Last weekend I went up to Cleveland to attend a judge’s seminar for AKC obedience/rally. I’ve intended to go for at least 10 years and never made it until now! I’m really glad I took the time to go. While judging AKC obedience/rally is not my goal – I do Read more…
AssdfLast month we had our first attempts at AKC Open (obedience, level 2). It was great! The trial was a “two trials in one day” event. Griffin and I entered both trials for regular Open and for Preferred Open (half height jumps). Historically he has done best with more Read more…
A year ago I thought we finished our first level AKC Obedience title. And then in March a friend was checking on the AKC titles/events records and didn’t see it listed. I immediately emailed AKC about the error…and checking my records, I found we hadn’t finished it! At the end Read more…
In September we had the opportunity to participate in the first American Kennel Club (AKC) Scent Work trials. One of the parts people were very excited (and nervous!) about were the buried hides. Most of the AKC Scent Work trials are similar to other programs. Most programs have a containers Read more…
The American Kennel Club (AKC) has been creating more new programs over the last few years. Part of this is to provide opportunities for people with varied interests and dogs with different strengths. (And part of it is suspected to be for financial reasons…) One of these new programs is Read more…
One more “Griffin is the best” post is necessary. On Friday we did an AKC obedience trial. He was great. We need to do more training but also were able to show many things we can do well. We did Novice, Pre-Novice, Beginner Novice, and Rally Novice. We got a Read more…
Summer has been so busy! In June we did one day of a CPE agility trial that went fairly well – the jumpers course was one of the most beautiful I’ve seen. The next weekend we went to watch some of the CPE nationals (30 min away!), taking 4-H’ers and Read more…
End of December we did UKI and are now going to be in Senior. All the runs were great with very tiny things to fix. 1) I walked a wrong class – luckily I noticed before we ran. 2) I didn’t feel confident enough to get the higher-point gamble (distance Read more…
We make a few trips up north each year so that the dogs can go to their wonderful rehab vet. We’re most concerned about Viktor’s legs right now. We like to time the trips with dog show opportunities. Friday: We entered an obedience trial somewhat close to home. Griffin was entered Read more…
Last month we did our first AKC obedience trial. It was very small – I thought that was probably due to the show being on Friday. I’ve learned that it was probably more about the trial grounds/location. Yesterday’s trial was also a Friday but much bigger! Many more dogs entered, 3 Read more…