Sonja Needs

Interested in K9 Search and Rescue, K-9 detection, tracking and trailing, dog training, horse training, Climate Change Adaptation, Food Security and Wine.

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@andymac4 wow cool, yes I would love to go there.

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@loadeddog Hey Bruce, Get Andy to check her Unimelb emails I have sent one to you all with a request about the french wine trip.

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In port campbell doing a spot of training with South West Victorian Dogs. Not much mind you, it's holidays after all.

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A hot 35C start to the new year. Too hot to go out. Luther and I are chilling inside. Happy new year everyone!

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Developed a new training program 4 Luther over summer break. Lots of drive building and victim engagement.

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Spent the day grooming spaniels for Xmas before taking all to the beach for a swim.

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Will train wilderness, aiming for a 300 suitability. If he can do that then the rubble will be easy.

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Getting Luther to detach upwind. Got to get him to trust me and go when he has no scent.

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Good search training today. 2 Long detaches with a find/search at the end. Having a week off made for a very keen searching boy.

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Babysitting my friends cat. She loves Luther and he loves her. She is seeking comfort here after I clipped her nails

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Still detaching and doing long baselines. Luther is running nicely. First time today for ages he let me do his nails without complaint!

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Good detaching today, Luther ignored the last bucket and disappeared over the horizon to find Emma. So far i couldn't hear him bark.

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Luther won't detach. Going back to basics, Buckets, buckets, buckets, everyday! Need to get rid of the stubbornness.

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@KRuddMP we need to get our local em services working together not fighting. We should be using qualified search dogs, not dogs in training.

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Luther is due for his 2nd cartrophin today. Already seeing improvement. Lots of stretching and his gait is changing.

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Started Luther on cartrophin mainly as a preventative but also found that he is starting to become stiff in the hips.

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getting Luther to do what I say without challenging me. Why didn't I do this sooner? He is being really good. 1 challenge, gave up.

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Why is it that when the media talks food security the focus is on food? Food is the product. The focus needs to be on agriculture.

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We will never accomplish food security without adequate investment in agricultural research.

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Had to withdraw from Adv. Op test. Will resit in April.