Jana Jezkova's Blog (8)

We started to train for Obedience Class 2, which includes some tricky exercises like directed retrieve etc. Here are some of the exercises, not very polished yet. But we are not planning to go to trials until autumn... Continue

Here you can find a gallery from the Czech 8th Beardie Agility Championships, Austrian Beardie people took part too... … Continue

Last week we entered the Agility Pro Plan Cup which was held together with the National Dog Show in Mlada Boleslav. We did quite well, we got a 23rd place in Jumping, 18th in Agility and 2nd in the LA1 class.

Buffy and her new cup:

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Last week we spent at an Obedience Camp with Petra Florshuetz from Austria. The Camp took place in the Giant Mountains, Czech Republic. Petra owns Giant Schnauzers, she does not only Obedience with them but also Schutzhund training. She is an experienced trainer and competitor. We trained every day, watched videos, tried to clicker train people and played various other games and also went for walks. Some people also tried tracking and protection work. On Thursday we had "unofficial" trials, we… Continue

Dvur Kralove, Czech Rep., 1. 5. 2008 Judge: Johann Kurzbauer from Austria, the FCI Obedience President Buffy competed in the OB-Z Class (Novice). She got 299 points out of 320, which means she passed and got the Excellent grade. She was 2nd out of 20 dogs. The winner was a Border collie bitch with 299,5 points! She also qualified for the Czech Obedience Championships with this placement. Video:

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It was a very warm and windy day today, we are not used for 12°C in February. I trained Obedience with Buffy again a bit. This time she was not so focused as there were lots of people and dogs in the park (in fact it is a castle garden). I decided that I would try not to reward and encourage her during the exercise like at a trial. This was a bit hard - especially for me - as I'm used to talk to her a lot and praise her. She got tired quickly mainly because of the hot weather. Normally I wouldn'… Continue

Obedience is a new sport here in Czech Republic. The first official Czech Obedience Trial will take place in May. I decided we would try some trials in Austria first and I am thinking of entering Buffy to a trial which takes place in March. Today we trained some Heelwork. It is not perfect, we have to work on fast pace and about turns more. I let you know how our training goes on. For Obedience Fans - in August 2009 (Friday 14.8. I think) our Beardie Club will hold the first… Continue