Month: February 2019

Getting Your Dog Measured

So you’ve worked on your dog’s stand at home, and now your dog is ready to be measured! How exactly do you find a measurer? What should you bring along on the day? How long will it take?

How old does my dog need to be?

Your dog must be within four weeks of turning 18 months old (i.e. 17 months + a few days) to be measured. Dogs under two years of age can only have an interim measure, and will need to be measured again later.

Once your dog is within two weeks of turning two years old, she can have her permanent measure. This is valid for the lifetime of the dog, except in some circumstances if the height cutoffs are changed.

Prancer demonstrates a stand with the chin target to keep the dog’s head in position. Like many dogs at the start of a session, he is a bit nervous and he is leaning backwards (his front legs are not perpendicular to the table). He relaxed after the first couple of measures and became a bit taller!
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Weekend Wrap: 3 February 2019

My club held our February champ show this weekend. Usually we struggle to find enough helpers to run the event and I hardly get a chance to sit down all day. This time it was much easier, as we have a few keen new members who are just starting to compete. Their help was greatly appreciated and made the day easier on our more experienced members – thanks guys!

Rik and I did some nice work in the ring, and came home with a fourth in Novice. My favourite run was Bernadette’s Intermediate on Saturday. Sadly Rik got a bit confused about the serp at the start and jumped #2 instead of #1 – but when I put her back and tried again we had a lovely flowing round with no further mistakes.

  • Rik patiently waiting for the novelty to wear off so that I will put the #($*&ing phone down and train…

This was also the weekend that I picked up my latest agility purchase – a dogwalk. It is basically a childhood dream of mine to have some full size contact equipment at home to train on. Twenty years later, I am soooo excited to finally have a dogwalk in my back yard! Thank you to Natasha for selling it to me, and Chloe and Will for helping me to unpack and set it up.