Eastern Shore Dog Club

02/11/2024

Some of our lovely dogs and puppies from classes last week. (photo credit to the lovely Sarah C, thank you!)

30/10/2024

All our current members are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting which will take place on Sunday 17th November. To allow us to get through the meeting our 10am classes will finish 15 minutes early at 10.30 and our 11am classes will start 15 minutes later at 11.15. The AGM will commence around 10.35 in the club room. If you are interested in joining the committee catch up with one of our current committee members to fill out a nomination form. All positions on the executive become vacant but we definitely are in need of a Treasurer and Secretary. Please come along. We would love to have a good show of new faces there.

29/10/2024

Can everyone who has gained passes in any dog sport or club grading who wishes to be considered for the end of year awards of Club Dog of the Year and Trial Dog of the Year please email your results for 2024 to Nadelle Sharpe ([email protected]. Please include dog’s name, place in the grading/trial (or just ‘qualified if you didn’t get 1st, 2nd or 3rd). Also indicate for trials if it was a title. If you do t make contact you won’t be in the running.

27/10/2024

We held Rally Grading this morning. Thanks to our organisers and judges and all the competitors too.

26/10/2024

Sorry team, I'm a bit late getting last week's photos up! Fab job as usual Sarah C and thanks for the prod too!
Trace

23/10/2024

Our current newsletter editor, Rosanne, recently informed the committee that she is no longer able to produce the newsletter. After discussion, it was agreed that we would see if anyone else is interested in taking it on. Currently it’s produced every second month but the committee are happy to cut that back to either two or three times a year. The newsletter is produced online through the platform, Mail Chimp, and Rosanne is happy to support a new editor around learning that platform. If we have no takers, we will cancel the newsletter and will use current social media platforms to share our stories. If you are interested, please message the club.

20/10/2024

We had over 90 people booked in to train with us today. Our numbers have increased in the last couple of months. Well done to all of those wonderful club members who come down to the dog park every Sunday to have fun with their dogs.

17/10/2024

Big thanks to everyone that came down to train with us on Sunday morning. Lots of learnings and fun too! (big thanks to club photographer Sarah!)

17/10/2024

Change to check in procedures:

While handlers should still enter the ground via the central gate, there will be no-one to check you in. Inside the airlock there is a sign that will direct you to the side your class is being held.

Your class instructor will have an attendance list and will check you in when you reach class.

Why? We are getting very low on volunteer staff, so if you have some time to help us, please reach out to a committee member or instructor!?

See you all on Sunday morning!

Send a message to learn more

14/10/2024

Not much to say here. How often does it happen on a recall!? And how do you feel🙄?

😂😂😂

14/10/2024

There’s a great article in the Eastern Shore Sun about the club. Check it out if you get that local newspaper. It’s on page 5.

09/10/2024

Hi, everyone. Our Annual General meeting takes place in November. If you are interested in learning how the club runs and are willing to contribute some of your time to supporting what we do, I’d encourage you to nominate for a position on the committee. It’s not too onerous - we have meetings every third Wednesday in the month and they rarely last longer than an hour.

We also have 2 executive positions being vacated this year. We will need a new Treasurer and Secretary going into 2025. So if you’re good with money or love keeping meeting minutes and managing correspondence, have a chat to our current committee members about taking on one of these roles. We have an amazing club and we need a few more interested members to help us keep it the happy, progressive and positive club that is currently is.

07/10/2024

Andrea Cousens 🌟 🌟 a big thank you to you. At every trial I always see that you present the judge with a box of chocolates. I know that you do this of your own back and don't want anything in return. So at the club on Sunday there will be a gift card for you (well for Emmy & Flynn) just to say all the dog clubs appreciate what you do. See Rosanne as she will know where it is. Thanks again Deb

06/10/2024

And a lovely photo of a very well behaved pup, Andrea Cousen’s Flynn, staying beautifully as he waited to pass his Grade 1 assessment.

06/10/2024

Some photos (thanks, Andrea Cousens) of 9 dogs doing beautifully in their stays. Well done to everybody with their very obedient doggies.

06/10/2024

Grade 1 passes from today.

06/10/2024

We held Assessments for all grades this morning. Congratulations to all entrants!

06/10/2024

We had the best turnout this year for grading with an absolute 10 year record for the number grading in grade 3 (10 teams).

2 teams passed their Grade 1 assessment and will move up to Grade 2:
Kath Melbourne and Boomer.
Andrea Cousens and Flynn.

Ann Gaffney and Marcie gained first place in Grade 2 with 83 points.

Sarah Banks and Gizmo gained first place in Grade 3 with 85 points after a long break from Obedience.

Rosanne McDade and Monty gained first place in Grade 4 with a great score of 195 (out of 200).

Sarah Radcliffe and Lexie gained first place in Grade 5 with a score of 188.

Congratulations to all the place getters and thank you to everyone who had a go.

06/10/2024

If anyone has photos of the teams who passed gradings today can you send them to me (Rosanne) and I’ll put a report on FB.

04/10/2024

Don't forget to put clocks forward tomorrow night.

01/10/2024

Can the people in the Tricks class book their places up until 27th October as the system is allowing booking till that date. We are still trying to work out how to make it a block class.

For other club members, the spots in this class are reserved for the people who booked them originally. However we haven’t yet been able to work out how to block the places. Please don’t book into the Trick class unless you were an original participant.

30/09/2024

On Sunday we hosted a Rally Trial under expert mainland judge, Mandy Choice. Super congrats to all entrants in quite blustery afternoon conditions.

Thank you again to our Events Manager, Debbie and all the other helpers that make these events run smoothly.

28/09/2024

We hosted an obedience trial today, under mainland judge Mandy Choice. Super congrats to all competitors. And big thank you to the weather Gods for such perfect weather! Congrats to our Event Mgr Debbie for such a well run trial, and to all the helpers that make these events possible!

26/09/2024

Catalogues are up on K9 for anyone wanting. See you all at the weekend. 😀