Skip to content

Luring in Australia?

Basenji Training
  • Hi All,

    Once my pup is old enough id love to introduce her to lure coursing, however ive had a little bit of trouble finding any clubs that do that in my hometown Townsville.

    I was wondering if anyone knew of any aus clubs that could point me in the right directions

    Thanks :)

  • Okay, this is not about luring. When you mentioned Townsville I just sighed. It's a dream of mine to visit that area of Queensland.

  • lol :) Are you going to visit Queensland one day? Townsville isnt too bad. Although we usually get called "Brownsvile" in the summer months as well the grass isnt very green LOL

  • The next big trip I want to do is Queensland - the coast from Brisbane travelling north. Our last big trip was the Cook Islands and south Pacific. A lovely trip. But I didn't see any ****atoos on that trip (we own two ****atoos) so I still need to get to Australia.

  • Thinking outside the square.
    I see there are Grayhound races in your town.
    Maybe get in touch and see if they have a training facility you could access.
    Or a trainer may have a track at home you could use.

    Plan B, start a group:eek:

  • @Kipawa:

    The next big trip I want to do is Queensland - the coast from Brisbane travelling north. Our last big trip was the Cook Islands and south Pacific. A lovely trip. But I didn't see any ****atoos on that trip (we own two ****atoos) so I still need to get to Australia.

    he he he… ahh you can have all the ****atoos you want when you visit - take them home with you :P i have one that drives me NUTS (he/she is a wild one).... At ungodly hours he sits high in a tree and skreaches his lungs out... it echos around the bedroom he is that loud. I would surely love to shoot him (lol) for disturbing my sleep :P but they are lovely animals otherwise :)

  • @Alien:

    Thinking outside the square.
    I see there are Grayhound races in your town.
    Maybe get in touch and see if they have a training facility you could access.
    Or a trainer may have a track at home you could use.

    Plan B, start a group:eek:

    yeah i got in contact with one of the local agility/dog sports group (TOADs). They dont run lure coursing and confirmed there wasnt a coursing group in Townsville. However, never thought of contacting the grayhound group so thats worth following up. Thanks for the idea :)

Suggested Topics

  • Lure coursing -BC Canada ??

    Basenji Training
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    25k Views
    No one has replied
  • Lure coursing

    Basenji Training
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    4k Views
    lisastewartL
    Normally the clubs have practices after the Saturday trials. Unfortunately none of the clubs in our area have separate practice days. You might also think about going to some of the lira meets for straight run practices. The schedule is at lgra.org
  • Lure Coursing in Scotland!!

    Basenji Training
    11
    0 Votes
    11 Posts
    4k Views
    basiB
    Racing would still be good fun:D
  • Lure Coursing

    Basenji Training
    11
    0 Votes
    11 Posts
    5k Views
    tanzaT
    here is a link for coursing in NY for AKC http://www.akc.org/events/search/index.cfm?action=results
  • Florida Lure Coursing?

    Basenji Training
    18
    0 Votes
    18 Posts
    13k Views
    WooflessW
    @lvoss: In order to get a JC your dog does not need to run with another dog. A JC is earned by your dog running the course by itself. It must pass 2 JC tests to earn the title. To certify a dog for ASFA the dog must run with another dog and show that it will not interfere. D'oh! I got the two mixed up :) But that's what I meant, lol…. Most of the lure trials we attended were ASFA trials....I think we did do practice runs at ONE AKC trial, but Jibini was less than 1 year old so I am pretty sure thats why we never did a JC "qualifying" run. I'm tempted to get back into it now that I have my own "pair".....but it always seems money is an issue that makes a 300-400 mile weekend jaunt a bit out of reach!! I also found it disheartening that there were so few Basenjis entered in Florida lure courses, and among those I met, nobody had dogs who could run with a strange dog. However, I enjoyed the time I spent at Lure trials and letting Jibini run....it was fun, even if we didn't get any "alphabet soup" for Jibini's name!!! Defintely an experience well worth it :)
  • First lure coursing event

    Basenji Training
    6
    0 Votes
    6 Posts
    4k Views
    T
    Good for Zahra! Sometimes they just get so excited they just have to pee! But it's great that she went back on the course. Dude has a thing for brindles. His wrestling and racing buddy here at home is our crazy Energizer (you know, she keeps going and going…) brindle Amina. So when he went against a brindle boy in the first heat he charged gleefully over to him at the end - the boy was not impressed! In the second heat he was up against a dark brindle girl who even looks like our Amina. At the end of that one he ran over to her and they took a tour of the field together. He's not aggressive about it, he just wants to play! He totally ignored the reds that were also coursing. Terry