PATS Mackay Inc

First PATS comp!

2008-05-19T11:30:00.007+10:00

Well we have had our very first and very successful competition.
What a turn out it was, with competitors from Brisbane to Townsville and out to Calliope. It was also nice to see the people that just came to visit and take a look.
Many people came and told me what a wonderful time they had.
A very big thank you to Mr Wayne Stutz for judging our first competition and to all the competitors that traveled to help us celebrate PATS first competition.
I would also like to thank Michelle Varcoe and Sandy Patterson for all the work they put in to make this a wonderful weekend. I would like to thank Lyn Thomas and Robin Fairchild for help at the scribes table and to Matt Lovatt for time keeping all weekend.

The Hughest THANK YOU to David Varcoe and Tim Fairchild for all the new equipment that they made without the hours of work from these two men we would never have got there. The judge Wayne Stutz and many of the competitors considered the equipment to be amongst the best of any of the clubs around.

Also a big thanks to Leisa Cassidy and All the TOADS members who helped us get to were we are today.
Looking forward to our October competition.

Clicker and Agility Intro Workshop

2008-02-11T10:35:00.000+10:00

The heat and rain did not stop a great turnout at the clicker intro workshop held by PATS Mackay. This workshop was made possible thanks to several members of the TOADS agility club of Townsville who made the long trip down to the Marian grounds. There was a great turnout by dogs owners in the Mackay district with quite a variety in dog sizes and breeds.

See the PATS Website for more photos of the day.

Newsletter January 2008

2008-01-12T16:30:00.000+10:00

Happy New Year to all PATS members!

A lot has been happening with PATS and it's all good!

Our Puppy-in-the-Park Christmas party was a success with all having a good time even it was so very hot. The first raffle was a great way for us to earn some much needed funds for the expensive insurance issue. First prize was won by Smart Kaiulo and second prize was won by Rebekah Fairchild. A BIG thanks to everyone for doing such a great job! PATS is now planning a second raffle, this time the prize will be a $100 fuel voucher. With the cost of fuel continuing to rise, I'm sure that these tickets shouldn't be hard to sell.

Latest update... The insurance has been sorted! We've decided to accept the Association of Pet Dog Trainers policy as it seems to meet our needs the best. Now PATS can go ahead with the casual training days, get to try out the latest club equipment and do some demos. Also, we can run the much talked about workshops.

TOADS have kindly agreed to send some of their instructors down to help us run some workshops on Saturday Feb 9th. The workshops will be "Intro to Clicker Training" and "Intro to Agility". For further details, please read the flyer which will be sent in the following email or go to the PATS website and follow the links to the events page. Please spread the word about the workshops, not only will it benefit PATS but it will help out those who want to train their dogs in a positive way but don't know either how to or where to go.

Affliation with ADAA should be happening within the next week or two so PATS will then be on the ADAA website.....YES! ADAA has also accepted our competition dates which are May 17-18 and October 18-19. We're planning on judges Wayne Stutz for the first comp and Jody Brown for the second, however we'll have to wait for official confirmation of this. Events to be run at the PATS comps will be organised at the next meeting and sent off to ADAA.

Club shirts will soon be available. They will be a maroon polo shirts (good quality with white "speed" stripes on the sleeves and collar, LOL!) in both men and womens sizes with the PATS logo on the front pocket area. Cost has not been finalized , however it will be approx $35.00. If you would like to purchase a club shirt, let Michelle know, the more ordered the lower the cost.

The next newsletter should be another good one with details of our comp judges, events, a run down of how successful our workshops were plus much more!

Have a great 2008 and don't forget..............RUN ULTIMATELY FOR FUN!

"Fun for Dogs" Workshop

2008-01-12T16:04:00.000+10:00

Club: PATS Mackay Inc.

Venue: Catholic Church Grounds Marian

2 POSITIVE REWARD BASED WORKSHOPS

1) INTRODUCTION TO CLICKER TRAINING

OPEN TO DOGS OF ALL AGES ~ 8-11am

2) INTRODUCTION TO AGILITY

OPEN TO DOGS OVER 12 MTHS OF AGE~ 3-6pm

$40 PER SESSION

Includes starter pack ~ clicker, toy, treats

** EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS FROM TOWNSVILLE **

ALL DOGS WELCOME

SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TEACH YOUR DOG GOOD BEHAVIOUR AND YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN WITH YOUR DOG

Light refreshments (tea, coffee, soft drink, water, biccies and fruit) for sale

All participants should plan on getting to the grounds approximately 30 minutes prior to the workshop beginning. This gives plenty of time to walk and toilet dogs before the workshop commences

WHAT TO BRING:

Yourself and dog... of course! Dog to have flat collar, no check chains. Dog lead. Dog water bowl. Plastic bags so you can clean up after your dog. A crate to contain your dog is highly recommended. Appropriate footwear for dog handler (enclosed shoes preferred, joggers etc). Willingness to learn new things. Last but not least, don't forget your sense of humour!

For more information and contact details and registration form, go the the events page of the PATS Mackay web page.

Raffle Results

2007-12-30T13:36:00.000+10:00

1st place $100 voucher at Big W...

The winner is.........Smart Kaiulo!

2nd place Mega basket of goodies...

Goes to.....Rebekah Fairchild!

Sorry for the delay in getting up the results. Lots of computer trouble and then enjoying Christmas too much :)

PATS Mackay Raffle

2007-11-12T21:12:00.000+10:00

PATS Mackay is running a raffle to be drawn on 20th December 2007 just in time for Christmas! Tickets are going out to members now to sell at $2 a ticket which is great value considering the prizes.

