münstermanager
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Gold Good CitizenHi
Beecham passed his Gold Good Citizen this morning. I think it quite an achievement in the heat. I was certainly flagging! In fact, 3 out of 4 passed the Gold (one didn't stop quick enough) and 6 out of 7 passed the Silver (one got up to scratch during the stay & the handler returned to him).
My friend doing the Silver was asked an unusual question:
'Your friend announces she's pregnant, what do you do?'
She said that she would make sure her dogs didn't jump up. This was incorrect. Two of us taking the Gold couldn't think of a suitable answer either and, unfortunately, we heard about it too late to ask the examiner. Apparently, the examiner definitely meant 'pregnant' and not 'has a baby' so the new baby in the family didn't apply and nor did the children & dog stuff. I could only think of worms. Apparently, the answer is on the green sheet... I couldn't find it. I'm intrigued now. Any ideas? Allyson?
Sue
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Mike
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Well done Sue and Beecham! 
No ideas about the question though 
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Helen
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Well done!
No idea about the question either but would be interested.
Helen
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Marjolein
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Deworming?
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Munsti-Sue
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Re: Gold Good CitizenCongratulations Sue and Beecham 
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My friend doing the Silver was asked an unusual question:
'Your friend announces she's pregnant, what do you do?'
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My answer to that would be to congratulate you friend
Had a look through the green sheet to and couldnt find anything relavent as such. The only thing i can think of is the parasite side of things ...not handling the faeces etc. Cats are more understandable in that area with Toxoplasmosis... so ???? 
Could be to advise friend to "ensure the dog continues to recieve the same love and treatment" once the baby is born
Tricky one there
Sue
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josie
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Well done, congrats
As for the question - no idea 
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Allyson
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Congratulations on your gold Sue.
As for the question, I have no idea what the answer to that is or what relevance it would have under the KCGCS. I try not to ask hypothetical questions when I examine there are plenty of questions that are of real import to every dog owner; therefore I would not ask questions about pregnancy, whelping, stud dog duties etc.
the scheme is designed to test the training of the dog and the knowledge of the owner/handler on relevant issues.
What my friend does in her spare time is of course entirely up to her! 
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münstermanager
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attempt 2 - first one disappeared into the ether!
Thank you all very much. Beecham was very excited to have passed and loved all the clapping so much when the certificates were handed out that he attempted to prance up to collect the certificate of the dog in front of him!!
Also, thanks very much for the thoughts re the unusual question. I'm glad that no one can come up with a definitive answer either!!
Best wishes
Sue
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Allyson
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Arrow passed his bronze yesterday at Bowood House and so I had a quick gander at the questions to refresh my memory.
FWIW I think your examiner asked a question that was outside the remit of the test.
Incidentally the standard of the testing was appalling with three attempts and in one case considerably more given to the dogs I observed.
I am proud to say that Arrow well deserved his Bronze and I would have passed us!
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Greyghost
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Congratulations Sue and Beecham on your Gold award.
Well done Allyson and Arrow - onward and upward - no pressure 
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OneSpin
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Well done Sue + Beecham and Allyson + Arrow
As to the answer that I would have given to such a silly question...
My friend doing the Silver was asked an unusual question:
'Your friend announces she's pregnant, what do you do?'
I would deny any involvement in the deed.
We also passed the gold the other week after being asked to make up the numbers at the last minute. No training or advanced notice I didn't even get a chance to read all the possible question.......we were lucky that all the question that we had seemed to be dog related.
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münstermanager
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Well done Allyson & Arrow.
Also, well done OneSpin. Oh and LOVED your answer to the silly question.
I reckon the examiner really wanted to ask about having a new baby in the family (ie dogs should receive same amount of love & attention thing, which I had in my silver) but perhaps she thought my friend was too old or something (not that I'm suggesting the examiner was ageist!) and, consequently, mis-phrased it. It's just interesting that she later said that more attention would have to be paid to the green sheet to pass the gold... This friend has taken the silver 5 times and the gold once in the last year with four dogs (NOT one!! One dog failed once as she decided she didn't like to play with other dogs watching...) but she didn't fail because of this question.
Thanks again
Sue
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