BACKSome of our customers that have Noonbarra Kelpies as companions often decide to have a go at a dog sport where both the handler and the dog can enjoy a good fun day out. Because our Kelpies are bred to run along the backs of sheep, jump yard rails and turn quickly to block sheep they have a high degree of agility so do very well at most dog sports. They are also bred to listen to commands and be compliant in that regard. It is these traits that makes them easy dogs to work with.
NOONBARRA SHEENA
Sheena was sold to Japan to compete in Frisbee competition. Her owner Shinji Yasuda already has a champion Frisbee dog. We made sure he got a puppy that was compliant and outgoing and good with people.
"Hi, Sheena is growing well . She is friendly pup...Now I just play with her using a ball and a mini frisbee. She is enjoying the play very much . After a few days I will start 'leader walk' . Yes she is perfect dog for me." Shinji Yasuda
A FRISBEE COMPETITION KELPIE IN JAPAN
NOONBARRA
HUNTER
Hunter was sold to Julie in Sydney. Julie is a Vet who does some obedience training with her Noonbarra Kelpie.
"Hi Mary and Stephen, I wanted to let you know how Hunter was going as he has now just celebrated his first birthday! He received a new soft toy which has taken the position of favourite very quickly and is already looking slightly worse for wear and in need of a wash."
"He is just beautiful and I feel very lucky to have such a great dog. He is going very well at obedience and I have recently had a number of comments from other participants and a couple of trainers about how fixatedly he looks at me, ready for the next command or praise! (I think he's just after the liver treats but I'm happy to believe that maybe he is just very attentive). He is by far the sweetest, gentlest and most affectionate dog I have ever seen and is winning the heart of even my least doggy friends and all the local children particularly our neighbours children who are very shy but love to take Hunter and our other dog out for extra walks in the park. "
"I have also started going running with him which he seems to enjoy and no doubt will keep his natural kelpie endurance up to scratch. Hope all is well with your dogs, particularly Flash who I owe a thank you to for fathering such lovely puppies. " Take care, regards Julie van Bavel
Noonbarra Scamper doing Agility (USA)
NOONBARRA SCAMPER
Re training: we have done several obedience sessions and are currently repeating the advanced class, both as a refresher and to get Scamper around more dogs. We like the classes as they are in a large Petsmart store, so there are a lot of distractions, etc.
We previously took a "Click a Trick" class, which teaches behaviors via a clicker. Some tricks Scamp picks up after a couple of demos, others she can't quite get the hang of (or doesn't want to do). Let's see, she can spin both directions, roll over, crawl, back, etc. She is real good at "leave it", which is really more obedience than a trick. We worked on teaching her to bow, but she didn't quite get that one.
We got second place in a little competition where we had
to introduce an original trick to the group--we had Scamper pushing (herding)
around a black stuffed sheep (shows up good against her light fur), with her
nose. It was cute, but we haven't really followed up on that one lately.
"The Frisbee is her favorite toy, she will drop it at my feet while working in the garden and even drops it in front of the lawn mower (cheeky) so I have to pick it up and throw it for her. Bronte will chase it all day, sometimes I have to take it off her so she will eat her dinner and she is not much better with the tennis ball."
Noonbarra Oscar springs in the air to catch frisbee
NOONBARRA KRYPTO
I do not mean to imply that Krypto is not without challenges. She does like intelligent play, and she has started frisbee. Krypto tells me what she wants to do, for example, she gets the leash from the closet or brings the frisbee to me. When she does that, it is I who must be obedient (or be stared down by a stubborn Kelpie). She is a "larrakin" and a sprite at the same time.
NOONBARRA ATILLA
I have tried to make training into a game for him, using a clicker, toys and food rewards and this has worked well. So far he has sit, drop, stay (briefly) recall, stand (almost!) and he heels off lead over a short distance. I am now trying to transfer this to lead.
