Dog Scouts
Stanford Mall
Palo Alto, CA
June 7, 2015
Dino in His Draft Cart in test in San Francisco
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Dino Earns St. Bernard Open Drafting Title!
Dino Earning his Open Draft Dog Title at Nine Years Young!
St. Bernard Club of the Pacific Coast
Cline Cellars Vineyard and Winery
Sonoma, CA
March 22, 2015
Thanks to the St. Bernard Club of the Pacific Coast for putting on such a wonderful test. The test site was so beautiful and the weather was perfect with a combination of scattered clouds and sun. The homemade food and snacks were by far the best at any event I have attended.
The best thing was that all teams passed! I have not seen that before at a Draft Test. All teams worked hard and together in a demanding mile-plus long Freight Haul that snaked through the backside of a working vineyard with thick gravel, creeks, shade, sun, loose Border Collie puppies, running farm equipment, sheep and their Anatolian guardian keeping watch and darting rabbits! As an Open level dog, Dino was required to carry 25 pounds in his cart, which is the same as the Novice dog, and the Excellent dog was required to carry 50 pounds.
The Maneuvering Course, which has no weight in the cart, had its own challenges with bird coops, creeks, the public wandering through the working winery and luscious grass that Dino was just dying to roll around in.
The judges are Wendy Lee and Linda Hunter, two extremely talented and helpful and gracious people.
To the best of my knowledge, Dino is the only Mixed Breed in this country with Drafting/Carting titles. He has titles from a local Bernese Mountain Dog Club, two from the Rottweiler Club in Arizona and two from the local St. Bernard Club. We have plans to go to Oregon in May for Bouvier and Berner tests on the same day and same location!
I would love to see more Mixed Breeds and other breeds get involved. It is a super fun and challenging sport that dogs of all ages, breeds and levels of maturity can participate in. It is low impact, and yet still demanding for a dog that enjoys thinking and working. There remains, at least in California, the lack of regular tests, and sometimes it can be more than a year in between tests. If a person is able to travel outside the state, more tests are available. The clubs will take their own breed first in entries and then "other breeds" are allowed to take the remaining entries. At least in California, Berner tests tend to fill up quickly with their own breed, which can make entering their tests difficult, but other breed clubs usually have room for other dogs.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Dino Practices Drafting with His Newfoundland Friends
Northern California Newfoundland Club
Draft Practice
March 7, 2015
Vacaville, CA
Name: Newfie Practice Freight Haul
Activity type: walking
Description: - Total distance: 1.75 km (1.1 mi)
Total time: 45:23
Moving time: 26:16
Average speed: 2.31 km/h (1.4 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 3.99 km/h (2.5 mi/h)
Max speed: 8.19 km/h (5.1 mi/h)
Average pace: 25:60 min/km (41:50 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 15:03 min/km (24:13 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 7:19 min/km (11:47 min/mi)
Max elevation: 57 m (188 ft)
Min elevation: 30 m (98 ft)
Elevation gain: 51 m (167 ft)
Max grade: 13 %
Min grade: -12 %
Recorded: 3/7/2015 11:32 AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Happy Ninth Birthday to Dino, A true Renaissance Dog!
Happy Ninth Birthday to Dino, A true Renaissance Dog!
MB-GCh UKC-UWP UKC-URO1 Woodacre's Court Jester AKC-UD MB-CD AKC-RAE ASCA-RE APDT-RL3 MB-RA BMD-NDD SBC-DD RC-CS RC-CI ABLSA-SR1 MB-VM2 CCC-OV TT2 CGC
Eight years ago today, Georgette Musante with Grateful Dog Rescue, brought Dino to my place in Hayward, CA! What an incredible eight years it has been. Dino is always non-stop in excitement and energy in every aspect of living. Even going through doors and jumping out of bed causes excitement and barking and bouncing.
Dino has excelled at a wide variety of activities from Tracking, Obedience, Conformation, Rally, Carting/Drafting, Sprint Racing, Lure Coursing, Finding Lost Pets and Weight Pull with 32 titles to his name! To my knowledge he is the only Mixed Breed with that many titles!
In the world of Mixed Breed sports, he was the first Mixed Breed to earn the Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) title with the American Kennel Club in 2010, the first year AKC allowed Mixed Breeds. The following May, 2011, he was the second Mixed Breed to earn the Utility Dog (UD) title with AKC. Dino was the first Mixed Breed to show at the huge Golden Gate Kennel Club dog show at the Cow Palace in January 2012. He was the first Mixed Breed to earn a Carting/Drafting title and has earned titles in Bernese Mountain Dog, St. Bernard and Rottweiler clubs. To my knowledge, he remains the only Mixed Breed with any Carting/Drafting titles.
His best activity is being a best friend and constant companion to both people and dogs. He loves to go for long walks and hikes and dog parks and greets all strangers as a new friend. He will play "fetch" non stop. He adores his cat friend, Mercury, and thinks it is the best thing to run straight towards Mercury and take a flying leap at him, landing just in front.
Thank you, Dino! Can't wait for the next eight years!
Here is a small sampling of photos from some fun times with Dino
Saturday, December 6, 2014
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