miles competition with no stress :-)!

i guess we can finally laugh about  this  sort of private joke - Miles competition with No Stress. The competition was at september 18 and it was the  13ª competition from national championship 21 competitors.

Theres a dog training club called No Stress Team and  our best competition  ever - 303 points,  and with Miles being able to be fully focused and not stressed  was at this club facilities. I wish to give a big big thank you to No Stress Team  for allowing us to train in the ring field and for helping us on so many  training sessions with no stress. After ou last world champioship result  i guess we were needing the confidence of people around us who still beleieve we can do it to be able to keep going and trying! nobody said it was easy!  and obedience surely it is not!

i miss you so

this was our last pictures together august 2011

September 07 Maria left us!

I guess me and Miles were suffering the most! Usually  when i left home to go to school both Miles and Maria whent to sleep together. They both  use to go near the entrance door and, as soon as i left the house,  laydown sleeping back to back until i arrive home!   And so  the days after and Miles was so lost in desper. He was crying around   the house specially if i need to leave for a few hours.

 I still miss you a  lot my darling! It helps me to imagine that you  are now  a sort of soft light who comes and crosses my paths! But still there are some days that i urge missing your hugg and the tranquility of your smile! I hope we can meet again! I'll miss you forever. Everyone asked about you  :-)!

Obedience in Heidi mountains

September started well. Marlise invitation to come to her club, near Zurich, in Switzerland, and help a few handlers to go back in track to obedience competition was a very nice oportunity.

It was quiete a challange to help handlers who have already competed at world championships in previous years! I did such an enormous effort that i was myself able to clarify important things inside some exercises and it turned to be a really  inspiring seminar for my own training. Swiss compeitiors  are all so eager and willing to pratice  that its always  revitalizing  and so nice to be with them for a few days!

Obedience seminar in Galiza

 August in Galiza, Spain, is something! Problably other months of the year are something too...

 i named it " litle switzerland just around the corner" - a combination of flat rivers, saling boats on the atlantic deep blue ocean releasing oxigen into the atmosphere and all embraced by deep green lean mountains! WOW!  

I was lucky on this trip i guess!  Such an enormous positive surprise.

I was invited to present an obedience competition seminar.

Most of the people who attend the seminar were coming from other sports mainly from IPO. It would be quite a chalange to help them  getting their exercises better and at the same time motivate them to try and do a bit of obedience and work/training exercises with  so many new ideas and diferent technics! well... it was quite a surprise to meet so many low profile and hard working people - People  who  came into the field with no reserves, willing to train in new ways, people who too regonize the dog training as a serious and hard working sport!

Thank you so much to all!

I hope youve enjoyed as much as i did. i hope ive help you with new ideas and inputs to train and reach your goals in sport. also i hope some of you can become Obedience competitors and share the love for this sport with me. 

 I enjoyed the natural way we did this seminar eating and chating together and  working focused.

Luís its hard to meet some one like you! be a low profile is  a virtue but not on dog trainers!!!! Usually dog trainers present thenselves as the best at something: the best  for results,  the best in the most positive technics, the best in the... something! to find someone as good as you are lacking the im the best speech and still so willing to learn, hard worker and  so low profile is absolutly Unique :-)!!!!

I wish you all the best -  for your new puppy and for Terra Meiga.

Thank you so much for you kindness and welcoming!

Paris WOC a very French one!

The Obedience World Championship 2011  was held inside one of the world biggest arenas for world beauty dog show.  Goshhh such a Noisy and Crowded  place! Fortunatly according to Mr. Kruzbauer - president of FCI obedience Committee this was one of the last world obedience championships to be held together with beauty ones - clearly it is a mess for obedience does affecting performances by so  many means!

Congratulations Maren!

This year  i felt  a deep respect  and admiration for Obedience World Winner! Maren and Amira did a great Job  inside the ring! Maren we were all needing inspiration! Congratulations!

A Very French Obedience Championship:

Miles travel by plane as if a frequent flyer. No stress, no fear! Despite our last years bad experience with Air France this year we had a very safe trip - so important!

81 Mr. Miles of Oeiras Maria Eduarda Pires Portugal -  total -  195,25

Group Exercices Videos =                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLWf-hBhDsw
1 Lying in a group for 4 minutes with di 10,00 10,00 -  media 10,00 -  CF2/ total 20,000
2 Sitting in group for 2 minutes  6,00 5,00 -  media 5,50 -  CF3/ total 16,500

RING 1
video =                                             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foULgiezmHg&feature=related

3 Heelwork 6,00 7,00 media 6,50 - CF3 /19,500
4 Directed retrieve 8,00 7,00 media 7,50 CF 3/total 22,500 - very dificult to undersatnd this points !!!!
5  Recall with stand and down 0,00 0,00  0,00 media 0,00 CF4  total 0,000 -
unfortunatly the recall moment was same time as a celebration in the beauty ring and miles didnt hear me calling!! so we lost 40 points here and also for the next exercise!!
6  Send away with directions, down and 0,00 0,00 ,00 media 0,00 CF4 total  0,000

