Retriever Camp 2000 |
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It's been a while since the last update, but I have tried to keep my humans quite busy. It took a while to get them to start using the birds we have had in the freezer for quite some time now. They tried to hide a few of them in the woods, but it was no match at all for me to find them. I think they have been stored a bit too long.. | |||
| My special surprise-move is bouncing! Watch me try to pick that bird when she is expecting it the least. I guess I'm not allowed to do that, but what can you do when you are so full of energy as I am? Little did I know what was about to happen the coming week. I got a bit suspicious when the car was filled with camping gear and we drove a couple of hours away to Mikkeli. |
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 We arrived to a forest-lake sort of place with lots of lots of dogs (mostly labs, but also a great deal of flats and a bunch of tollers). We had different kinds of training (such as obedience training and tracking), but the evening activities were the best. My personal favourite was the running competition where I (again) finished second - only a few hundreds of a second after a well-trained flat. I don't think anyone was quick enough to take a photo of me.. |
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I have earlier completed a beginners course in agility, and during this week-long camp I also trained daily at combinations of obstacles. It is really fun to run around almost as fast as possible and see if my trainer can keep up with this pacekeeper!
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Lots of fun!!! The breaks were not bad either! |
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 The week passed quickly, and at the end there was a dog show. The nice judge had seen me before (see M-file 22) and this time she awarded me the big #1 - BIS! Finally someone that appreciates a fine toller among the other retrievers (although they were quite ok too). I could spend more weeks like this one. |
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Goodbye camp! I hope to see you next year again! | |||
