Obedience "Our Story So Far". 

                               Our interest in obedience started with the 2 Australian Cattle Dogs that we owned as our first two

                                      By the time I (Lilian, who is writing this story) had decided that a dalmatian was the type of dog I
                                      wanted I was interested in both showing and obedience. So I chose Kristy from obedience and
                                      show lines and our fun started.  

At 12months old Kristy was ready to trial...but due to other commitments we  didn't enter the trial ring just yet. She continued her show career and then had a break to have her first litter.
.which produced my "Billy".
When we did get into the trial ring Kristy did it with style...  in four trials she gained her CD with 170 (2 nd place), 183 (2nd place) and 180 (3rd place).
Kristy, below,  with some of the ribbons she has won....  

 

 I started seriously obedience training Billy when he was 2 years of age, a few months after he had  gained his show title. He proved to be an easy dog to train, always willing to work, his enthusiasm was infectious and we worked well together.
He gained his CD at his 8th trial, his scores being 188 (1st place), 184 (2nd place) and 180 (3rd place).

That was many years ago now..he hasn't done any trials since..we spent years after that showing him and working toward his Grand Championship. 

As of September 2000 Torchy had two passes towards her CD which she gained with me as her handler and she gained her third pass with her new owner Katie, who had never been in the trial ring before !!!!
and Lucky has two passes which she gained prior to us moving to the central coast..we will be back in the trial ring very soon !!!

Our aim is to have at least a CD title on every dog we have...
Kristy and I, below,  getting ready to do an obedience display with our local obedience club...












What do all these letters mean????
"C.D"  is a title recognised by the Australian National Kennel Council and these  letters after a dogs name on its registration papers stands  for "Companion Dog". This is also commonly known as "Novice" obedience level.
To obtain this title the dog and handler must work together as  a team, completing  a series of exercises  with a  pass in each individual exercise obtaining a minimum score of 170 out of 200 to obtain one pass toward this title. The total number of "passes" is three..at three different trials..to make up the CD title.
The exercises are:
"Heel on lead".."Stand for Examination"... "Stand Stay"..."Recall" and the Group Exercises... "Sit Stay" and the "Drop Stay" are all worth 30 points maximum each..
 "Heel Free" is worth 40 points maximum.
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                                                  go to our   "Dog links" page!!!

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