Originally Printed in the 2010 2nd Quarter NARA Newsletter In June of 2012 Independent Ringers sent out an open invitation for a training day and BBQ at Larry Shannon’s field in Valley Center, CA. Three groups came out to train with us, Copper State Ring Club, Extreme Ring, Steel Town and some unaffiliated individuals. …
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The Road to the Championships
Originally printed in the 2010 4th Quarter NARA Newsletter For many competitors in 2010, the road to the Championships started months before the actual trial. Competing in a series of club, pre-regional and Regional level events throughout the year, competitors tested their dogs, their training and themselves to earn the scores required to compete…
Cali’s Broken Jaw
Cali has been officially retired from protection sports, due to an accident at a protection competition Sept 10, 2005. During the competition we were doing a Sch long bite (face attack). Cali ran down and slammed into the helper at full speed. I am not sure if the initial injury was from this impact, or…
French Ring Demo – Grace Lutheran
On May 3rd, 2008, a group of French Ring enthusiasts from SoCalMal (Stephanie O’Brien, Erin Suggett, and Bethie Koenig) and SCABR (Kadi Thingvall) went to Huntington Beach CA to spend the day at the Grace Lutheran Elementary School’s Neighborhood Fair. During the course of the fair we performed 3 French Ring demos. Well, it was…
The myth, the man, the machine
Mavuanga. We’ve all seen the videos, we’ve all heard the rumors, and some of us finally got to see Herve in action. In March Herve came to Southern California with his family for a few weeks of fun and dog training. SoCalMal and Philippe Belloni co-hosted a weekend seminar, then the following weekend another seminar…
My Trip North – Rose City Dogs of Defense
The first week of August we packed our bags, loaded up the dogs, and headed north to attend the Rose City Dogs of Defense first ever French Ring seminar and trial. I arrived at the field Wednesday morning to discover it wasn’t set up yet, but true to the spirit of the FR player, everyone…
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