I won't do formal agility training with him for a while as I want him to have basic obedience commands (with distractions!) first, but we'll play 'agility games' together and he runs through the tunnel, negotiates a small puppy A frame (about 60cm high) onto a deck and jumps poles on the ground. He loves to jump and would attempt much higher things if I let him. He also goes through a tyre on the ground with no problems. He loves these 'agility' games more than anything else and judging by the speed at which he has learned other commands, I think I could also trial him at obedience fairly successfully - although I am not planning to at this stage.
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He
is absolutely starring at agility.
First week back after the break he got promoted to Class 2 (Intermediate) spent 2 weeks there and has now been promoted to Class 3 (novice trialling class) . 6 months or more in class 2 is usual. I have also been invited to become an agility instructor, I'm sure it's only because Atilla is making me look good - guide dog for the agility impaired !
People have often come up and commented on how good he is, but now people are coming up and asking where I got him from ! (I'll be handing out those business cards you sent)
If you're still planning on those baseball caps, please let me know as I would love to order one.
Indy has just gone past 7 months and his training is going
very well. I am off food rewards now as I have found a new love of
his.. the tennis ball and frisbee. He absolutely frets over me
throwing the ball or frisbee for him so it's a good way to motivate
him out on walks or to get him to perfect his downs in situations
were he definitely wants to be doing other things (like chasing the
frisbee).
NOONBARRA TESS
Noonbarra Tess was sold to Jane Tong of Canberra to do mostly Arena Three Sheep Trial work but Jane is also an obedience instructor so Tess gets to do Obedience and Agility work as well. There is a lot more on Noonbarra Tess at NOONBARRA TESS
Jane wrote in August 2004; "Tess also passed the control & physical tests for agility & will start that this Wednesday night. Tess is also in Novice trailing class for obedience but we are no where near ready to trial. Tess always has a great time though. My only concern is that out of 8 dogs, 5 are dog &/or people aggressive and Tess is by far the youngest in the class at 15 nearly 16 months and still very much the happy friendly little character. "
A little later she followed up with more feedback on Noonbarra Tess and her progress:
"Tess had her 2nd agility lesson last night. I know that I'm biased but she is an amazing little dog (& hopefully it's not beginners luck)! Last night I was using cabanossi as treats but she will try anything without any show of fear - ie baby dog walk rocking on jump poles etc, a frame, weave poles etc - and Tess is so eager."
"She gets a buzz out of the activity. Tess has a great little nature and wins people over quite quickly. The instructor that we have at present is good (that's partly why we go to this class!) and Tess will happily work for Jenny as the demo dog. I still haven't got Tess worked out but we are working on it! I find it interesting that she can be anxious about some things and yet is so keen when you ask her to do a task or activity."
Feb 2005
"Tess has been promoted from level 2 agility at the end of last year to level 4 after the classes over the holidays. Not bad for a dog that only started training in August last year!
"I took the punt and trialled her for the first time last Saturday night. There were thunderstorms around so Tiny wasn't very happy but Tess doesn't seem to worry about them. The agility run was beautiful even the weavers, till we got to obstacle 10 and then we ducked the lollipop tyre and last jump. Apparently my voice pitch changed and poor old Tess picked up on it. I'm really pleased with the runs as I knew it was a bit early but wanted to see how Tess would relate to me when I get nervous as we have not been in that situation before. I have entered Tess (and Tiny) again next month and over the Easter weekend in agility and jumping trials."
Noonbarra Mudgee in Switzerland
NOONBARRA LADY
Hi Mary and Stephen, It's getting hot and humid here in Japan . Lady will be 6 months old soon and weighs nearly 12kg now. She is becoming a great companion dog and sport dog.
We often take her to various dog sports competition places and many people often ask us what breed she is.
Last a few frisbee dog competition, Lady competed in retrieve category and won the third prize! She even caught the soft frisbee several times!!! I didn't really train her to catch it in the air but she naturally did it!
Enjoy some photos of her top form.
