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REGISTRATION FOR NEXT SIX WEEK SESSION AT THREE LEVELS: Show Handling or Puppy Socialization; Beginner's Obedience and Novice Obedience. Southbrook Town Hall Monday August 31 >>> to "Graduate" by Thanksgiving Weekend, we have a "family" on the way!!
ENROLLMENT COMPLETE, SEE YOU IN JANUARY FOR MORE OBEDIENCE, OR PUPPY SOCIALIZATION AVAILABLE BY THE CLASS UNTIL THANKSGIVING.
Janice first studied for competition in Edmonton with Virginia Cummings, .... after some introductory work with her local club in Belleville Ontario; her first competition training was done at Virginia's Western Canine Academy in the early 80's. With this instruction she trained her first 5 Collies, plus her Chessie Bay Retriever she had already trained for both CD and Working Certificate Retriever work (under Belleville Club's Instructor at the time, and the retriever work was done with Sportsman Show Blue Ribbon Winner Glen West, also of Belleville) --- she finished CD's on "Jesse & Ragtime", "jody" and "Luke" (Ch Token Glamour Boy and Token's Cabaret Ch Pt'd) went onto other Breeders and Hansen's Crystal Token (N/E), and Mossbank's Autumn Scout to pet homes.
Upon her return to Stirling, Ontario (1984) she began to teach for pet owners with great satisfaction from the community; under the logo "The Dogschool". She had her first Top Show Dog on campaign at this time: BIS/BISS CH TOKEN THE MAGICIAN CD. When Belleville Club hired the expert instructor Jean Bruce (Circa 1986), Janice attended classes and worked as instructor assist under Jean's supervision and finished CD's on "Wolf" and "Captain" at that time. The four Collies: "Jesse, Ragtime, Captain and Wolf" were part of the Belleville Club's Drill Team which practised weekly and did demo's at fairs and plazas on the weekends.
.... "Rachel" finished her C.D. shortly after working with our own students at the Kennel in Foxboro .... and again trained for both improved pet and companion and also for competition right up to Utility at our Kennel in Foxboro, with the Instruction of Betty McHugh, All Breed and Obedience Judge. From those classes resulted all professional trainers and High in Trial Dogs including one Golden who was in the Top Obedience Dogs shortly after.
Janice also worked with Jean and her Service Dogs of Canada with dogs for wheelchair clients. This is during her three years in the executive of that Club, as Recording and Corresponding Secretary. She also fulfilled most of her requirements towards her judging permit, but did not carry it through as she built the boarding kennel and was limited to travel.
Around this time Janice was starting the career of her second Top Show Dog, Am/Cdn Ch Token's Puttin' On the Ritz TT, HC, ROM. "Ritz" is dam to our Beloved "Fiddle", pictured.
Janice has finished over 50 CKC/AKC titles including four illustrious Registry of Merit Awards for Top Producers by the Collie Club of Canada, and 28 Ch's, 7 CD, as well as working and temperament tests.
Janice has studied conformation show handling under Brenda Roberts in Alta., Shelley McHugh and Robert Rowbotham in Belleville, and also Obedience with Quinte Dog Training; Mr and Mrs Rusty Logue, and the two Pat's at U Lov Canine in Kingston Ontario. While in S. Quebec in the past ('01 & '02) she studied with St Francis Club, who at that time had hired instructors for both conformation and obedience. These services are, unfortunately, no longer available in this area.
Please feel free to inquire to private or group classes with Janice and her happy worker Collies. To improve your relationship and communication with your pet. Man's Best Friend; they usually very much want to please their Human, but we need to help them to learn a language that they can understand.
PLEASE INQUIRE!!! Our Pleasure to offer this Service to the Community. Also see our All Breed Grooming Page, with pick up and delivery service available, discount for seniors or regular appointments.
(709) 673-4927 or tokencollies@live.com
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF E MAIL ADDRESS
Sundays on Main St., Springdale.
CALL TO INQUIRE: (709) 673-4927
"Fall Session"
The next Registration will not be until after Christmas now. Show Handling ongoing or one on one for Novice Obedience.
What happens at a Registration is we will give you demonstrations of what the exercises look like properly done, the purpose of the exercises, and the test sheet that you will be graded against at the completion.
We will be offering Beginner's Lever, basically for the Handler to learn the exercises, Novice, to get the dog steady and working off leash and away from the handler in a class situation, and also there will be an opportunity to do show handling, which is an excellent puppy kindergarten and where to start with a dog under a year of age.
This was at Sutton XCalibur Gymnasium, Thursday evening and Saturday morning >>> this session began on the 22nd and 24th of January 2009 and we have a six week course outline.
