Catching "Sarga" out in one of her regal poses.
Over the past couple of months, I have been taking my two German Shepherds to Aylwards Dog School in Rosewood, QLD for obedience and personal protection training.
Aylwards Dog School has been operating since 1988 as an training and boarding kennel run by Mike & Megan Aylward. Mike Aylward is a Master Dog Trainer, a qualification that can only be obtained in the British Armed Forces. He has accumulated over 45 years of experience with training dogs for police, guard, personal protection, drugs, tracking and explosives work in Europe and Asia.
A blue cattle dog in training.
I initially attended a dog obedience course at Aylwards in 1995 and I have taken my dogs to Aylwards for training ever since. I can highly recommend Aylwards if you are considering obedience or protection training for your dog. One of the primary reasons for recommending Aylwards is that Mike and Megan focus on training you to train your dog. Mike and Megan’s extensive experience with training dogs provides you with the right guidance to train and handle your dog correctly.
Ofcourse, whilst I have been attending classes, I have taken my camera out to capture some photos of some of the dogs during training sessions and at play. It is actually quite a challenge to get great shots of the dogs because they don’t exactly stop mid flight during training and pose for the camera. These photos are just a small number of the photos I have taken this year. Enjoy! 
"Mo" watching his baiter.
"Mo" in full flight during baiting.
"Mo" chomping down on the baiting sleeve.
"Brutus" chasing down his 'intruder' during protection training.
Another shot of "Brutus" intent on his job.
Shenzi & Sarga watching a cheeky magpie that was tormenting the dogs at the end of the day.
November 15th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Just love these photos of the shepherds, you have captured their character traits really well. Are you going to post more photos? I am really interested to see the others you have taken.
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