Ritsuko, Koshi, Manly & Lady
NOONBARRA ROSE
Rose loves it when I throw balls, sticks...whatever into the water and she leaps in and swims to get them...BUT she will never bring the object out of the water. She lets go of it about a meter or so from the edge and then looks at me and waits for me to throw it back in....which is sometimes very hard if I don't want to get wet feet and we've lost a few things as a result......
Today I brought my daugther to the park as it's school holidays...and guess what! I've been trying for weeks to make this dog bring things out of the water and suddenly she does it for Helena...over and over again! I asked her "how" and she just said "I told Rose to do it". Then I tried to throw the ball in...and she did the same old thing...dropped it in the water...not until I left did she bring it out of the water and gave it to my daughter!! Explain that!
NOONBARRA SCAMPER DOING AGILITY IN THE USA
NOONBARRA ATILLA
Later this year I will start him in beginner's Agility class. I'm not in a huge hurry to do this as there is so much foundation training that he can do that doesn't involve equipment , have also seen a lot of people ruin very young dogs from starting too early and expecting too much from them, an easy trap to fall into with him, because he's just so good ! The agility training he's been doing here (uprights with poles on ground, tyre on ground, tunnels, small A frame, ) has been amazing. I can already put him on a stay and get a 2 jump lead out - I can't even do that with my titled dog !
Noonbarra Atilla
Just wanted to update you on Atilla - we entered our first agility trial yesterday, a NADAC trial at Bacchus Marsh. Did this one more as a test as I wanted to see where we were at and what I needed to focus on in training.
We had six runs, three passes, two first places (agility) and one second place (jumping) so I was certainly pleased with the outcome!
Nearly had our jumping title in a day, but on the jumping run that he didn't qualify on, he got to the last jump and saw people/dogs he knows outside the ring in direct line with the finish so he bypassed the last jump and ran off to socialise with them instead, ran beautiful up to that point, I actually consider that a better run than the one we qualified on.
I am so proud of him, he never broke one stay at the start line and got every single contact (colours he has to touch at the bottom of dog walk, seesaw and A frame, without jumping off early, a common problem with 'high drive' dogs) and weaved perfectly in every agility run.
Hope everything is going well at Noonbarra, would LOVE another puppy but I have to talk Liam into it first, maybe next year some time ???????
Noonbarra Oscar and Frisbee
Noonbarra Ruthless in the U.S.A.
"I have nothing but absolutely wonderful things to say about this dog! She has really done a lot of maturing in these past months. I can not even begin to tell you how wonderful she is and how much I love her. ..
"She and I have just become the best of friends. She sleeps against my side every night and follows me everywhere I go. She is just the happiest and sweetest dog I have ever known. I don't think there is a bad bone in her body. She always does as told and she always seems to have a big smile on her face while doing it. She has really grown into an amazing companion.
"She and I have really started to do a lot more agility work now that she is almost 18 months. I got her x-rayed and her growth plates were closed so it is safe to do a bit harder of work now. I have mostly been working her contacts and she is just now learning how to weave. We do some sequences as well. Those are a bit harder for her though. She has a lot of drive and a huge stride and she is not quite sure what to do with it all yet. We are working on that though. I have had a lot of kelpie people tell me that they are a very difficult dog to train in that they can be stubborn but I have not seen any of this in Ruth. She is so eager to please me and she tries so hard for me. She wants nothing more than to do the right thing which makes her an absolute joy to work with."
I get a lot of questions about where she came from and I tell everyone what a great job you guys did for me in picking my perfect dog. I really don't know how to thank you both for such a wonderful dog. She is more than I could have hoped for. After having Ruth, I'm not sure if I can have anything but a Kelpie from now on!!
NOONBARRA LADY COMPETING IN JAPAN
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More on Noonbarra Atilla...
He finished both his Novice titles (Agility and Jumping) over the Easter weekend. We had a great day on Saturday, 4 runs, 4 passes, plus the club member's sashes for fastest qualifying Agility run and fastest qualifying Jumping run.... At the end of the day we also won the club member's sash for 'Best Performing Dog at Trial', without even competing on the 2nd day.
