Last weekend we attended the Eastern Whippet Specialty in York, PA. Lemmy did well although it was a long stressful week for both of us. The crowning achievement for the weekend was getting 1st place in the 12-15 month class under Iva Kimmelman on Friday’s supported entry. I got a lot of nice compliments from breeders and exhibitors and we … Click here to read more.
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Today at the Greater Daytona Dog Fanciers Assoc. show in Daytona, FL under judge Pete Dawkins Lemmy went WD/BW for his first point. Who said whippets are hard to train? Check out Lemmy demonstrating targeting in the video below. This is thanks to Marge Rogers, who is teaching us a lot in our Clicker Foundations class. Lemmy had his first Clicker Foundations class on Wednesday the 24th. He did very well, although the class is more about training me than him. We are working on the target stick, food zen, touch and eye contact. We showed in Ocala Friday and Saturday. Second in his class Friday (2 dogs) and first Saturday (only dog) but nothing else. He injured himself last weekend and was on crate rest/leash walks all week. His movement was still a little choppy and short up front. The most important thing is that he had a wonderful time, loved on everyone … Click here to read more.
He’s been looking a little bit gangly to me the past week but he’s still coming together nicely. He has wonderful curves, front fill and moderate rear angulation. We just signed up for Clicker Foundations with the K-9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville, starting 11/17. See some video of the class and what they teach here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdqHCx8n-Y I think Lemmy will LOVE this! Lemmy attended his first race meet at the lovely sand track in Jacksonville. He went to practice on Friday and it didn’t take long for him to figure it out. The first two tries he wasn’t sure what was going on and didn’t chase the rail lure. The third try I ran 1/4 way down the track and he ran … Click here to read more. The pictures could be better – he was tense because he thought I was going to toss him in the pool.
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