Working
Certificate Workshops
The LOC is pleased to offer
our Working Certificate training workshops once
again starting on Sunday March 16, 2008 and
continuing every Sunday until May 11, 2008 –
finishing just in time for our Annual Working
Certificate and Hunt Test at Valens on May 31st
and June 1st! The workshops will be held
at the Clairville Conservation Area (just off
Steeles, west of the 427) starting at noon and
finishing about 3:00pm.
The objective of the workshops
is to give you the tools you need to help prepare
both you and your dog towards the successful
completion of a Working Certificate test.
“The primary objective of the
WC, WCI and WCX tests is to encourage the
development and use of those natural abilities for
which retrievers were originally bred. The tests
provide a means to help determine future breeding
stock, encourage retriever owners to develop their
dogs’ natural abilities and to have retrievers
become more proficient as hunting partners.”
There is nothing like watching
your Labrador Retriever actually do what they were
bred to do. It’s not only fun for your dog, but a
wonderful opportunity for you to work with your dog
on something they love to do – retrieve.
And if you’ve always wondered
about helping out with a Working Certificate or Hunt
test, we’ll be spending some time taking the mystery
out of it. Your instructors will be reviewing what a
judge is looking for when they set up a test, what
the role and responsibilities are of the gunners and
marshal and exactly what happens the day of a test.
Come on out and have fun with
your dog!
For more information please
contact:
Carol King
416-244-5464
grenadierlabs@sympatico.ca
Classes are open to both LOC and non-LOC
members with Retrievers, Irish Water
Spaniels and/or Poodles.
