Norway - The Pictures!

Talking about foundation training

Tonsberg square (I had the least appropriate shoes!)

This was the best road sign ive ever seen! I even saw a skier on the track!

Tonsberg town & frozen river

Worlds-end!

The motorway!

Snow was amazing, I have never seen anything like it!

Ah yes, this was a pizza for 4 people... and is was very good! I did not manage to eat even half though!

Recall and release

The venue was astro-turf, heated and just fantastic. We had loads of room and it was a great surface to jump the dogs on.

Im a big child!

Teaching directionals and turns

Thanks again for a great trip. Regards - Lee

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Norway - Monday

Hello, I am just about to board my flight from Torp to Amsterdam. I have had a great day today seeing some of the amazing scerny and views in the countryside, and we took in lunch at a lovely cafe in Tonsberg.

Thank you to everyone who has made my stay in Norway feel so welcome and helpful. Especially my tour guide Birgitte. Well done and I look forward to working with everyone again in June!
I will upload some pictures this week.

Have been busy in the duty free shop here ;)

Lee

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Norway - Sunday

Today we built on all the things we worked on yesterday. We did lots of exercises on crossing behind and turning out of tunnels, to which the handlers did really well.

We looked at the relationship between body language and verbal commands, which have to both be used effectively to work the dogs from a distance.

It has been a very wintery snowy day here in Tonsberg, I have never driven in such bad weather, it really was something else!

We are heading back to the Pizza restaurant we ate at last night, which was great. I have been watching a live internet feed of the Everton v Middlesbrough match, and drinking Norwegian beer also, so im now a little on the light headed side!! I am very very happy though!!

Well done to all today’s participants in the seminars this weekend, look forward to June!!

Lee

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Norway - Saturday

Today it has not stopped snowing all day, the piles of it cover the barriers in the middle of the road, its really like nothing Ive seen before, yet life seems to go on as normal... so I know I am not in the UK!

Had two good training sessions today, trained from 10-1pm and then 1.30-4.30pm. The venue is just fantastic, its like an indoor astro-turf football pitch, and its heated. Just brilliant for running the dogs on, and there is loads of room.

We have focused on some of the basics today, and getting the dogs to work away from their handlers in the direction of jumps even if the handler is on the far side. We are going to build on this for tomorrows training also.

We are going to eat out this evening, and maybe drink out too! I have taken lots of pictures but cannot connect the camera to the pc, so il upload them next week.

Best wishes from Lee (Its not -5 anymore thankfully!)

Norway

I am writing this from my bed as I am pretty tired after today. I woke up in Shropshire, drove to the NEC, visited Crufts, Flew to Amsterdam (late!) transferred (ran!) and am now in Tronsberg, Norway! Quite a day!

It is snowing loads here, and the snow around the place when you are driving is immense, there’s loads of it. I am glad that I am indoors this weekend though!!
Have had a very good laugh with the two people Im staying with, they are great and we already have some England v Norway banter on the go.

The training this weekend is mainly going to be on weaves, jumps, handling, turns and tunnels (tunnel traps etc) and I am looking forward to meeting the groups tomorrow morning.

Best regards all – Lee
Tronsberg, Norway -5!!

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Some of you may know I have been ill this week, but am feeling a lot better today, and am hoping to take in a few hours of Crufts before flying out at 16.35 Friday afternoon from BHX. I am looking forward to the training weekend. It looks cold in Norway though!

Well done to all of you who train with me who have been running at Crufts, im very proud of you all!!

Lee

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Regards

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