BRITTANY CLUB AREA REPRESENTATIVES

At our last Committee Meeting it was decided to take the Brittany Club out to its members, and to those Brittany owners who have yet to join. Our aim is to provide a better service by creating regional or area representatives, not just as a personal contact point, but to organise a variety of activity days. How these days will be run is dependent on the particular expertise and knowledge available and on the facilities that can be provided.

In telling you of this new initiative we hope you will want to take advantage of the activity days. Please come and enjoy them with your Brittany and feel free to suggest other activities you would like to find out about.

The Area Reps we have in place to date are:

National Co-ordinator David Anderton tel.01706 860043 or [email protected]

Scotland Anne Massie tel. 01259 729733 or [email protected]

Northumberland/Teesside/Co. Durham Rep vacancy

Cumbria/Lancashire/Yorkshire/Cheshire David Anderton (see above for details)

E. Mids/Leics/Northants/Notts/Derby Kathy Gorman tel. 01788 860590 or [email protected]

W. Mids/Warks/Worcs/Staffs Steve Wright tel. 01789 772413 or [email protected]

North & Mid Wales/Shropshire Richard Welch tel. 01938 811718 or [email protected]

East Anglia Pat Rush tel. 01986 798336 or [email protected]

Hereford/Glos/Oxon/S Wales Barbara Anderson tel. 01600 890667 or [email protected]

Hants/Sussex/Surrey/Kent Ryan Gregor tel. 01252 330387 or [email protected]

Bucks/Beds/Berks/Herts Jan Taylor tel. 01763 244071 or [email protected]

Avon/Wilts/Somerset/Dorset/Devon/Cornwall Rep vacancy

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REP WITH ANY BRITTANY RELATED QUERY. ALSO LET OTHER BRIT OWNERS KNOW OF THEM AND VISIT THE CLUB WEBSITE www.brittanyclub.co.uk. A CTIVITY DAY FOR WEST MIDLANDS, WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE AREA , Sunday 25 th March 2012 Members £10 non-Members £12

Planned activities

11.00-11.30 Basic control Understanding the dog’s sensitivity (or lack of it), responsiveness & willingness. How to give effective praise and correction, your consistency & timing and how to be the dominant pack leader.

11.30-12.30 Retrieving Coaching on retrieve with dummies and cold game on land and in water Steve Wright with “one on one” assistance by Maurice Cooke and Norma Ansell where necessary.

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.30 Preparation for fieldwork Water Test – Novice Dogs to complete a seen retrieve of a dummy or cold game from water. Dogs to be assessed on steadiness, entry to water, retrieve to hand (without dropping article on exit from water).

Water Test – Open Dogs to complete a blind retrieve across water with the same qualities looked for as above.

NB This is not a recognised qualification as dogs will be assessed by an unqualified judge

13.30 – 15.30 Agility A practical introduction to agility training, with individual coaching.

Instructor: Norma Ansell

15.30 Review of the day and proposed changes, additions, etc. ______

Steve Wright has worked Brittanys with hawks for 23 years. He trained guide dogs for over 20 years, having competed in obedience prior to this. He has bred 6 generations of his Hawkwise Brittanys and has been a Committee Member of the BCGB since 2006.

Maurice Cooke is a member of the Kennel Club General Committee and of its Crufts Sub Committee and is an ex member of the Activities Sub Committee and Working Trials Council having competed successfully in this sphere for many years. He, with his partner Norma, have owned Brittanys for 15 years.

Norma Ansell is an experienced dog trainer & animal behaviourist, having competed and won Tickets in Obedience. Now concentrates on Working Trials and Agility. Her bitch “Hawkwise Bedouine over Gefni” is the highest graded Brittany ever to compete in the UK. WATER TEST ENTRIES

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