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August 2011
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M O NTHLY
Springwood District Dog Training Club Inc.
Bill & Marla’s Story I
was not going to put Bill and Marla’s story in for a few months as I had my story with Elsa in the June Issue but circumstances compelled me to do it now after the weekend we have just had at Maitland.
Dog Of The Month? If this photo shows your dog and you claim it at the table by the end of the month from Ella, Leanne or Wally, you can then pick a small gift out of our raffle box.
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But let me start at the beginning. Marla was born in Hazelbrook on December 15th 2004 to a full-bred Doberman and an unknown Dad? So with her siblings ended up in Katoomba RSPCA Shelter where my Bill fell in love with her. She was a shy 4 month old puppy by then and came home and became a member of our family. We have no idea how she had been treated to that point but a couple of months later had both her front legs ripped open by a dog that came into our front garden. Needing a general anesthetic and $350.00 worth of stitches she is still a beautiful girl with people, children and most dogs. You will often see her running free playing with up to 15 dogs at Lawson Gold course, she will sometimes bark or snarl at a dog she feels threaten with which is why Bill keeps his eye on her and we keep her in our pergola at trials. But there are times when people try to bring a strange dog into her safe space and she lets them know she is not happy. Marla showed she was a smart cookie
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Bill, Ella, Mary-Anne & Mick
from day one and loves to train. Bill never put her into the CCD Ring but right into Novice and she had her CD Title very soon after that, then she got her CDX Title in November 2007 and her UD Title in December 2008, she became a O-CH Champion in July 2009. In June 2010 she got her UDX Title which then was the highest title in Obedience you could achieve, in January 1st this year they brought in a couple of changes one being a new Title called “Grand Champion Obedience Dog” and to gain this Title you needed five more passes in the UDX Ring but not over 170 which is a normal pass in
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