Origins of domestic dog in Southern East Asia is supported by analysis of Y-chromosome DNA

Click here for the full article in the magazine Nature.

Origins of domestic dog in Southern East Asia is supported by analysis of Y-chromosome DNA

Click here for the full article in the magazine Nature.

Info on Jill's December 3rd Workout

Please re-confirm that you will be attending. 
 
We have 8 dogs on each side, so this should be a great workout, with lots of brainstroming and plenty of time to reward and fix.
 
Greg left Heather and I (and many of you) with a very interesting jumpers w weaves course which has lots of skill sets and certainly exposed a lot of my weaknesses ... so Heather is going to lead and perfect that skill set.  For those who were there, we will have time to do what Greg said
 
- Run it,
- Expose the weaknesses
- Train it out in sections ...
On my side ... I will have the "contact speed circle with handling options" set up and we will spend 1.5 hours powering up and rewarding, proofing, clarifying, etc., CONTACTS ...
 
The 2nd 1.5 hour will be a fun excel and decel drill Laura did with us.  It will be a great way to spend the last hour + after obsessing on contacts !!!
 
If you have not already mailed the check, please do so (many of you have !!  thanks)
 
Please be aware, CHECKS NEED TO BE MADE OUT TO ME ...
 
Gillian Crawford or DTS (Dog Training Services). 
4609 - 152nd Street E.
Tacoma, WA  98446
 
Mail or give to me if you are helping or attending the relationship workshop!!
 
We will start at 10:00 am, but set up will begin at 9:15-30, please come and help us get ready !
 
10 to 1 pm
Break for Lunch - Hot Pizza anyone !!!
2 to 5 pm
 
Do we want to order PIZZA and WINGS for lunch.  If we all put in $5.00 we can have a feast ... please let me know !!!
 
WEATHER ... make sure you check the line for weather ... too cold or even snow or wind.
 
Info line / question or concern line:
 
253.970.1248 - if it gets to that time, and we know its going to be too cold, we will be able to cancel ahead of time

Today from the Daily Mail

I said fetch, not fish! Amazing moment golden retriever bounded into the sea… and came back with a COD

By Rick Dewsbury
Last updated at 12:32 PM on 15th November 2011

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This golden retriever really is a salty sea dog.
Five-year-old Becky amazed her owner when she went bounding into the sea and returned with a catch that would make most anglers jealous - a sizeable cod.
Tony Smith, 71, had been walking Becky at Minsmere Sluice, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, when she swam out to sea.
The retired painter and decorator expected his pet to return to the shore with a bit of old driftwood.

What a catch: Becky, a five-year-old golden retriever, clutches the cod in her mouth after plucking it from the surf at Minsmere Sluice in Suffolk

Salty old sea dog: Becky drags the cod through the sea. She occasionally catches jellyfish or picks up driftwood, but this is the first fish she's landed

But he was stunned when Becky came splashing out of the surf with her slippery victim in her jaws.
Mr Smith, from nearby Leiston, said that Becky sometimes catches jellyfish or picks up bits of driftwood. But until now she has never managed to nab a fish.

He said: ‘Becky loves the sea and she’s always in the water. She often brings back things like jellyfish.
‘On this occasion Becky went out and came back with the fish in her mouth.
‘I always have my camera with me so I took a picture.’

Proud owner: Tony Smith, 71, poses on the beach with Becky close to the spot where she made her impressive haul

Unfortunately the fish had been killed after being plucked out of the water, and couldn't be thrown back while it was still alive.
He added: ‘She dropped the fish on the beach and it was dead when it hit the ground. I believe it was a cod.’
Mr Smith, who has three dogs, said Becky’s catch was extremely rare.
‘I showed the photograph to the fishermen at Sizewell and they said they had never seen anything like it,’ he added.

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November and December Workshops

If you need a copy of Jills workshop newsletter and registration form click here.

Remember no Classes on the 22nd and 23rd due to Thanksgiving.

Also ZAP NADAC Trial on the 25th,26th and 27th in the Argus Arena.

UKI trial in the Argus Arena this coming Saturday and Sunday

Gregg and Laura Derrett are here this week so no Agility classeson Tuesday and Wednesday.