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we’d beaten my Crufts guest’s 2 dog Such a feel-good competition to
who was in the same class!) watch bringing lots of smiles. There
was only one let down – there was no
Needless to say, I was smitten.
Brody’s natural aptitude had got us Keeshond Team! And this is partly
into competing and he started flying. why I was so keen to join the Kees
By his 3 live Rally competition he’d club - to find others who might be
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gained five out of six ‘Excellent’ interested in forming an Obreedience
awards for high marks, his first Team of Keeshonden? Can you
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rosette for 2 place and his first Rally IMAGINE how stunning and eye
‘Excellent Title’ (I had no clue what catching a synchronised team of Kees
that meant). The same week we had would look? And how this would do
entered our first ‘Rally Online’ wonders for promoting our stunning
competition too. That was fun but breed! So, this is a very serious
quite a feat - setting out our own reason for wanting to write to all of
course and filming our submission. you here: Would any of you fellow
Just the day after earning that first doting Kees parents be interested
in creating a Kees Obreedience
rosette we had a phone call to
congratulate us on our very first Team, or two?! Assuming my
attempt at competing in Rally Online: dream of a Kees Obreedience Team
Brody had come FIRST in both Levels materialises this season, my other
1 AND 2 with 100%! A real tear- request is: I’d love your suggestions
jerker for me. What a star I had for a fun name for the team.
discovered! Examples of other team names are:
Retrievers Return, Labrapaws, The
Back tracking to my guest’s Russellers, Paw Patrol. I was thinking
Obreedience competition at Crufts, about a word play on ‘Keys’ (Kees)
I’ve always been mesmerised by e.g. ‘Bunch of Kees’, ‘The Four
synchronised events – synchronised MusKEEteers’. So ‘paws for thought’:
swimming, diving, kite flying – but **Please do spread the word and
synchronised dog exercises were a send me:
true joy to behold! Each team, of four 1. Ideas for Obreedience Team
dogs and handlers, all of one breed, names, but especially
have the same path and set of simple 2. YOUR details, if you’re interested
‘obedience’ exercises to follow, in in being part of a new Kees
synchronisation: “Obreedience”! Obreedience Team (Watch teams in
Genius! action on You Tube:
Crufts Obreedience)
Well, I was about to give up on my
initial excitement of being part of the
Kees Club (to meet & share, walk &
talk with other Kees owners), as there
seemed no place for, or pages
relevant to the adoring owner of a
Kees, as a meagre pet who didn’t
exhibit or breed… when the
‘Versatility Awards’ page saved the
day! With the deadline for
Photo attributed to Helena Byrne Stevens applications just two days away! I
& The Kennel Club
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