Come and watch the demonstrations >>> and if you are interested you may register at that time. We may be wintering in Springdale >>> or Sutton this year, that is sort of up in the air.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST: (709) 673-4927, tokencollies@live.com
We have terrible news !!! >>>> Our Head Instructor Assist has passed away, peacefull, October 2008. What a wonderful Boy he was. We are hopeful that his position can be successfully filled by his young protege, "Colt".
RATES: have had to go up, sorry. My costs have gone up plus the class sizes are going to have to go down. To accomodate this, I have to increase to $120 for a six week session. I will continue to offer the 50% discount for the second class to boost the membership for the CNCC, a show and trial hosting club that is being accredited in Central Newfoundland. We need both the memberships coming in and the hands for events. Also the Show Handling/Socialization can still be attended for $20/class, as that course doesn't have a "homework" regime.
LEVELS: Beginner's, Novice, or Handling
and we will now also be offering Rally Obedience, since our Beloved and Brilliant Instructor Assist: "Colt" has mastered his first level plus 2/3 of his second level titles in this field. He would love to share this exciting sport with his "School Buddies"!!
COME JOIN US!
Referring here to Sutton Quebec last winter. Never know, we may be there again this year!! Wonderful town.
January 22nd or 24/09
Thursday evenings WINTER SESSION GRADUATED
Saturday mornings
Come and see the demonstrations and meet our "Staff"
You can register then if you think that you would enjoy for your canine companion and yourself to learn a "Language" together.
ENRICH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR DOG
LET HE/SHE BRING YOU TO SCHOOL WITH US!!!
Winter session complete >>> I will be back after a
visit to my humble abode on "the Rock" nfld >>> and we will arrange for a new session start on my return.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HELP OR GUIDANCE PRIOR TO THE SHOW SEASON STARTING UP: Do not hesitate to call for
private session/counselling. Our Pleasure!!
"Colt" above will be filling the Instructor Assist position; and "Trixie" is retaining the Showmanship position.
"Trixie's" little girl: "Whisper" is studying to do Instructor Assist in Show Handling >>> her "Mom" is going to be home with a "family".!!
INTRODUCING: TOKEN'S TINSEL TOWN, off to her first show circuit the end of August!! New Frontier for us: Nova Scotia!
FLASH!!! "Whisper" picks up a Group Fourth out of the Junior Puppy Class over Specials at Cape Breton her first weekend, and goes onto one Best of Breed at Halifax for her second Champion Point!! I am having trouble to get pictures up onto this new site: email us and we can share them with you. or go to tokendogschool.webs.com I'll try to add the link on here.
tokencollies@live.com or (709) 673-4927
"WHISPER" carries on with her career in the maritimes, and is coming home from Miramichi with two more group placements and two more championship points, she won a group third and a group fourth. Go look at the expert care that she is receiving from one of the country's top teams for show handling >>> go to the Leading Edge Dog Show site!!
WICANI MIDNIGHT TOKEN (Herding Instinct Tested)
'FALCON' with Handler/Owner
Janice Bronson MacDonald at Ottawa KC Shows
November 2007, as a Junior Puppy.
Our promising young Conformation Show Handling Student: Sammy Lovely, at the Gym in Sutton, Que where we have been fortunate enough to be hosting classes >>>> with two of her and her Dad's Collies (Rough) from Marquise Collies, Ste Isidore. This session graduated and we look forward to this little lady in the rings and junior handling for her debut this year. Good Luck Sammy!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! to Sammy and her lovely Class Bitch "Destiny". Best of Breed for two ch. points first time out, over two pro's, (including mine, I might add, but we still finished that day, our 29th Champion, ... at this stage of the Game we sure aren't greedy). Looked really good on you Girl, you are going to be a great handler. >>> and Destiny if I am not mistaken is now finished, and I don't think that she was beaten too much along the way. CONGRATULATIONS!! Sammy, Destiny and Proud Dad Jeff. on this winning team.
We are happy to be working back inNewfoundland. Working on Main St Springdale. You are welcome to join us!!
Student: Andre Houle with "Charm"; Bullmastiff puppy, at Iberville, Quebec. Looking good!!
FLASH!! "Charm" is now at NINE Champion points!! Go, Charm, Go!!
Left to right: Instructor and Instructor Assist, myself and our Beloved "fiddle" (rest in peace), Gerard's wife and dau. with "Lucky" & "Colt", Margie Connors with Poodle "Amos." Gerard Dyer and Australian Shepherd "Joy". December '06 Southbrook.
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Above, Margie and "Amos", left Canine Good Neighbour Graduates at Gander Nfld in Sept. 07, Below myself stacking up young "Chip" at a Puppy Sweepstakes in Ste Lazare Quebec May 09.
Open Dogs at a Match in Gander doing the "Long Sit" Group Exercise, to the left. Below, a few of our "laurels" from the past couple of years on journeys to Ontario and Quebec for competitions. (the date is wrong on the camera, I need to run this through photoshop actually. Photo taken May 09)
