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The Rockwood Dog Display Team are sponsored by Pascoe’s Dog Food and would not be able to function without their help. There are fifteen personnel in the team, all are sponsored by volunteers who give up a great deal of time to travel around Great Britain at nearly 40 shows through the summer with their dogs. The dogs are all family pets and live within the home. Many of the dogs working with the team have been rescued from bad homes and come in all shapes and sizes. The handlers all attend Martins Dog Training Center in Caerphilly and have developed a wealth of knowledge and experience. The main aim of the team is to educate the public in the responsibilities of owning a dog and to provide a varied and entertaining program to suit members of the public from all walks of life. |
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| The dog's care and well-being are always the priority with the trainers and all the team members handling their dog's with compassion and above all patience. Some of the dog's within the team perform spectacular stunt's like Tight Rope Walking, Fire Retrieving, Hoop Jumping and a unique Backwards Recall which needs to be seen to be believed. |  |
| The 2 X 25 or 1 X 35 min Display takes the audience through every aspect of dog training from obedience performed to music, dogs jumping through 10inch hoops, agility, fly ball and active Man Work where a dog is seen to apprehend an armed criminal. Also relevant in today's world, a child is saved by her dog whilst being absconded. A great visual effect is created when all the dogs in the team demonstrate their skill and courage by negotiating the Fire ramp, a 80 ft X 8ft ramp with four fire square. The show culminates in an exiting agility relay race, with two teams racing against the clock and the audience cheering on their chosen team. |  |
| Since 1990 Rockwood have been training and supplying dogs for the film and commercial industry. Their dogs have worked with, "James Coburn", "Peter O' Toole", "Edward Woodward", "Sir Antony Hopkins" and their list of clients include; BBC, HTV, S4C, Thames TV, Granada Films, Polygram Films, World Wide TV and Japanese TV. Martins German Shepherd dog Troy has made appearances on "That's Life", "The Wogan Show", "TFI Friday" "The Generation Game", "The Pets Rescue" and Children’s TV. |  |
| Dog training and responsible dog ownership not only benefits dog owners but none dog owners as well. By brining together education and family entertainment we demonstrate the benefits of a trained dog and the enjoyment it can bring. The partnership between dogs and human are repeatedly displayed within the community. With Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs for the deaf, PAT Dogs for the elderly, Search and Rescue Dogs, Police and Military Dogs and if trained properly the pet dog that we share a small part of our life with. |  |
| Many of the shows that we attend are responsible for raising money for various charities. In 1990 we performed at a show in Windsor Castle and helped raise £20,000 for Great Ormand Street Hospital. With a lot of help from dog owners and schools in our local area, in April 1994 we took eight tones of medical aid to a Rijeka Children's Hospital, Croatia in our display team coach. |  |
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