Klever K9 Agility

27/09/2024

The Beastie was awesome again ❤️ we have received our official invitation from the Kennel Club a couple of days ago and we are off to the Agility Stakes Semi Final at the London International Horse Show in December by finishing 6th in the Quarter Final. ❤️
The top 5 of each qualifying round goes through to the quarter final - 90 dogs in total, then from the quarter final the top 20 goes to the semi finals.
“Olympia..not Olympia” here we come 💪🤩

23/08/2024

10/03/2024

🙌CRUFTS SINGLES 2024🙌
First time on the green carpet with Gertie aka the Beastie at only 3 years old ❤️
🥰summary: WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT 🥰
Gertie was just amazing all day, felt soo good to run together, could not have asked for more from my little girlie. She just took it in her stride and not fazed by anything.
1) Crufts singles jumping: awesome run, knocked pole when had to take backside slice with filler jump… she was soo cool, learnt it and was perfect after this ❤️
2) Crufts singles agility: was hilarious…course walking was frantic but very memorable Lorna, Natasha 🙈🤣 we still pulled it out of the bag and finished 3rd with a great time 💪
Our plan for Crufts was to aim for clear run ✅
With the 2 rounds’ combined results we finished 3rd which put us through to the FINAL 💪🤩 Gertie has pulled it out of the bag and delivered another awesome run, finished 3rd.
Huge congratulations for Dalton (World Champion) for winning the Crufts Singles 🥇and Naarah Cuddy (Eo silver) for coming Second 🥈
I could not be more proud of My little Gertiepoo, she listened and worked soo soo hard and was My Perfect Beastie ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Amanda Luttman and Andrew Dicker for the great courses and all the team who gave up their time to help. 🙌

Huge huge thank you for my awesome friends Natasha and Lorna for grooming, you made this experience amazing, could not have done it without you! Lorna hope you have warmed up now 🥶❤️ Tasha 🏃‍♀️ laughed a lot, a day I won’t forget ❤️❤️❤️

My amazing trainers Natasha Dan and Ágnes, look what we got! This is all down to your awesome guidance and help❤️❤️❤️

HUBBY Gary love you lots, you are always there for me 🥰🥰🥰
Pia Glover thank you for my baby 😍
THE Gertie Fan Club: love you guys 😘😘😘
Linda Gore thank you for helping Gary 😘
My training teamies 💪💪💪❤️

SMART Specialist Veterinary Referrals thank you so much for looking after my Beastie and keeping her in top form.
Karma Fitness Academy 🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♀️

15/12/2023

The Beastie aka Gertie has qualified for Crufts 2024 by finishing joint 5th overall. 💪🥳
We had a great time last Saturday at Tunbridge Wells Agility,
we bagged an early qualification for“Olympia not Olympia” Quarter Final for 2024 💪🤩
AND got into the championship final again 🎉
Love my little Beastie ❤️❤️❤️

Can’t wait to run on the Green Carpet 💪

All this would not happen without our training support:
Natasha, Dan, Ágnes soo grateful for your help 🥰

SMART Specialist Veterinary Referrals thank you for looking after us
Karma Fitness Academy


And most importantly thank you for my lovely hubby Gary for everything 😘😘😘

27/11/2023

08/11/2023

Little Gertie aka the Beastie: Grand National Vice-Champion💪🎉
Thank you British Agility for the great courses this weekend.
We started off with little blips in our runs then pulled ourselves together and after the combined results, finished in the top 8 dogs who goes through to the Grand National Final, where we finished second 💪🥰

We were trying to push for speed this weekend which is why we got a bit disconnected in the beginning but loved how she opened up by Sunday, it was a joy to run her ❤️

Had a lovely weekend, lots of laughs going out and our ‘traditional’ scone o’clock🤪
Seen some beautiful runs from our friends, well done all, especially getting into finals. 💪 and as a bonus we missed most of the fireworks at home 🐶❤️


Karma Fitness Academy

07/11/2023

Good beginners competition 💪

01/11/2023

I need to write about normal.

An increasing number of people are giving up their dogs because they can't cope. However this seems to be because they do not really have an idea of what "normal" is and have a rather fantasy idea of what a dog should be.

Dogs are not people, however much we love them and it is important that this is realised.

The following things are all normal and any new dog owner needs to understand this:-
Puppies do not come ready trained and it is down to the new owner to work hard for a couple of years to do that training.
Puppies (all breeds) bite - it hurts.
Puppies chew stuff up. If you leave it lying around it will get eaten.
Puppies take a while to get house trained. The owner has to stand shivering in the garden at bedtime until the results happen. This can last for months.
Puppies - and indeed dogs - need to sleep a lot and should be left alone whilst doing so. They are not toys to be constantly carried around and petted.
Brain training toys do not make up for positive interaction and training with their owner.
Dogs rarely need clothes and wearing them indoors (except possibly for very old dogs) will make skin problems more likely.
Dogs don't necessarily like other dogs. They squabble can growl at each other and even fight. This is normal.
Bi***es come in season and have phantom pregnancies. These are normal body functions and should not cause anxiety.
Dogs and bi***es hump each other and objects. Not socially acceptable to humans but perfectly norma.
Dogs do not do spiteful or dominance or deliberate naughty or lots of other emotions people put on them They live for the day and can't differentiate between your new shoes and their toys.
If you spend your money in soft beds they will explode. The dog does not care how much it cost.
If a dog is bored or anxious it will chew stuff - this includes your sofa if you are daft enough to leave him unattended with it.

Dogs need exercise, love and attention and lots of training. They don't always get it right. If you can't accept all these normal things about a dog, please don't get one as the numbers being given up for normal behaviour is heartbreaking.

More details: www.whitebeamwood.co.uk

06/10/2023

🤩Agility training days from pre-competition (have some agility experience) to grade 7. 🤩

30/09/2023

Tamás Tráj training at Ogilvie hq on Wednesday. Had an awesome time, thank you Tamas for pushing me.. sometimes literally (stick🤣) and Neil for organising and videoing ❤️
Tamas did make me run 🤣🤣🤣

04/09/2023

We say this a lot...

Ball . throwers . are . not . good . for . your . dog!

They might be having a great time, but the wear and tear on their joints is no joke.

What is it doing to your dog's joints?
- Repeated micro-trauma to muscles and cartilage is a cause of long-term damage.
- Chasing or even carrying items like a ball can shift your dogs weight distribution to their front legs, putting excessive weight through the joints of the front legs.
- Joints weakened by arthritis will be especially prone to further damage.
- High speeds can double the forces generated in the muscles.
- Braking is thought to be the most dangerous part of ball chasing and often responsible for shoulder injuries.

What can you do instead?
- Make sure to have a short warm up period before more intense exercise.
- Only ever throw the ball a short distance, on surfaces that avoid slipping and sliding.
- Throw below waist height so as to avoid jumping and don't do it repetitively
- Consider alternatives like scent work, varying location of the walk to keep things exciting, or playing hide and seek with the ball rather than playing fetch.