K-9 & Kids Camp

This time last week we were at K-9 Camp, this was Jordan, Fitch & my 3rd year of camp, for those of you who dont know what K-9 camp is let me explain; its one week of you and your dog having total fun with about 50-90 other kids and their dogs; sounds like total mayhem, but it really always goes off very well all things considered, this was my first year teaching the kids and their dogs a class I taught the photography class, in the past I have always worked in the "Dog House" (a consession stand) I have to say I really enjoyed it; the kids were wonderful and very creatieave in dressing up their pouchs and taking pictures. It is always a great oppotunity to make new friends, for you and your puppy.

Some of the classes offered beside the photography class are obediance, agility, grooming, vet care, greyhound rescue, CPR for your dog, arts and crafts to name just a few, to put it simply the whole week is a blast! But the most favourite and anticipated class is the last class on friday, and that is the lure coursing class, dont let anyone tell you that your dog does not have a good memory all week the dogs and their owners look with longing at the field were the lure coursing is held...this of course was Jordan and Fitchs 3rd year running the course and if you dont know what lure coursing is, well you can always look it up on the web, or see the picture below, and read my brief description here, in short a course is set up in a field using a cable attached to the cable is a couple of plastic trash bags when the cable is activated the dogs take off chasing the trash bags, some dogs take right to it and others well just are not interested, but for the ones that are its, "Grrrrrrrrr let me at that bag" Its really fun to watch especially the smaller dogs their little paws barely touch the ground usually they go around the course once, twice is the max as it is hot and tiring. But the dogs love it and cheer each other on as they run the course. If you look real close in the photo you can just see the cable to the right of Fitch and to the left of Jordan.
The camp is ended with a picnic on Saturday and a demo of the weeks classes for the pround parents and grandparents and that is concluded by an agilty relay which consists of three jumps a tunnel and two jumps they have to run it twice and tag the next in line, I have to brag that Jordan and Fitchs team have always aced that demo!

The very first photo is of Jordan and Fitch running the agility relay, it should have been the last photo but for some reason it uploaded backwards!