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9/13/03 - 9/14/03 At the NADAC trial in Elma on Sept 13, 14, Wendell had a great showing finishing his Novice titles in Standard, Jumpers and Gamblers. On Saturday we had a clean first run in Gamblers with a bit of the zoomies. I had to drop him for a 1 second calming down - luckily the judge didn't have a problem with that. The jumpers and standard courses were also easier than others I've seen (thanks, Cathy!) so we had no trouble until we got a little tired on our last run of the day and missed the last jump (I pushed him away). On Sunday we were first dog on the line at 8am for Gamblers. Went great, but the gamble was challenging - a send past a tunnel to a ramp. Our trouble was sticking the landing. I got bold in Jumpers and tried some distance. He listened well when I gave an over-enthusiastic 'here' which started a chain of flubs by the handler. Q'ed in both standard runs latter in the day. Nice easy courses both. So a total of 5 Q's. We need to work on our contacts and distance. We had much better focus than any trial so far, so I think our pre-run rituals and experience are paying off. Thanks to Vicki and Missy for being there with us. - Micki Lagrou
August 22 - 23, 2003 E.G.G.R.C. 8-22 Tessa Nov. P 1st place, CLEAN RUN 8-23 Kluwe Nov. P 1st place, CLEAN RUN 8-23 Tessa Nov. P Q'd - Cathy Horrocks
June, 2003 At the Lacey NADAC trial in June, Wendell got his zoomies out in the first few runs then had some nice efforts. In the first 2 standard runs on Saturday it was utter chaos with Wendell deciding I had messed up quite enough and he would now proceed to wow the crowd with fast laps of the course. The judge was not amused. Later on Saturday we had fantastic clean runs in both Gamblers and Jumpers. On Sunday, we had a very nice clean run on the first Standard course, but going backwards on the course for the second run was a little more confusing. I got a little ahead of him at the ramp and he decided to not stick his landing. Jumpers and Gamblers were a bit more of the same with dog and handler scattered and a little tired. This being only our second trial, we had a nice showing and hope more experience will help teach us to stay focused. - Micki Lagrou
June 23, 2002 - August 23, 2003 Catching up with Pinot! Mt. High's Vintage Pinot Gris Agility Awards AKC Events – 16" Show Class/Level Score Place Date Boston Terrier Club Novice A JWW 100 1st 6-23-02 WA State Obedience (WSOTC) Novice A JWW 92 2nd 7-13-02 Seattle Kennel Club Novice A Standard 100 1st 2-1-03 Seattle Kennel Club Novice A JWW (NAJ) 90 1st 2-2-03 Evergreen Golden Retriever Novice B Standard 95 1st 6-14-03 Evergreen Golden Retriever Novice B Standard (NA) 100 1st 6-15-03 Pinot completed her NA, NAJ, OA, OAJ titles in 2003. NADAC Events – 16" Rainier Agility Novice A Standard 10 1st 6-21-03 Rainier Agility Gamblers (70 points) 10 1st 6-21-03 Rainier Agility Novice A Standard 5 1st 6-22-03
May 25, 2003-July 4, 2003 Catching up with Kluwe! 5/25 American Belgian Tervuren Club -Nov P JWW 3rd place( his first trial!) 6/21 NADAC - Nov Jumpers 2nd place 10 points ( clean Run) 7/4 Evergreen Afghan Hound Club- Nov P Std 4th place Cathy Horrocks
April 20, 2003-July 4, 2003 Catching up with Tessa! 4/20 B.T.C.A.- Nov. JWW 2nd place 6/22 NADAC - Nov Jumpers 10 points ( clean Run) 7/4 Evergreen Afghan Hound Club- Open Std 3rd place Cathy Horrocks
Sept. 14-15, 2002 After a few month break from agility shows, Jonathan came back with style this weekend at the Bell-Vernon Agility Trials in Oak Harbor. He earned his second and third legs in Open Standard for his Open title with two first places. Saturday's run was clean with a time of 44.17 seconds on a STC course time of 73 seconds (3.67 yards per second on a 162 yard course). Only one other dog in the entire trial on Saturday was faster (3.75 yards per second). On Sunday Jonathan threw in an extra jump, but still managed to place first with a score of 95 and a time of 46.1 on a STC course time of 76 seconds (3.65 yards per second on a 168 yard course). Jonathan also earned his second leg of his Novice Jumpers with Weaves title, with a second place and a clean run, with a time of 26.85 seconds on a STC course of 42 seconds. Thanks to Kathy Lang for giving me such a thorough understanding of obedience training, which has definitely contributed to our continued success in the agility ring. ~ Rita Williams