The Open is harder (for me - not him) but he got his first Agility pass last weekend and 2nd place (0.03 seconds off 1st). He also has a new 'best friend' at trials - little Noonbarra Bob. It's funny to see them together, they seem to understand they're part of the big 'Noonbarra family' and seek each other out.
NOONBARRA SESSHOMARU
He earned his first two agility titles with very limited showing. He earned three Novice herding titles, on goats and ducks, and has been worked on sheep and cattle too.... "Here are some pictures of Sessho in an agility fun match, a tune-up for some shows I was planning for next month. I tell people I'm having to learn to handle a Ferrari after driving a pick-up truck, as Sessho is so fast and responsive to my cues. Which means I can also send him off course just by twitching at the wrong time! But most of the time we get it right. Then we're usually first as he's so fast."
Noonbarra Scott (and Noonbarra Mate)
"I have a lot of work for Mate to do, he is such a big help. When I get around I take Scott to the cows too. The cows have a lot of respect of him. The more work he gets the better it works. If he had some time off he is still quite fast and tight. I still take him to agility if there is spare time and everyone is impressed about his jumping ability and speed."
AGILITY
Hi
We were trialling last Saturday and got a novice jumping & a novice agility pass
so we now have 2 novice jumping passes (need 1 more) and 1 novice agility passes
(need 2 more). The other 2 runs only had 1 mistake due to my poor handling! In
the agility pass, I was saved by Tess & we made the course time by 0.03 sec and
were the only novice qualifiers. In the agility run, I ran 2nd to my mate & our
2 kelpies were the only qualifiers! There were approx 12 - 15 novice dogs
running.
The weekend of Rob's workshop was really good and I was really pleased with both
dogs. It rained on the Saturday but a little rain doesn't dampen Kelpies on
sheep! On Sunday, I had Tess on 3 sheep in a large yard (only 2 of us tried 3
sheep) and then had her on approx 30 - 40. Tess is amazing and handled each
situation really well and calmly worked. I even got Tess to bark in the race! We
spent the weekend with Mort which was also good & he gave me some good ideas &
perspectives.
Noonbarra Kobe II - Noonbarra Cobber- Noonbarra Matilda III
At a Flyball Competition
June 2006
"Here is Matilda in her first Agility Comp, she went really well for her first one. She is great and very well behaved now after a few obedience lessons. She will compete next month and hopefully will get better."
NOONBARRA TESS AND AGILITY
May 2006 - "As for the higher agility class that we got into, Tess is lapping it up! Last night we only made a couple of little mistakes due to my handling - I wasn't fast enough! Tess works beautifully at a distance and our team skills are slowly improving. Tiny is enjoying the running as well. I cheat & run Tiny first to get a feel for the course & then run Tess. I'm trying to change my tack when I walk courses and walk them for Tess as Tiny can cope with my crappy handling! This was after a chat to an experienced handler with a few dogs. The challenge for me is that Tess is quite a bit faster than Tiny & is also happy at a distance - we used to slow dogs down to handle them rather than learn to handle the dog as it is! I'm assuming the distance comes from working."
NOONBARRA RUTHLESS IN THE USA
DEC 2005
"I have exciting news! Ruth just had her very first agility show this past weekend. I wanted to let you know how wonderful she was. Most dogs, when they have their first trial, get so excited they almost seem to forget all of their training but Ruth was wonderful. She went out there and acted like a professional from her very first run on. She knew that she had a job to do and she did it beautifully. Of course she was a LOT more excited than when we practice but this makes it all that much more amazing. She was so excited but held her brain together and remembered all of her training. She qualified in her jumpers run. She is an absolute joy to work with and I got a ton of compliments on her. I wish the photographer had gotten some good pictures of her so I could send them to you. Next time I guess. Every time that I e-mail you or talk to you, I am going to thank you for such a wonderful dog.
