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"SPECTATORS looking for an alternative to equine entertainment at Firle needed to took no further than the exemption dog show. Classes catered for every canine talent, but perhaps the most intriguing was advanced dog dressage. Competent execution of movements such as "about turn at C" and "proceed forward at steward's command at X' led one onlooker to exclaim: "Well, there certainly seems to be more submission here than in the pre-novice test I've just watched!" Eventing Magazine October 2004

FIRLE PARK

COMPANION DOG SHOW

Sunday, 29th August 2004

Entries open at 1pm, classes start at 2pm

Obedience, Breed and Novelty Classes
plus an Obedience Training Ring

Schedule

Licensed as a Companion Dog Show by the Kennel Club
At Firle Place, Firle, Lewes by kind permission of Lord Gage

 

Entries open: 1pm Judging commences: 2pm

Show Manager: Janet Oliver, owner of the Coriecollies Kennels and Cattery and Dog Training Club, Ranscombe Hill, Lewes, East Sussex. For more information on the Dog Show please contact Janet on 01273 472913.

Show Stewards: Belinda Giles and Felicity Carr

Entry fees: £1 per dog in all classes, entries on the day

The Dog Show forms part of the Firle Park Horse Trials and Country Fair, affiliated to British Eventing and run on a voluntary basis to raise funds for Hope in the Valley Riding for the Disabled and St Wilfrid's Hospice

Other attractions include:

  • An authentic French Food Market from Dieppe and English Farmers Market
  • Have a Go Archery
  • The noise and excitement of terrier racing
  • A Country Fair with a rich variety of trade stands and a traditional fun fair
  • Refreshments on site all day
  • Reduced entry into the elegant 16 th Century house set in beautiful grounds at the foot of the South Downs
  • Entry to the show ground £10 (all proceeds to Hope in the Valley Riding for the Disabled adn St Wilfrid's Hospice). There will be a £5 voucher in the programme for entries to the dog show for competitors to use if they wish.

For more details and up-to-date information on the rest of the show please visit http://www.firleplaceevent.co.uk or contact Josephine Carr, Horse Trials and Country Fair Organiser, on 01323 482016

Directions to the show:

From Lewes: take the A27 to Eastbourne. Firle is signposted to the right 300m after you pass the Sussex Hang gliding Centre on your left. From Eastbourne: take the A27 to Lewes. Firle is signposted to your left one mile after you pass Middle Farm Shop on your right.

All dogs exhibited at the show at the owner’s risk. The organisers will not be responsible for any loss, damage or errors arising from any cause whatsoever.

All dogs must be on a lead except when competing
FIRLE PARK COMPANION DOG SHOW

Classes

Ring

Class

Judge

Test

1

Triers

Dog or handler not to have won any prize at any show

Mrs Lilly Fox

  • Heel on lead
  • Recall
  • Finish
  • Sit stay
  • Down stay

2

Hopefuls

Dog or handler not to have won a first prize at any show

Mrs Sonia Constable

  • Heel on lead
  • Recall with finish
  • Retrieve an article of your own
  • Sit stay
  • Down stay

3

Intermediates

Open to all

Mrs Fiona Gomm

  • Heel on lead
  • Heel free
  • A recall
  • Retrieve dumbbell
  • Sit stay
  • Down stay

4

Advanced

Brenda Winter

  • A Recall
  • Dressage Test (extra commands permitted)
  • Retrieve a dumbbell over a jump with finish (extra command permitted after the dog has picked up the dumbbell)
  • Scent on articles supplied by the judge (extra commands permitted after the dog has picked up the correct article)
  • Stays: Sit 2 minutes. Down 3 minutes

 

For the A recall and dressage test please see below

5

Training Ring

June Stenning,
Crufts competitor

Helpful tips in training

6

Breed Classes

Mr Bob Manning
(Edroman)

  • AV Puppy
  • AV Sporting
  • AV Non-Sporting
  • AV Open
  • AV Pedigree Veteran

7

Novelty Classes

Mrs Edna Manning (Edroman)

  • Junior Handling
  • Non-Pedigree Veteran (over 7 years)
  • Best Puppy (under I year)
  • Prettiest Bitch
  • Most Handsome Dog
  • Best Rescue
  • Dog Most Like its Owner
  • The Waggiest Tail
  • Irish Brace (unmatched pair)
  • Dog the Judge Would Most Like to Take Home

 

Prizes and rosettes to sixth place
Trophies to Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show

ADVANCED CLASS TEST SHEET

Judge: Brenda Winter
Open to all except CC winners

Dressage test: All of the test will be executed off lead. You are required to perform the test from memory and there will be no steward for the heelwork. The test will commence with an ‘A’ recall for which you will be stewarded to ‘set up your dog’, ‘Call your dog’ and halt. The pattern of the heelwork will not be stewarded.

The test will also include Retrieve a dumbbell over a jump (the dog is required to jump on the way out & back). Extra commands are permitted once the dog has picked up the dumbbell

Stays: two (2) minute sit; three (3) minute down

Scent will be on articles provided by the Judge with no decoy. Extra commands are permitted once the dog has picked up the article

A Recall

X

Leave dog at X facing E. Proceed forward on Steward’s command at trot

E

Track right at E on a 20 metre circle

H

Halt at H on Stewards command

HX

Forward at trot on Steward’s command on 20 metre circle. Call dog on Stewards command and continue on 20 metre circle.

X

You will be halted at X

You will now go straight into your dressage test

ADVANCED DRESSAGE TEST

X

From X at trot go forward to E

E

Track left at E

K

At K about turn

E B

Track right at E, track left at B

B M

At M about turn

B

At B into walk

F

Track right at F

A X

Track right at A and proceed down the centre line, about turn at X

A K A

At A track right, about turn at K

ACA

Track left at A and proceed at canter down the centre line. About turn at C and halt at A

END OF TEST

 

 

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