August 24, 2002 In our first trial, Wendell (Belgian Dingbat) earned his first Novice A Standard leg with a nice first place ribbon (0 course faults, 2.0 time faults -- do you believe it?) on a very challenging course (only 3 qualifiers at 20 inches). He also did very well in tunnellers and jumpers where he had a non-qualifying second place. ~ Micki Lagrou
July 28, 2002 Alex OA OAJ CGC (Shetland Sheepdog) finished his AKC Open Jumpers with Weaves Agility title at the Northwest Bearded Collie Club of Puget Sound agility trial at Enumclaw High School, Enumclaw, WA. He earned a second place in his height group with a score of 95 and a time of 33 sec (course time allowed was 43 seconds). So now he will be competing in both Excellent A Standard and Excellent A JWW. ~ Pauline Cramer
July 20 & 21, 2002 Cascade UKC Agility Trial, Longview WA. Pretzel and Marcia finished their AG I and AG II titles in 6 straight Q runs. UKC agility has some weird obstacles but it rewards teams who are accurate and consistent. The rules for handlers are stiff and result in points off!! There will be another UKC trial this October in Gig Harbor. ~ Marcia MacDonald
July 13 & 14, 2002 & July 27 & 28, 2002 The Elkhound Agility brags update: WSOTC Agility Trial Jul 14, 2002 Shadow Novice B JWW - 1st leg - 1st Place Jul 13, 2002 Bonnet Open JWW - 2nd leg - 4th Place NW Bearded Collie Club Agility Trial Jul 27, 2002 Shadow Novice B JWW - 2nd leg - 3rd Place Jul 28, 2002 Shadow Novice B Standard - 1st leg - 2nd Place Jul 28, 2002 Bonnet Open Standard - 3rd leg - 2nd Place Jul 28, 2002 Shadow Novice B JWW - 3rd leg - 3rd Place Three Qualifying scores in the same day and Bonnet's JWW was sooooooo close it hurt, almost four Q's. I am so proud of my puppies even if they are geriatrics. Am. Can. Int'l Ch. Eventyr's Reigning Shadow, CDX, NAJ, CGC (not to mention the UKC and Canadian Obedience titles) Am. Can. Int'l Ch. Eventyr's You Wear It Well, CDX, OA, NAJ, CGC (not to mention the UKC and Canadian Obedience titles) ~ Steve Horton
July 13 & 14, 2002 Bronz'n (Belgian Tervuren) finished his Novice Agility title at the WSOTC trials in Shoreline! ~ Mary Berry
July 13 & 14, 2002 Kiri (Golden Retriever) at the WSOTC trials in Shoreline - New Novice Standard title and 1st place with a perfect score! ~ Marcia MacDonald
July 4, 2002 Pretzel - MX leg and 1 MACH point! ~ Marcia MacDonald
July 4, 2002 Today in Roy, Jonathan earned his first Open standard leg with a first place and score of 95 and time of 46.1 on the 72 second course. He also earned his first Novice Jumpers leg with a first place and a score of 100 with a time of 21 seconds on a 41 second course (114 yards). That's an incredible 5.2875 yards per second! Could Jonathan be MACH material??? ~ Rita Williams
June 23, 2002 First ever qualifying agility score: Novice A JWW at Roy. First place, score of 100! ~ Kim Wiklof & Pinot (Miniature Schnauzer)
June 23, 2002 Alex OA NAJ CGC finished his AKC Open Standard Agility title at the Boston Terrier Club of America trial at Oakwood Arena, Roy, WA. He earned a first place in his height group with a score of 95 and a time of 46.19 sec (course time allowed was 58 seconds). He ran 3.18 yards/sec on a 147 yard course. ~ Pauline Cramer
June 22-23, 2002 What a great weekend of agility! It was like a party with music for walk thrus and a judge with a great sense of humor! The roof kept us in cool shade all day and the dogs loved it. Pretzel got anonther MX leg in Standard with 2 MACH points and I was able to run her. Congratulations to all who had a successful weekend! ~ Marcia MacDonald & Pretzel (Golden Retriever)