Noonbarra Lady winning Frisbee competition in Japan
Noonbarra Copper III in the USA
Copper is finally going to agility class and absolutely loves it. He's easy to train, not afraid of anything and very, very fast. In fact, he's so fast that he frequently has to wait for Edward to catch up - I wish you could see it, because what he does while he's waiting is run in small circles until Edward gets there, sort of like an airplane in a holding pattern! Once he gets the next command, he's off again. I feel a little guilty about not working him on stock because he's clearly talented, but that's just not possible right now.
This information appeared on the Blue Mountains Dog Training Club list
“Bindi”
is competing in U.D. in obedience, open level agility and masters level jumping.
As a true working dog, she also completes in yard dog trials, where she is
required to move sheep around a set of yards and gates.
In her TV career, she plays “Red” the farm Kelpie in the movie Jessica and also
appears in the series All Saints and numerous TV ads.
“Bindi” represents Blue Mountains Dog Training Club at demonstrations and Inter
Club challenges. Being a very agile dog, she has learnt many tricks such as
jumping up onto Angela’s shoulder or weaving through her legs, she runs
backwards, jumping through hoops, fetches and carries many articles to the
delight of her audience. All this from basic obedience taught at B.M.D.T.C.
Noonbarra Cobber
AGILITY INTRUCTOR
I have been doing agility for 9 years. During that time, I have WON the AKC Nationals (twice) as well as the USDAA Nationals (twice). I have also been a member of the USA/ FCI World Team in 2000 (Helesinki, Finland) "TIMEFLIES" placing 8th in jumpers individually and 4th overall in the Team. I have 15 agility AKC Championships and 10 USDAA Championships. I have WON every major USDAA AND AKC event at least once. ALL I do is teach agility and I travel across the country teaching and giving seminars and showing.
One of my top agility students ( at my suggestion) has one of your puppies! Her name is Kristen Clarrkson (from VA) and she ha a black & tan bitch. Her puppy "RUTHLESS" is turning out to be a super agility dog. I am glad that Kristen got "RUTHLESS" and I have enjoyed working with the two of them.
What amazes me is that Kristen's pup got herself fit, stays fit and is smart with her body. She had asked me at the time (last year if I wanted to get a puppy with her and share the expenses) I am now sorry that I didn't...
Paulina Hope USA
Noonbarra Billee in full flight
Noonbarra Atilla was injured in an accident but returned to Agility in mid 2006.
"Hi Mary & Stephen, just wanted to let you know that Atilla got his JDX (jumping dog excellent) title last weekend, finally after such a long break (no pun intended!)
Since returning to trialling in July his results have been :
July : 1 excellent agility pass (2nd)
2 excellent jumping passes (5th)
August : 1 excellent jumping pass (1st)
September : 1 excellent jumping pass (4th)
So he has certainly made up for lost time with his jumping. We need one more agility pass (need 5 all up and we have 4) for his ADX. If I can just get my act together and stop stuffing him up !
NOONBARRA KRYPTO IN USA
"Krypto (was) in an agility demo at the oldest agricultural fair in the United States -- the Topsfield Fair. Krypto was asked to show off her beginner-level skills.
The Fair Demo meant to please the audience, and was not a competition. (Krypto also did Rally-Obedience Demo at the beginner level for the fair goers.) And in the Knock-Out Races -- where the agility course is divided in halves, and each dog starts at the same time and first dog to finish at the table wins; the races are crowd favorites -- Krypto won.
This surprised me, because she was running against a speedy schnauzer. Anyway, Krypto's win occurred when the schnauzer left the course. Krypto won a squeaky koala bear toy! (She hasn't nearly enough toys.)
Krypto
started agility in July, with a skilled, calm, patient and caring teacher, whose
dogs have multiple championships. The instructor knows we are not going for
competition, but for exercise and fun. Krypto does have extraordinary
concentration and drive for accuracy. Krypto strives to earn her
treat by doing the agility obstacle correctly. And while the humans are
listening to a lecture, Krypto will slide down to rest on her side for a brief
nap, because she is conserving energy.
