p>