RING 2
       VIDEO =                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSmS3k0aMlY&feature=related
7 Distance control 10,00 9,00 media 9,50 CF 4  -  total 38,000
8 Scent discrimination and retrieve 7,00 7,00 media 7,00 CF/3 total 21,000
9  Stand, sit and down under march 10,00 9,00 media 9,50 CF/3 Total 28,500
10 Saut de la haie Jumping  10,00 9,50 media 9,75 CF/3  total 29,250

Mr. Miles Competition  -  this competition... but... surely... a mix of ring stuart mistakes, a mix of overexcitement from miles a mix of lacking of connection from me to Miles !
Unfortunatly the stuarts  did some serious mistakes! On the sit stay exercise  we turn, and turn,  until finding our way back to the dog from behind!!! never seen before!!! dont understand why judges didnt stopped it and call for a new enter but... well Obedience French style i guess...  sorry everyone but" obedience exercises are "same sheet diferent day" ! and we like it like that!!!

WOC

This year and despite congratulations from all people side to competition we should all be a bit sad either about ring conditions  either about most of the performances. If we look carefully to the  points most of handlers were showing mid results with most of the exercises being on  the Very Good level and just a few reaching excellent level! Not that good for Obedience.  As about ring conditions i think it was the first time we had such a mess made by stuarts,e.g. some competitors did 3 mintues of heelwork someothesr did 4minutes and... some started the exercise here, while some others started the exercises over  there... some did the recall with no noise,t some others  did th recall with so much noise  dogs couldnt listen , some handlers return to their  dogs as usual , some others return performing a set of turns and turns .... and ...departure time to competition place by bus: 6 oclock in the morning!!!  returningto hotel :  07pm. All day spent inside such croweded  expensive to eat, and  full of noise, noise, noise, and noise!!! is obedience world championshiponly to  people much younger then the majority of handlers, actually ????? ... well!!

As a friend said we keep going... because...??? well because we love our dogs and we like to train  as it means quality time with them!

Congratulations to SWEEDISH TEAM

Special congratulations to the Sweedish team who made an enormous TEAM WORK  among handlers and following their way of training  :-)! very nice and inspiring!

Portugal
Jen D´Africa was for sure the best dog from Portuguese TEAM  - with total points 246, 50.
She did a  very nice competition  - a very serious old lady who did her best for all of us!
Congratulations to Pedro and to Jen and thank you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foMc3GzOVLU&feature=youtu.be
Also Pedro Araujo  and the team Border Collie Deena deep in my soul did  well with  239,50!
Fernando Silva and  Amy II  were not that lucky and a ring mistake got them a red card not being able to complete the competition.

Next year we are all hoping to have a much safer world championship specially cause it will be in Austria one of the most dog welcoming countries in the World!

diet for oncological pacients

Lately theres been a lot of talk about how diet can improve life span in dogs with cancer. heres a link with a fantastic article about it:
enjoy!

http://www.newbergvet.com/sites/site-3216/documents/Cancerdiet.pdf

Dogs Blood Chemistry

Specially with Geriatric dogs Blood Chemistry can be a usefull tool to evaluate our friends health heres a few hints to better understand it:

Glucose – increased levels typically associated with diabetes while low levels may occur with liver disease or cancer
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) – a by-product of protein degradation that eliminated by the kidneys; high levels can indicate dehydration or kidney disease.
Creatinine – a by-product that is eliminated by the kidneys; becomes elevated with dehydration, kidney disease, and urinary tract obstruction.

Total Protein – Albumin plus globulin; elevated with dehydration, infections, and cancer; low with liver, kidney, or intestinal disease proteins found in the blood and created by the liver; liver, kidney, and intestinal disease can cause low levels
Total Bilirubin – by-product of hemoglobin degradation and found within bile; elevations occur with destruction of red blood cells and bile duct/gall bladder disease and well as liver disease.
ALT and AST - livers enzyme that can become elevated if the liver is injured or diseased
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALKP) an enzyme found in bone, liver, and bile duct tissues; Cushing’s disease, liver disease, as well as other conditions could cause mild to significant elevations levels may be elevated with
pancreatic disease
Calcium – increased levels could occur with certain types of tumors and kidney disease
Phosphorus – may become elevated with kidney disease
Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+), and Chloride (Cl -) – electrolyte levels could become abnormally low or high due to vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, as well as other illnesses
Globulin – elevated with cancer and infections
Albumin (ALB) – one of the main proteins found in the blood and created by the liver; liver, kidney,
and intestinal disease can cause low levels
Amylase and Lipase – enzymes produced by the pancreas whose decrease with other illnesses as

well; further evaluation may be required to assess thyroid gland function using the Free T4 and TSH tests
Complete Blood Count (CBC):
Hematocrit – the percentage of red blood cells (RBCs) compared with fluid and other cells in the blood stream; low levels (anemia) may indicate blood loss, destruction of RBCs, or inadequate production

White Blood Cells (WBCs) – elevated with infection, inflammation, and cancer; white blood cells include lymphocytes, neutrophils, bands (immature neutrophils), monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils

Platelets – low levels indicate increased loss or failure to produce platelets; can cause bleeding problems if too low decrease with other illnesses as well; further evaluation may be required to assess thyroid gland function using the Free T4 and TSH tests

Thyroid Evaluation:

T4 (thyroxine) – produced by the thyroid gland; low levels may indicate hypothyroidism but may

world obedience championship 2011

the start list and the heel work is ready for Paris!

