Eagle Pack have confirmed their sponsorship of the club for 2010, and have offered product for both our show and our sled dog race, The White Flash Bash

After the first event was cancelled due to wet weather, the drag racing finally went ahead.  The overall turnout was disappointing, but we had 5 Samoyeds entered - a significant proportion of the total. It was the first time in harness for Heather Sloan's young bitch, Sapphire, but after the third run, she was getting the hang of it and showing promise. The old hands all performed creditably, but with the small entry, we didn't worry too much about times and placings.

An all-Samoyed event this week, with 5 dogs and about 10 people taking part.

(photo by Ryan Yuan)

With the season interrupted by weather cancellations, none of the dogs were really prepared for the first and final competition of the season. We had 4 Samoyeds entered - they all pulled the basic qualifier level of over 12 x their own weight, but none of them came close to their previous best pulls, so it was a bit disappointing.

Forestry SA has approved our application to hold the White Flash Bash sled dog race at The Waterholes, Mt Crawford Forest on the 5th & 6th June 2010.

Not a big turnout for the first beach walk of the year, with the Sammies outnumbered by the guests.  We would have just had the edge if someone who shall remain nameless hadn't got lost and ended up at the wrong beach.  We're going to get some mileage out of that one!  ;-)

Nevertheless, a nice walk of almost 3 km on a very pleasant evening on Semaphore beach, although I must confess that we took the easier return route along the footpath behind the sand dunes.

Although not for a club fundraiser, the sled was in action again at the Golden Grove Canine Obedience Club's Christmas break up party.  Leading the team is Adele Whiting, with Daniel Suter controlling the sled.  The team is Mack, Kirra, Chloe and Zeus - a family affair - Mack, Kirra and Zeus are littermates and Chloe is their mother.

I think that we can safely claim that the Golden Grove club has the highest concentration of obedience Samoyeds within the state. There are currently 8 in training and there have been several more - at least a dozen that I can think of - over the last few years.

A disappointing day for the Samoyeds - three were entered - all pulled greater than 12 times their body weight, but none of them got close to their personal bests. The highest placing (Ch Adski Dream Machine WWPD) was 7th in the 25kg class.