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Kayce Cover will be here again!!

Kayce Cover will be in the Syracuse area for seminars and private lessons August 23 through September 1. She will be presenting SATS Certification Series Seminars 1,2,3,4. If you are interested in more information email Susan (susan@cailleachaussies.com) for a seminar flyer.

For over 30 years, Kayce (Kay-Cee Coe-ver) has been professionally involved in animal training and public education. In 1990, she founded Syn Alia Animal Training Systems which includes “Bridge and Target”.

Education
Bachelor of Animal Science, Masters of Science in Education

Professional Background
Trained animals at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, the US National Zoological Park—Smithsonian Institution. In addition to training many animal professionals and handlers/owners, she is a consultant to numerous zoos and private institutions, providing a range of services that include:
Implementing state-of-the-art training programs and husbandry/animal manage-ment systems for domestic and exotic animals;
Training and managing animal models and actors;
Research and behavioral engineering to develop animal-based solutions to human and animal needs (see website for additional articles and info regarding research past and present)

Other
Kayce travels internationally providing seminars, classes, and public demon-strations. Among her numerous published articles are: Protected Contact: A New Era in Elephant Management (American Trainer Magazine, July 2002); Introducing the Intermediate Bridge (American Trainer Magazine, Oct 2002); Who’s Training Who (Primate Care Journal 2001). She has also produced a manual for students of Bridge and Target, The Syn Alia Series on Animal Training, Vol. I: An Introduction to Bridge and Target Technique and a new book, SATS and the Family Dog, available now.

MDR1 results!

All our aussies have been tested and the results are back. Everyone is normal/normal except for Monkey and Dorrie who are normal/mutant. Check the individual pages for each dog.

Reserve Winner’s Bitch

Tammy (Hearthside Hot Tamale) took reserve winner’s bitch under breeder judge Emmy Adasawiecz at HONYASC’s Lake Effect Show on Saturday morning, December 1st.  Thank you, Emmy!

Happy Holidays from Cailleach!

Happy Holidays

Rudder and Heidi, puppies from the Dot x Yogi litter, posing in the sleigh they were pulling for a holiday parade up in the Adirondacks.

New Pics!

New pictures for the Tammy x Connor litter - check out our Current Litters page!

First Points!

Tristan (Vignemale de La Brise) took Winner’s Dog at a PSCA Regional Specialty! Not his first points, but he was handled by Susan and they were her first points!!

Reserve Best in Show!

Monkey (UKC Ch. Cailleach Walk on Water DNA-VP) took Reserve Best in Show at the UKC all-breed show in Locke, NY.

Puppies!

Tammy (Hearthside Hot Tamale) delivered 9 fat, healthy puppies. 1 blue merle boy, 2 black tri boys, 1 red merle girl, 1 red tri girl, and 4 black tri girls.

New pics and a new breeding announcement!

New pictures for the Dot x Montana litter are up. There are still puppies available. And we are trying again with the Tammy x Connor breeding. Puppies are expected in mid-May

Puppies pics are finally up!

Pictures for the Dot x Montana litter are finally up. The puppies were born January 17, 2006.

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