Hey ALL!!!

I have been super busy hosting our 3rd annual SAR Dog seminar here.
We had four instructors, Jonni Joyce, Bart Wilson, Chris Weeks and Janet Wilts and roughly 32 K-9 teams.
I also hosted an American I-Dog competition (spoof on American Idol) in which 5 teams performed skits to music with their dogs and we also scripted commercials and demonstrations. Opening act was agility demos performed to "The Circle of Life" with a yellow lab pup being presented at the end (hopefully most of you know the movie Lion King).

Training went well and everyone had a great time with the instructors. Disciplines included Air Scent, Trailing and HRD/Cadaver training.

I am proud to say that my Mal and I passed our International Police Work Dog Association Basic Cadaver test and when Jonni Joyce gets back here in a week I will test Advanced cadaver.

I will figure out how to post videos and post a clip of the I-Dog competition. Of course, since I have hounds I performed to Blake Shelton's Ol' Red and did a demo with my mal for cadaver.

My grandson performed to "Proud to be an American Dog" with my Dutch Shepherd and showed ALL of us other handlers up with his fine skills at playing fetch. We sold tickets and the proceeds went to SDSARDA to purchase safety equipment for the dogs and handlers.

All in All it was a blast and the training was superior. People already gave deposits for next year so I will be planning for it over the next year.

Looking forward to diving in and reading some of the new posts on here.

Hope everyone is well.

Congrats Carol! Sounds like a good time.

There is a semminar up here in Aug, the host of which is promising Jonni Joyce. I'm trying to get my name in the hat but haven't heard back yet. Got any tips to help ease the learning curve?

Congrats Carol! Sounds like a fabulous time for all. And way to go to you and your Mal!

Welcome back.

~Natalya

That event from your description sounds to have been a lot of fun!!! (a lot of work too!!!) WOw. You are superwoman. Congrats about the mal...Glad to "see" you back.

Brad,
I think that I am traveling with Jonni to that one. Have you got your name on the roster yet???

I was supposed to go to Lethbridge this weekend for the training there, but have 12 dogs here right now and need to stay here to keep my husband sane.......

What a fun time Carol!!! Congrats to you and your Mal passing your test. Sounds like you did a great job all the way around!

Debbie

Carol, how fun! It sounds like you did some amazing planning to incorporate all that you did into the seminar.

Wish I could have been there, just to observe of course

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I was supposed to go to Lethbridge this weekend for the training there, but have 12 dogs here right now and need to stay here to keep my husband sane.......

Wish i had known about that in advance, I am only 2 hrs form Lethbridge, AB, but working all weekend I'm afraid

We are hosting our winter CARDA course where I work for the first time this winter. I can only imagine at this point how much work it will be Good for you running such a large event, certifying your Mal, and finding time to have some fun too


Glad you had such a successful course, wish I could have been there to see all that you do, can't wait for the videos

Cheers,

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Have you got your name on the roster yet???

Not yet, that I know of anyway. I e-mailed them to the link provided on their webpage but have not gotten a reply. I'm going to try phoning tonight and if I don't get any luck that way I'll drop in-in person either Friday or Saturday.

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I think that I am traveling with Jonni to that one.

Cool! I'd actually get to meet someone from the board for real!

I will look for you at the August training. It will be great to meet someone off the board in person.

Jonni is great. She is also my private trainer and I am in her apprectice program.
She tells handlers what they need to know and not what they want to hear, in order to be a reliable resource. She is very mission focused and has a lot of experience.

If you ever get the chance to train with Bart, Chris or Janet, they are excellent also.