VOLUME 13 / ISSUE 1 / FEBRUARY 2020 disc dogs | obedience + rally | flyball 2019 awards | 2019 titles | dogs of the year cc teams + instructor awards | cc passes IN THIS ISSUE EDITOR’S NOTE About BDOC .......................................................................................................3 Welcome to the first (and rather belated) edition of the Disc Dogs @ BDOC ........................................................................................4 BDOC Newsletter for 2020! Obedience & Rally in 2019 .......................................................................5 Flyball 2019 Report ....................................................................................... 6 The training year is now in full swing with canine 2019 End of Year Awards ...........................................................................7 companion classes already partway through Session 1, 2019 Title Awards ........................................................................................... 8 and many of the dog sports will soon be running their 2019 DOTY Winners ..................................................................................... 9 first intakes for the year. Canine Companion Awards ...................................................................12 Canine Companion Passes ................................................................... 13 Even though many of our members will have only BDOC Shop ....................................................................................................... 14 returned to the club a month ago, behind the scenes has BDOC Training Dates 2020 .................................................................... 15 been busy as usual! We have run our first instructor’s course for new canine Cover photo: Griff the Welsh Springer Spaniel companion instructors, and many of these attendees are now out on the paddock assisting and leading classes. Welcome to our wonderful new volunteers! I have found A big thank you to our Session 5 instructors: that instructing others is one of the best ways to improve your own skills, and I hope that you also enjoy and learn Anne Lewis, Barbara Brown, Charmayne Murray, from the experience. We will be running another course Cheryl Neal, Christine Bates, David Walsh, Dorothy in June or July, so if you are interested in attending, Xu, Heather Swinbourn, Jane Halsey, Jane Tong, please email [email protected]. Jane Wild, Janet Almond, Leesa Jess, Leonie Stubbs, Lise Sandenbergh, Lyn Clyde, Lyndal Also in January, the DWD team ran the very first Trick Hasselman, Maelyn Draper, Mark Wallace, Melanie Dog competition in Australia. This competition was Green, Meryl Causebrook, Miranda Robertson, extremely popular, with all 120 available spaces filling Monique Meacham, Niccola Hardaker, Ross Miller, up within 24 hours of trial opening! It was a very well Sandra Franceschini, Steve Meyer, Sue Moore, and organised day that was attended by competitors from Vanessa Laddrak. NSW, Victoria and the ACT. Tricks is going to be a very popular sport, and we have just begun offering classes, please email [email protected] if you are interested in being included in future Tricks intakes. SCRATCH OUR BACK! If you are looking for some opportunities to give back to the club, we will be running a Working Bee on Saturday BDOC is run exclusively by 21st March from 8:00am. volunteers. We’re always on the lookout for more helpers! If you’ve got slightly more time to spare, a new working group has been established to review the club’s policies. If this is something you’d be interested in helping out Interested in volunteering? with, please email Lisa at [email protected]. Skills we are looking for include administration, cleaning, grounds maintenance, We will also be running a review of the canine information technology, weeding, events companion syllabus over the next few months, so keep assistants, shed tidying, catering for events, class an eye out for opportunities to provide feedback and get assistants, instructors and lots more. Volunteer as involved. little or as much as you like and are able to. Every bit helps and you get the chance to make more Wishing you and your furry friends all the best for 2020! ‘doggie’ friends. See the BDOC office if you would like to join our volunteer group. - Maelyn VOLUME 13 / ISSUE 1 / FEBRUARY 2020 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 2 ABOUT BDOC CONTACT US The Belconnen Dog Phone (02) 5105 0992 Obedience Club (BDOC) was formed in 1975 to Email [email protected] provide dog training instruction and facilities for Website www.bdoc.asn.au people living in northern Canberra. Newsletter [email protected] The Club’s main activity Address Corner of Flemington Road and is our canine companion Morisset Road, Mitchell ACT