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, Couple trains five W, . - , . , BN ' dogs for competition . srjirsiill - I ' ' " I ' " 1 y Karen longwell I ' _ K7 - ' - " . ESI, r klongwell©northumtoericimirws,com 1,. ‘ R?, K Ir .4: . . ' ‘5 e ' l, , _ , . tMIM 1 ‘ <1. - -1 a." " W1CKLOW -- As an energetic catahou- I _ ' tet cMtiil - r . . 1 1 1 1 e ' ' t,'d f1u8t,a, la leopard dog. Burke had been adopted w ' ' bx,\ , l ' 1 r 1 - ' " l l I " " - Iran}: andreturnedtothehumanesocietyafew 1 r is . Ey??,, 7 1 "rm . ' "3.3.3.1" - 1.11 5 timesbefore aWicldow familytookhim " e, EI "te" ' P. . " I 1 " ' Ma' ' _ R . ‘ ' home. ‘ 'EPS'a" . Q w. CA' " - " E . 1 MI New Catahoula leopard dogs were used to _ _ - B, T: CC"." ‘ 1. 11.3; f" ,1. ,lt?.,a'j'j, 'ii 't2 mm hunt wild pigs in the southern United 'M? "C' r" . . «if; Jh"rti'ii Pilt' “in: , it ' ' ilii States and have alot ofenergy, said Chris, q 1 BWW. ‘11-... a b'. .1 '2 - . ”1.21" , & Biie lil ' 't"g,'iep,," aWicklowresident. , Ea L 45121-13".- " 511%" i" "T ey are notagood house at ifth , NRM " = .lBArfi! .-.'_ tMN - fA If EN " , don'thaveawaytoburn energy?” saidMe: _ " --Nhlrt I” ’ 345311. .5"£1,133?fiflgykgji. 'ttl, e ' " 5:233. Beauregard. " ' ifiifi"amiflglérfl-fi‘g£1‘ 'sTp' -" :1 [fy,'788, 553‘! He and his wife Lori Latendresse were 1 t83 , ietanc' C i'i',i'iik'i'iijli?ii1it;?,i. I.l'i"s,rirtflfi5.issayii'i'iitEr,] 5 5’3 1' 515915" looking for a companion for their Ger- I , _ & rig-age; 'l fiafifififiéfiig’g‘ r,' , 'iyfFp/i2) , 'l'il,j)'jiiii)t, "vs-93m . 1r .1.v.. 3.1 3-11- 11 ., " .al 1. ._ ,..1...1.r _ . 113%: man shepherd and adopted Burke about I . - , si5i3t/elisi'iiia's( v:F,1,'ifj,i,',t'iii 1.?” 2%,:55‘. , .:C:ii'iiiitlii'ijifiiji: 'yiririii,1 sixyears ago. - " 1’31. ', -. 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'a%ilsb'stiiiiiiii' La" racin side-b -side. Each do ium are a E 13".3114 - " , MMF _ - . Itllllit'ji)f,ii] fiifliy2t'iiii, FP. CM (11.31;. t , triggegr 1"y'l'i'Ksl'l. The box 1f,',fdll'l's1'i' ball, 'tMlRMMllMgllMglllllllBl-3lllRghi, tri, 's1iiirii1iillii',i:'j'ft 'ig1rii,'rCi'i8f.itr'Cd:, , trhieh the dog grabs and returns mrer WICKLOW - Lori Lalendresse tosses a disc for agility practise with her dog Louie the Jumps so the Ttext dog can P?': The recently. Ms. "Latendreze and her husband Chris Beauregard train lheir dogs in A first team to have all four dogs finish the agility and for flyball compeh"tions. Karen Longwell / Northumberland News photos course wins the heat. b Now with tive dogs in ilyha1r, the cou- $WATCH a GoPro videoénorlhumberlandnews.com t pie finds themselves heading to compe- rgtRr4eHHdsartiuyasay 10505 GntuH alff tilions many weekends during the warm e1: 23;; P, 't'c,TdrkCc "tr7s. s'2r..N5sCF-rr:rl 1.1-~:--.