Display at Lord Whisky Animal Sanctuary Fun Day Saturday 10th June
Roger with Ben lead the team out followed by Ros with Lucy, Brenda with Chester, Norman with Charlie, Jo with Rufus, Terry with Alfie, Sue with Tia, Mike with Jack, Janet with Smokey.
Once the introductions were complete
and the team ready to go the display got underway with some heal work
including right circles. This was followed by leaving the dogs in the sit
and calling them to heel as the handler walks past then
recalls.
The display also included
a down stay with the dogs forming a diagonal line across the ring. All the
dogs stayed in position and it was one of the straightest lines we have
achieved.
Then on into dog to dog and recalling between two rows of dogs,
again the dogs worked really well.
Next the circle to carryout down stays
and crossovers finishing on a shake paw and making lots of fuss of the dogs before exiting the ring.
I think all the handlers should give themselves a pat on the back and the dogs an extra treat for such a good display. For Smokey and Jack it was their first display with the team before an audience but you would not have known it as they blended in so well with the 'older' hands who were in displays last year. Well done to them and of course their handlers Janet and Mike.
Thanks to Mick for the commentary plus a special thank you to Jill with Raven for coming along to support the team.
The next display the team are doing is at Wateringbury Primary School on Saturday 17th June at 1:30pm.
Display at Wateringbury Primary School Fete Saturday 17th June
Seven
handlers and dogs, two less than last week,
Roger with Ben, Ros with Lucy, Brenda with
Chester, Jo with Rufus, Terry with Alfie, Sue with Tia and
Mike with Jack. The team filed in to begin their display in an arena about
14 metres diameter surrounded by spectators including a lot of children.
This gave a difficult atmosphere for the dogs to work in as they are not
used to so many people surrounding them. They soon settled ignoring the
distractions
and
worked
well to complete their exercises
hardly
putting a paw wrong. It was good to see the dogs being left sitting round in a circle waiting for their turn to be put in the down and then in the down stay with handlers weaving inside and outside of them.
The fact
that none of them moved until they
were told to is a credit to the handlers for the hard work they
have put in to the training.
Well done the dogs, handlers and I must say the children who sat round the
display arena and behaved so well.
After
completing the display we managed to get a group photo before having a look
round the fete. Whilst walking around the fete some children came and asked
if they could stroke the dogs. They had obviously been told the right way to
approach and check with the handler if the dogs were alright to stroke. All
credit to them for doing it.
Thanks to Anne, Terry and the team. Anne for manning
the microphone, Terry for coming into the team on display days with hardly
any practice and the team for supporting the displays and all the hard work
practicing for them.
We now have a while until the next display which will be at Stockbury fete
on 19th August.
Display at Stockbury Village Fete Saturday 19th August
The display is aimed at demonstrating that pet dogs with the correct training can achieve good social obedience and from the positive comments to Mick Bingham afterwards it was well received.
One of the team members missing was Mike with Jack as Mike is getting over a recent operation, we wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him rejoining the team.
The team have two more displays to complete this year , the next one is at Labrador Rescue on Sunday 3rd September and the last one at Lord Whisky on Saturday 9th September.
Display at Labrador Rescue Fete Sunday 3rd September
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A another good show by members of Stockbury Dog Display Team
at the Labrador Rescue Kent Centre.
  The
team members were Jo with Rufus, Terry with Alfie, Mary with
Sam, Janet with Smokey, Brenda with Chester, Norman with
Charlie and Sue with Tia. Thanks to them and to all families
members who come and support the team.
Last but not least Thanks to Mick ( the Alpha one ) for his
brilliant commentary.
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Display at Lord Whisky Fete Saturday 9th September
We
visited Lord Whisky for the second time this year to put on our fifth and
last display for 2006. To make it slightly different to last time Roger with
Ben and Lucy gave a display of working through basic commands with two dogs
sometimes working together and sometimes independently.This was then
followed by the main display ably carried out by Roger with Ben, Ros with Lucy, Mary with Sam,
Brenda with Chester, Terry with Alfie, Janet with Smokey plus Mick doing
the commentary.
Once
again the dogs did really well coping with the distractions which seem to
vary at each venue. This time it was a couple of llamas walking around the
fete, pipes and drums being practiced plus the odd fizzy drink can being
opened with a loud psssh.
Well done to all the dogs and handlers and thank you to the Stockbury Dog
Club members and friends who came along and supported the team.
Display Round Up For 2006
Roger with Ben(4), Ros with Lucy(4), Mary with Sam(3), Brenda with Chester(4), Terry with Alfie(5), Janet with Smokey(4), Norman with Charlie(3), Sue with Tia(3), Mike with Jack(2), Jo with Rufus(4).
We managed to get a team of six to eight for each event helped by Terry and Norman joining the team with very little practice, as you can see Terry with Alfie completed the most displays.
This year I think we achieved the highest standard so far, attempting to get the dogs to do more difficult tasks than previous years.
These included down stays with other handlers walking past, individual recalls, and distance commands.
We had two newcomers to the team for this year, Mike with Jack and Janet with Smokey, they settled in so well nobody at Lord Whisky in June would have thought it was their first display.
Mick did a grand job on the commentary, not a easy task especially with some of the tanoy systems he had to deal with. Thanks also to Anne who took most of the photos used in the reports and to others who contributed photos.
It was good to see support from team member's family and friends together with some of the club members. The dogs worked well at all the fetes despite the various distractions going on around them and were a credit to their handlers, reflecting the hard work put in during training sessions.
We now look forward to putting together a new display for next year and to seeing some new faces in the team.
Thanks for your support.
Roger