classes, which teach basic obedience and valuable life skills to pet dogs and their families. Our canine Office Hours Thursdays - 7:00pm to 8:30pm companion classes are open to fully vaccinated dogs of Sundays - 9:00am to 10:30am all breeds. We also offer training in dog sports including agility, dances with dogs, flyball, trialling obedience, and rally obedience, and have many teams ranging from COMMITTEE beginners to the top trial and competition levels. President Canine Companion Rep The aims of our Club include: Christine Bates David Walsh • Having fun with our dogs Steve Meyer • Promoting responsible dog ownership Vice-President caninecompanion@bdoc. • Helping our members to become proficient dog Margo Hellyer asn.au trainers in general obedience, and also in the dog sports of their choice Treasurer Dances with Dogs Rep • Helping our members to develop enjoyable Monique Meacham Heather Swinbourn relationships with their dogs [email protected] • Promoting the pursuit of recognised dog sports Secretary, and Obedience and Rally Obedience Rep Disc Dogs Rep BDOC is supported with much appreciated financial Maelyn Draper Catherine Griffin assistance from ACT Sport and Recreation Services and [email protected] [email protected] the Department of Education and Training ACT. Asst Treasurer/Secretary Flyball Rep Our Club is staffed and run by a terrific group of Katherine Waterhouse Sally Provins volunteers, from the Club’s Committee, office and shop [email protected] workers, to our incredibly dedicated team of instructors. Agility Rep Lisa Borthwick General Members If you have enjoyed your time at BDOC, please consider [email protected] Geoff Tracey volunteering! We are always on the look out for helpers for our various trials and events, and we run training for new canine companion instructors twice a year in January and June. If you’re interested, please email the Club at [email protected]. Got something that you’d like us to publish? Email it through to us at [email protected]! The BDOC newsletter is published around the beginning of each session. VOLUME 13 / ISSUE 1 / FEBRUARY 2020 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 3 DISC DOGS @ BDOC Written by Catherine Griffin After the success of the 2018-2019 Summer Series, BDOC is hosting the 2019-2020 Summer Series competitions. The Summer Series consists of 6 competitions covering all 9 games played twice. Teams are awarded points according to placing over the 6 competitions with individual games and overall champions being awarded. Congratulations to teams who placed in the summer series! SUMMER SERIES 2- 15 NOVEMBER Time Warp 7Up Greedy 1st Konrad with Jazz 1st Peter with Milo 1st Jo with Indy 2nd Amelia with Quinn 2nd Kylie with Luna 2nd Chris with Arny 3rd Chris with Jack 3rd Chris with Jack 3rd Konrad with Jazz SUMMER SERIES 3- 24 JANUARY Spaced Out Far Out FunKey Thank you to everyone 1st Kerri with Zoliki 1st Kylie with Luna 1st Konrad with Jazz who has assisted 2nd Konrad with Jazz 2nd Dana with Watson 2nd Chris with Jack with the planning 3rd Dana with Watson 3rd Kerri with Zoliki 3rd Steve with Wauygl and running of competitions in various ways. Without your SUMMER SERIES 4- 17 JANUARY help BDOC would not Frizgility 4 Way Play Throw N Go be able to host such successful events. 1st Kate with Jazz 1st Kylie with Luna 1st Kerri with Zoliki 2nd Hannah with Maple 2nd Amelia with Quinn 2nd Dana with Watson 3rd Abbie with Maple 3rd Monique with Nala 3rd Amelia with Quinn UPCOMING EVENTS 21 February Summer Series 5 BDOC 14 March UpDog Australian Classic 4PS 20 March ●Summer Series 6 BDOC When is Disc Dog Training? How can I find out more information? Training is at BDOC on Friday evenings at 6pm You can get in contact with us via email or through Facebook! Who can participate in Disc Dogs? • All dogs over 12 months of age can participate in Email Disc Dogs at BDOC [email protected] • Dogs can catch discs rolled along the ground ‘roller’ or in the air Facebook • ●Dogs are required to complete a minimum of https://www.facebook.com/BelconnenDiscDogs/ beginners level (or equivalent) obedience training • ●Handlers must be a financial member of BDOC VOLUME 13 / ISSUE 1 / FEBRUARY 2020 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 4 OBEDIENCE & RALLY IN 2019 Written by Maelyn Draper 2019 was another bumper year for BDOC’s obedience (Neut Ch Landmark Why Why Why Delilah RAE ADX JDX and rally obedience teams! JDO SDX SPD GDX). Go the Gundogs! Firstly I would like to thank our hard working instructors Our other obedience and rally obedience teams did and helpers, especially Anne Lewis for all her hard work quite well on the trialling front, with 7 obedience and 12 keeping rally obedience trialler’s class going, and Claire rally obedience titles being completed during the award Stalker-Booth