~1 -riTy,T" .""'r" -- . --v " ' months. Startingin April the season takes ' f 17573.; , - r i r ' 1" . 1,521?1.;#151221?fisigliiliiifiaaébbokgaige.or call. Nalalie- Mr. Beauregard and Ms. Laterldresse'tu iaaitrt, was; J-i:-.?, ’3i';i_L§fiD?fiElÂ¥i90ifi$Il131267131398‘1Q902. competitions across Ontario and Que- 'aitiMiitttirgititiiiliigiW, hfifia‘upmromgaverus l V rcss.r'. _ 1, bec. Burke, Bourbon, Bailey and Louie all $11511: ”Leaflet,fearigrgfgi‘fizisgflfgmggdjfilfiegtournament ', live with the couple while a fifth dog lives I8li!lEiill Bliiiiiahai,tii,' 119er N ' $iCi, '- Lqugngfiocz’aampgellfordFaLr‘ .' i with a family member. They are all res- 15:14 'liilMliiiligriilillliiiiiii8Wiiii srd :...s1rgfrwjge’1gagoefie.-'si;;:,:slfryrrrsurraz Disc; cue dogs, said Ms. Latendresse. The dogs a iagil'aNligigiNiNiiiglilkliylt tt gagfiljegfififidlgrwgggfgfgmunds l have space to traininMr, Beauregard and " , .gzvseeL-rgeegff‘ 1 _ L,.n1£~'§.,1.;".:’:._2;_:;§£':1 .2 J_.';_.,z1,. _ .1 Ms, Latendresse's yard and are condi- '.,,, 1 q _.__A _, 7 .. _ _ . tioned daily. iiiiE3, g5?“ - T. Ma r l .' _ ' ...1, .F'rheg, {15'1” -' "These guys are athletes.We don't have Lg, 1 4g; S' E5rdi 1 . ', u-" w; 1 C I: any fat dogs," said Mr. Beauregard. ' 'ig7tl, , - rr . ed C: I: r 1 I , M?. ', 1,: 1 Once a week they head to Hot Diggin te, Ci, " a 3:35 '. PS _ tN .142. FE 3 'a1eaer,.C',r, Dogs Flyball Club, which has an indoor A: FG . . " . " _ "W tt " - _l-irL"r,' & . f " ii- . facility mrtraining.It canbealivelyplace ' ' .3 G% " , R" Ef " 1.1.x . :r, MS ' , with 16 to 18 members and approximate = _ ' ' , a n t 1 _. _ "a , we:- , ly30 dogs on Wednesday nights.Alltypes Ta ' _ . _ J 4: Ea / 1. 1 a of dogs can take part in activities in the gig- ' 1 "i' " 'k' i? Liv, _", l,' _ club. In addition to flyball, dogs learn a ' - 1 . ‘t 1'111' f C, _=., u I " tricks atthe club. tt ' , Ig ' e a.__ 'rl E " p, p I _ 1. Healthy, happy dogs is one benefit to tr P. w, " -- H â€" j. U" , ' , training but they also get a lot of social- 'E " " . - ' 1 F ' 5. . izing with other dogs at the flyhall club, - K, ; 'll' 1 alll said Ms. Latendresse. 1 _ li _ "It's for anyone who wants to get out ' . J and playwith their dog,” she added, 1 i While the dogs are having fun, they are 1 . . , also competing. After five years onurrt1pe- e - 1 p, I , tition Bourbon has earned 20,000 points, . - N. . putting' him at what is known as Onyx _ level in flyball. Bailey is getting close to WICKLOW - Lori Lalendresse with Bourbon, left, and her husband Chris Beauregard her 20.000 points. with Burke train their dogs in agility and for flyball compelifions. "" fi)