One day early on in the classes Krypto was napping while the teacher explained
the new piece of equipment we were about to try -- a hurdle. The teacher told
the humans that we would encourage the dog with a step forward of the left foot
accompanied by an outstretched
left arm, and a verbal "Jump" command. As soon as the teacher began to
demonstrate the arm and leg motions, Krypto hopped up from her nap, ran forward,
and jumped over the hurdle, just to let us know that she was paying attention.
Then Krypto gave me that knowing, pretty smile and tail wag. Yes, she got a
treat for that trick!
NOONBARRA SESSHOMARU IN AMERICA
"We graduated from puppy school last night....and she won the encouragement award...thanks mostly to dad who has taught her to high 5, shake and has almost got speak on command happening. She is bringing balls etc back now (in the backyard) and by running our hand down her nose (not touching her) and saying drop, she will let go of the toy and wait till we throw it again for her...."Fiona. Melbourne Victoria.
NOONBARRA MATILDA
She has been coming everywhere with Charlotte and I and has been to many agility trials, so far only as a spectator! She graduated easily from Puppy Preschool, even if she doesn't like to take tablets!!
She has been coming to Obedience training from the very beginning and can be very focused on me which is fabulous. Especially when I compare her with other pups there of a similar age. She can already sit, down, spin, touch my hand with her nose (very useful for agility) and I have just taught her to shake hands (still getting paws mixed up though!).
Noonbarra Bindi
"Bindi is doing well. She got her Agility Title and 1st place at Oberon Show in Yard Dog Enc. Trial. "
Noonbarra Bindi has done extremely well in Dog Obedience Competition and now has her CDX title as well as a hurdle jumping title (JD) for agility.
"Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know things are
coming along perfectly. Indy is a gem. Best dog I've ever seen. He
picks things up so easily it astounds me and challenges me to try and
teach him more complex tricks and commands. - Greg Payne
NSW.
NOONBARRA DAISY AND NOONBARRA TALLY
WITH MORGAN IN MELBOURNE
NOONBARRA ATILLA
He has started puppy playgroup at the local Vet Clinic and will start puppy classes at our Obedience Club in about 3 weeks. He goes down to socialise when we take our other two to Obedience and everyone loves him and can't believe what he has learned so far. (I've had two instructors ask if I will take their puppies for a week and train them, although I suspect it's him, not my training!!) He gets lots of pats from people when I take him into town and reacts well to the attention.
The 'old timer' at the local stockfeed store has also had a good look at him and pronounced him 'the best bred Kelpie I've ever seen'. Our Vet was very impressed with the folder that you sent with Atilla and his wife couldn't wait to check out your website. They are now planning on getting a Kelpie some time in the next 12 months or so as they have a small number of sheep and are looking to expand.
I have noticed a slight change in him just over the past week, he seems to have become a lot more attentive (not that he wasn't before) and is following me everywhere. He is doing really well in Obedience class, I'm sure he would be doing even better if I wasn't off trialling most weekends so that he actually got to go more regularly ! I feel really bad about this.
He is becoming less fixated with the other dogs at training and much more on me, this is what I have been working at, keeping his attention in really distracting situations (group training classes - ultimate distractions!)
NOONBARRA KRYPTO
Krypto graduated from Puppy Kindergarten with great
grace and aplomb. She complies with her commands extremely well, including
"down" and "come." Krypto is a splendid dog. She is so intelligent that I expect
her to get out the frying pan from the cabinet and cook eggs one morning for
breakfast.