First prize is a $100 gift card from Big W to use as the winner wishes at stores like Big W, Dick Smith, Tandy, BWS and Caltex Woolworths.

Second Prize is a mega basket full of assorted goodies for home and pup.

The raffle is to help raise money for club equipment and insurance so we can get up to speed in the coming year ready for our first ADAA competition.

Fat Dog Titles

2007-10-14T11:52:00.000+10:00

Sarah and Shitani had a great weekend at the ANKC comp in Townsville with a couple of nice judges up from down south, Lisa and Skeeta, and way up north, Roul. This was a marathon double event starting at 2pm and running on until about 3am the next morning. The Fat Dog actually did some of that obedience stuff while he was waiting around for the agility and got his last two CCD quals for his title. Sarah and Shit also ran well in agility, qualling in ADX and GD, giving shitty his GD title and even more letters after his fat name.

Even Tim and Kai had moments where they looked like they knew what they were doing. Kai spent most of his time running around barking and doing whatever he wanted, then buckled down for novice jumpers both times to get two JD quals. Now if only he would have got that one last week that was so close. He also did some nice distance work. Just a pity he doesn't weave. Will have to train him one day.

This was a big competition and a big effort by all. Thanks to the Judges and all the Townsville people for a very successful day, and early morning.

Jonathan Watts Seminar

2007-10-03T11:11:00.000+10:00

The costs have been finalized for the seminar and places have filled very quickly. There are now only one or two full session places available. There are no restrictions on audit positions at this stage.

Session Details
Saturday 10th November 3-6pm
Sunday 11th November 7-10am

Venue
Marian Catholic Church Grounds
Free camping facilities available

Cost
$50.00 per dog and handler each session ($100 for the 2 sessions)
$20.00 per auditor each session (handler only, no dog) ($40 for the 2 sessions)

Due to the limited dog and handler positions available, PATS is asking for payment in full for these sessions by Sunday 14th October.

PATS would like to thank TOADS Inc and it's members for their assistance and cooperation in the organization and support of this event.

TOADS Competition

2007-09-17T09:54:00.000+10:00

I would like to thank and congratulate TOADS for the running of an excellent and fun agility competition of the weekend. Thanks also to the great work by the judge of the weekend, Marion Allen. It was well organized and ran very smooth and there was always a light and friendly mood.

The competition was attended by PATS Mackay members Tim, Therese and Sarah, and it is always great to get away from the grind and hassles of home and travel away to a great event like this one. The dogs SHITani, Kai and Teal'c also had a great time.

Sarah and SHITani had a lot of fun and success at her first ADAA event collecting 2 clear round certificates in combined-starters events as well as managing 2 first places, 3 seconds and a third. That was good as Sarah liked picking from the prize table. SHITani handled the ADAA heights and team events very well. That diet has really paid off and everyone will have to watch out for the NOTfat dog now!

Kai also surprised everyone, well, mostly Tim, when he managed a couple of half decent runs and a clear round in elementary in his first ADAA event and second ever event of any sort. Unfortunately this means the handler will actually have to start doing a bit more training. Kai even managed to keep it together enough (and not stuff up too much) to help the kelpie team pull off a qualifier on the "canetoad' game. Kai has a cousin Henry who is part kelpie, so he didn't have any trouble running with the smoothcoats.

Anyway, again, thanks to TOADS for a great weekend. And thanks to Wendy and Henie for the fun of playing with the 400D's ;)

PATS News, 12 September, 2007.

2007-09-12T16:23:00.000+10:00

New members

Firstly we would like to welcome new members Megan and Annette to the club. Numbers are slowly growing and we hope this will allow the club to arrange more events in the future, both training and social.

All members are welcome to attend all club events and meetings. If you can not attend meetings then please feel free to email us your thoughts and suggestions so that they can be tabled at our next meeting.

You can email the club at pats@bcs4me.com

Incorporation

The Incorporation of Positive Agilitydog Team Sports Mackay Inc has been successfully completed. The club can now move on to look into insurance issues and ADAA affiliation.

Events page

The PATS Mackay Inc Events page has it's first draft available on the net at http://pats.bcs4me.com/events.html

This will list upcoming events which PATS Mackay is organizing, or which may be of interest to PATS members.

Training day

An informal training day is being planned for the 2nd and/or 3rd November this year at the Catholic Church Grounds, Marian. This will primarily be an ADAA orientation day to familiarize PATS handlers and dogs with the new PATS ADAA equipment and general ADAA rules and procedures.

Jonathan Watts Seminar

PATS Mackay will be hosting a seminar with Jonathan Watts from the UK. This will be held at the Catholic Church Grounds, Marian on the 10th and 11th November of this year.

This is a special opportunity for a intensive training session with one of the top agility competitors in the world. There will be limited training positions available for PATS and ADAA members. There will be two training sessions, and training fees for each session will be announced as soon as the details are finalized.

There will also be a large number of audit positions available for a small entry fee for those wishing to attend without a dog and watch.

Competitions UPDATE 2008

Our Competition dates for 2008 have been set as:

17th and 18th May (Judge Mr. Wayne Stutz)

18th and 19th October. (Judge TBA)

Tests and Events for upcoming Competitions still to be selected and announced. Suggestions are welcome for which tests, events and games competitors would like.

Competition details will be listed on the Events page of the PATS web site.

Club Meeting

The next club meeting will be announced on the Events page of the web site when the date is set.

Welcome

2007-09-12T16:01:00.000+10:00

Welcome to the new PATS Mackay Blog. This blog will primarily for members to post brags and results, and to inform of upcoming events. You should also check out the following sites:

The PATS Mackay home page.
The PATS Mackay Events page.
The ADAA home page.
The ADAA events calender page.