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Luring in Australia?

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  • 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 :)

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