NOONBARRA HUNTER
"Hi Mary and Stephen, thought I'd update you on how Hunter is going. We just started obedience last weekend which he loved! He is very interested in watching everything that is going on and meeting all the other dogs. At the park near our home he insists on going on the play equipment and often races off to go down the slide without any encouragement at all.. perhaps some agility is what he would be good at. "
"I'm not sure of Jill has contacted you, but much to my amazement, at the obedience class, I saw a pup that have lovely markings ,very similar to Hunter, went to speak to his owner and was delighted to find out that it was "Lucy", Hunters sister. "
"I had a similar experience over summer when we were in Melbourne at the beach and saw a pup also with lovely markings and got speaking to her owner only to discover that she too was a Noonbarra pup. Her name was "Daisy". It seems that not only do you produce very striking dogs but the people you sell them to have an uncanny knack of bumping into each other miles away from where the pups originated. "
"Hunter is growing to look so much like Flash now he is a little older, and like Flash loves to be inside and is very well behaved there." Julie Van Bavel (A Sydney Veterinarian)
NOONBARRA SCAMPER
Scamper has turned out to be a wonderful dog. She is super friendly, and pretty much loves all people and other dogs. Whenever there was a "shy" dog in our obedience classes, Scamper would always be chosen as the safe, friendly dog to help socialize the timid ones. Speaking of obedience, she has passed the advanced level, and earned her Canine Good Citizen award. "
NOONBARRA CHANCE
"I can't express how thrilled we are with Chance. I have been smitten with him since I brought him home from the airport and still can't believe how lucky we are to have been sent a wonderful dog like Chance.
Chance's vocabulary is growing daily. He totally understands when he is asked to do something and he will not only comply but will also wait for his release word to go back to doing whatever he wants to do. At times I forget how young he really is.
The little daily things we do like automatically sitting at doors or for me to take his lead on or off, sitting and waiting for release word. Wait is a command I use frequently, wait when the door is open for permission to go out, solves the problem of rushing through the door. Wait is also used in the truck for the same thing. When I open the door and get out he has to wait till I release him to come out of the truck." - Alabama USA
NOONBARRA MEGAN II
Well she is just over five months old now and the only thing I can say is, she is one impressive dog. I started training Megan with tricks to begin with, the very first thing she learned was the wave (Oh by the way, she is right handed, just in case you are wondering), & of course this is her favourite thing to do now, she will sit and just keep waving, hoping for that reward.
Then we moved on to the drop, this almost seemed to be a natural position for her, so once she had that one mastered I moved her on to a drop at some distance, we have been working on this the last few months and she is now dropping around 15-20 meters away from me while on the move.
She has now learned to roll over, this one took slightly longer, but again she just loves doing it now. I started her on foundation exercises for Flyball when she was about 13 weeks, mainly things like getting her focus and attention, on that subject her focus and attention span is amazing, only the other day I got a comment that she is more like an adult dog then a 5 month old puppy.
NOONBARRA
LILLYPILLY
"Well, we've had Lilly now for two and a half weeks and are really pleased with her. Of course, she is very cute, so it's hard not to like her, but she also has a really nice personality."
"Lilly has learned "sit", "down" (the formal kind), "leave it", "come" (she needs more work on this), "off" (mostly), and we just started work on "stay" tonight. There should be an obedience class starting in a couple of weeks, and I will take her to that. Also, as soon as we can schedule it, we will be taking the dogs for a stockdog training session with a professional trainer.
We have been taking Lilly to the Saturday Farmer's Market, and she has gotten compliments on how well socialized she is, including from the veterinarian/animal behaviorist who has been helping us with Daisy.
Noonbarra Rose
Just a happy note to let you know that Rose graduated from level 2 obedience at Gold Coast Dog Obedience Club last night. We'll get the certificate next week at a ceremony held at the Dogs' Fancy Dress Christmas Party. Not sure Rose is too keen to wear a fancy dress so a red bow will have to do! - Aida
Noonbarra Tammi
"At Stephen's request I've attached some recent pictures of Tammi. They're all taken during a couple of training sessions. As you can see I haven't exaggerated. Tammi is quite wonderful."
Noonbarra Tammi coming over hurdle
Noonbarra Tammi on 'down' command
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Noonbarra Ned also loves ball games
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