Ajay with Maureen

Maureen Clark with Ajay
Handler of the Year

Maureen has had an awesome year.

She entered the four Graduation days achieving four qualifying scores, all of which were first places.

The classes were Beginners, Class 1, Class 2, and class 3.

She also had two passes towards her Community Companion Dog (CCD) title.

She is definitely on a roll.

Snoop

Lorraine McCluskey and Snoop
Title: SWI

Lorraine and Snoop obtained their Scent Work Interior title at the K9Scent trial over the Melbourne Cup day weekend.

They obtained passes in Masters Vehicle and Interior elements.

Elvis with Jo and his ribbon

Jo Crawford and Elvis
Title: SWA

Elvis gained his Advanced Scent Work title at K9s Scent trial.

The conditions were horrific on the day. A terrific effort.

Zeke

Trish Embleton and Zeke
Title: SWM and SWX

Zeke started on Sunday, 2 November at the K9 Scent Club with a run in the ultimate trial.

We returned on the Tuesday to try again. This time we succeeded.

Tha gave Zeke his Scent Work Exterior and Scent Work Master titles.

Belle with awards

Maribeth Murphy and Belle
Title: RO. Ch.

A Rally Champion title to add to her list of achievements.

Billy with awards

Trish Chris Lee and Billy
Title: RE

Billy gained his fifth pass and his Rally Excellent title at the Warragul Dog Cub trial in October.

Belle with her many awards

Maribeth Murphy and Belle
Title: CD

Belle got her Novice Obedience title with a first place.

She was also Highest Scoring Bitch in Trial at Southern Obedience Dog Club.

Olly

Julie Fry and Olly
Title: RN

Olly obtained his last pass for his Novice Rally title on Sunday, 9 November at the club’s trial.

It is of note that Olly is not Julie’s dog. A friend allowed her to train and then trial with him with much success.

Napoleon with Alfie

Duncan McAlister and Alfie
Title: CCD

Alfie sorted out his stays and scored his third pass for Community Companion Dog title at the Southern Obedience Dog Club trial on Sunday, 16 November.

Rikki in action

Anni Saul and Rikki
Title: RM

To complete a succesful year, Anni and Rikki obtained their Rally Master title at Werribee.

Their last four passes were all scores of 90 and above.
 

Taco, Levi, Pico, and Miley

Natasha Sleep and her dogs
Title: SW

Natasha’s dogs did exceptionally well on their trip to NSW & QLD despite the humidity which is something we haven’t seen much of so far this year.

They obtained 22 passes and with their six passes at K9 Scent they ended up with four titles, thus:

• Levi - Scent Work Vehicle element  (SWV).
• Taco - Scent Work Excellent (SWE).
• Miley - Scent Work Advanced (SWA).
• Pico - Scent Work Exterior element (SWX).

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Puppies

1. Phillipa Ruane with Mike

2. Matt Zappulla with Ralph

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Beginners

1. Jennifer Droppert with Toby

2. Paul Cardona with Archie
3. John Morrissey with Sioux (NQ)

Raven with awards

Class 1

1. Chris Lee with Raven 

eq 2. Sue Husson with Chase
eq 2. Andrea Martin with Sassi
3. Layla Blackwell with Maggie

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Class 2a

1. Paul Caruana with Anika

2. Jo Crawford with Nina
3. Monquie McGown with Lola

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Class 2b

1. Anne Coverdale with Lily

2. Eddie Smith with Elsie (NQ)
3. Julie Garden with Brahmsie (NQ)

Ajay (file photo)

Class 3

1. Maureen Clark with Ajay 

2. Kerina White with April (NQ)
3. Kerina White with Luka (NQ)

Harley with Andrea (file photo)

Class 4

1. Andrea Ryan with Harley

2. Pamela Sherriff with Maggie
3. Helen McCandless with Sunny (NQ)

Eddie with his trophies

Eddie Smith
Tracking Handler of the Year

Ed and Elsie had a very successful year.

They obtained their ‘Tracking’ and ‘Track & Search’ Grand Champion titles. This required three passes in Tracking, as well five passes in Track and Search.

Those passes included four gradings of Excellent.

Of note is that Eddie has won this award a number of times in his time at GODC. Cogratulation to a deserving winner.