Portugal - we all enter on saturday

Eduarda pires and mr miles - start nº 65;

Pedro Araujo e Deena nº 78;

Fernando Silva e amy II nº 85;
Pedro Araujo e Jen (Shoza) 94

Good Luck  TO US :-)

Congress and Obedience Team to World Championship

Congresso Treino de Cães

The portuguese obedience team to enter World Obedience Championship 2011 in Paris is ready !
Team to Paris:
Eduarda Pires e Mr. Miles
Fernando Silva e Amy II
Pedro Arujo e Deena
pedro araújo e Sxhosa

Like  in previous years  we are gathering efforts to colletc some extra financial support. This year we organized a congress about dog training  but also about many other aspects involving the sporting dog. WE,ve invited specialist to speak about themes as diferent  as : the nutrition of the sporting dog; what is obedience; the importance of coachiong for athletes and many other.  We hope people can join  us in this congress and  profit from  this information  ont sporting dogs issues!
here's the program:

Origem e Evolução do Cão - Dogs Evolution
09h Drº Joana Robalo. Docente ISPA

Dominância e Agressividade - Agressivity and dominance myths
09.30 Drº Gonçalo Pereira Docente Comportamento Animal Fac. Med. Vet. Universidade Lusófona

Como Escolher um Cachorro/Cão -  How to choose a puppy
10.30 Pedro Araújo Selecção Obedience 2011


11.00 Coffe Break



Novas Filosofias do Treino do Cão - New  philosophies on dog training
11.30 Fernando Silva Selecção Obedience 2011

Cães e Direitos - Dog in the Portuguese Law
12.h Drº Filipe Ferreira Advogado

12.30 - 13h Debate
Almoço

O que é o Obedience?  What is Obedience
14.30 Eduarda Pires Selecção Obedience 2011

Anatomia do Cão - Dogs Anatomy
15h Drº Rui Gonçalves Juíz Beleza Cpc

Fisiologia do Esforço e Lesões em Cães de Desporto -  physiology and comomn sports injuries in dogs
15.30 Drº Nuno Paixão Director Hospital Veterinário Central

 Alimentação do Cão de Desporto - Sporting dog nutrition
16.30 Eukanuba

Coffee Break

Competir para Ganhar-Coaching Desportivo - compete to win - Coaching
17.00 Drª Paula Madeira Psicóloga Universidade Autónoma

18.00 Entrega de Diplomas

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Esperamos por SI!!!

Spanish Championship

From now on and because so many friends have asked for it il try tol write more and more post in english :-)!

We wish to thank the Spanish Kennel Club and  the obedience delegate Mr. Pedro Marques for the invitation to again be at his side judging the " Spanish Copa" - Competition where the spanish obedience champion comes out.
Unfortunatly  in Spain as in Portugal obedience is taking to long to have a significant number of participants. Never the less  the competition took place  inside the halls of the big beauty show (100 years celebration)and the Spanish Kennel Club did everything  so that obedience competitors could be at their best.
The Spanish Obedience Champion is Gonzalo and Border Collie U-la.  Congratulations.
Gonzalo is a close friend who often competes in Portugal and  many  times  do we  train together!
A Great pleasure and pride  was to see Moss and Neo doing so well on class A.
Both  this dogs are the offspring of my dog Mr. Miles and  from diferent litters. they presented themselves in class A and gain  1st and 2nd place on podium.

Class A: 1st place - Moss (mr. Miles X Lady Jolie de mafaldas) / 2nd Place - Neo (mr. Miles X Moss )

Both dog and handlers have been coming to train with me here in portugal  and im so so proud of them. I wish them lots of sucess.
This were great days between friends ! Thank you to all and hope to see you next year.

Seminário de Obedience

A Selecção de Obedience de 2011 tem o prazer de oferecer a todos um novo SEMINÁRIO de OBEDIÊNCIA DESPORTIVA. Este Seminário pretende ser o ponto de encontro onde podemos levar os nossos conhecimentos a todos, praticantes e apoiantes desta excepcional modalidade, e ainda apoiar os praticantes mais novos, contribuuindo para solidificar o seu caminho no sucesso.

Esperamos por si no Parque de Exposições do Montijo dia 23 de junho!
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