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Sheepdog Article 1 - Choosing a future champion

One of the most important and exciting decisions any would-be trainer has to make is 'Which puppy should I buy?'

Uploaded: 30/10/2013 - Download/View PDF

Sheepdog Article 2 - Which class should I enter?

One of the nicest things about the wonderful sport of sheepdog trialling is the ability to compete anywhere in the country and to get to meet so many different faces. The only requirement that you need is to know when and where the various trials are being held, the classes and how to enter...

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Sheepdog Article 3 - International Sheepdog News

Why did you decide to breed your own dogs when there were plenty of Bwlch dogs on your doorstep..?

Uploaded: 11/03/2014 - Download/View PDF

Agility Article 1 - My WAO Belgium Experience – by Iris Richards

Following a successful WAO in England in 2011, where I had been part of the organising committee; I reservedly agreed to travel with the WAO crew to Belgium in 2012. Having recently had a close family bereavement, I felt somewhat uneasy at leaving my family and 5 dogs, whilst I took part in this event away from home...

Uploaded: 23/03/2014 - Download/View PDF

Agility Article 2 - Building up to events

I was delighted my Bearded Collie mix, Bitz, and I qualified for Crufts 2012 as part of the Billingshurst Agility team. But as important as qualifying for the ‘big’ finals of the year, is the preparations of arriving at the event ‘ready’...

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Agility Article 3 - Building an Agility Career in the Ring

What’s the second most exciting part of obtaining a new dog to compete in agility? I guess queuing with your rookie dog for the first time would cut it for most.

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Agility Article 4 - Chaffords' chaos theory

Theory is now a stunning 20 mth old working collie. He has just started to compete in agility and I hold high hope for him to do very well, but more than that he is a best friend, companion and joker! This is his story...

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Agility Article 5 - We can beat the rest when we get it right

EUROPEAN OPEN AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 The European open is an international agility event held yearly and run under FCI rules rather than KC rules as agility is in England. This year it was held in the Czech republic.

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Agility Article 6 - Training Beep - part 10 by Toni Dawkins - Good News

I will start this month with the good news as of course there will be some not so good news as well LOL...

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Agility Article 7 - Training Beep by Toni Dawkins (June/July 2009)

Contacts! Here we go again, more thoughts on contacts and a big change. If you are bored with contacts you might want to give this a miss as that is all I am writing about this time. Strangely I am not bored at all and am enjoying trying to work out what is best and why. Either I am sad or it is my strange scientific mind which, would be better put to use trying to clone Kite. While I have not managed to do that yet I am constantly searching for better ways to do everything in agility. Right now I am obsessed with the dogwalk (DW)...

Uploaded: 23/03/2014 - Download/View PDF