June 22-23, 2002 At the BTCWW trials in Roy on Saturday: Tyler double Q'd in Open, earning his second standard leg & 2nd place with a clean run, and he finished his Open JWW title with 2nd place. Journey earned his second Novice standard leg with 1st place and a clean run. Keeper had moments of brilliance, interspersed with moments of being an easily distracted Belgian Sheepdog. Oh well! On Sunday: Tyler finished his Open standard title with 2nd place and a clean run, so he is now formally known as CH Lorjen Double Entendre' UD OA OAJ. Our Excellent jumpers debut was quite respectable AND I DID NOT GET LOST :~) ! Keeper double Q'd today with dual first places. Her Novice JWW score was 100 and well under course time. Her Novice standard score was 95 (due to an overran jump) and well under time. Keeper now has 2 legs in Novice standard and 1 leg in Novice jumpers. Journey didn't qualify today, but I learned more about handling him and our training weaknesses. To date, Journey has 2 Novice standard legs, 0 JWW legs. Lots to work on before the 4th of July trial! ~ Kathy Lang PS: My favorite part of the trials? The great oldies & disco music played during walk-thru's. It really got people up & moving and helped relax us. Music should be a standard part of all trials!
June 22-23, 2002 Hi, well we tried our hand at our first NADAC trial this weekend in Lacey. We took 2nd place in the regular 2 class on Sunday 6/23. Kona was so jealous of all of Tessa's ribbons he decided to give it his best shot! With the extremely hot weather this weekend and my lack of sleep from GRADUATION and board exams for veterinary technology, I think we did great!! I have a great picture to send but I need to learn how to use my new scanner! ~ Cheryl Bednar PS: Thank you Cathy Horrocks for your great teaching, all your support, and most of all your company this weekend. And thank you Tessa for giving me the strength I needed and being a great buddy! (show off :)! ~ Kona!!
June 22-23, 2002 I did the NADAC Agility trial in Lacey this weekend. Tessa (GSD) earned her novice standard title in 3 straight runs (in NADAC you can do 2 runs a day). Saturday run 1: 1st place...45.85 sec...a clean run. Saturday run 2: 4th place...53.71 sec...a clean run (our time was slow, she was doing great but I was hot and tired).
June 15-16, 2002 At the EGGRC AKC agility trials, my black dogs did the following: Keeper - First leg in Novice Standard, clean run, 100 points, well under course time and FIRST PLACE! (This was her debut weekend, too! Although she didn't Q in her other runs, each one got better and by this run we really felt like a team!) Tyler - Second leg in Open Jumpers with Weaves. It was a BEAUTIFUL clean run, just 4 seconds over course time, resulting in a score of 92. Tyler also came so very close in his other Open classes this weekend...some handler errors and some dog focus errors. Oh well...on to next weekend! Journey - First leg in Novice Standard and FOURTH PLACE! (This was his debut, too! Although Journey didn't Q in his other runs, he also got better & better, which means he acted less & less like a schipperke!) ~ Kathy Lang
June 8, 2002 Alex NA NAJ CGC (Shetland Sheepdog) got his second leg in Open Standard at the Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers Agility Trials at the Western Washington Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA. He earned a second place with a score of 95. ~ Pauline Cramer
June 8, 2002 Jonathan earned his third leg (2nd place) and title in Novice standard at the Puyallup show. I was going to enjoy being a "Novice A" handler again--boy was that short-lived! On to Open in July! ~ Rita Williams
May 25-26, 2002 Milargo Make It So Jonathan UD (Jonathan) had a very nice debut in the Agility ring, earning first places for two Novice A Standard legs. On Saturday he had a score of 90 with a time of 39 seconds (on a 73 standard course time), the second fastest time of all novice standard dogs. On Sunday he had a score of 100 with a time of 37 seconds (on a 71 second course) for the fastest time of all novice standard dogs. Thanks to John Cramer (Alex's dad) for the great pictures! ~ Rita Williams
May 25, 2002 Alex NA NAJ CGC got his second leg in Open Jumpers with Weaves at the Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club agility trial at Frontier Park, Graham, WA. He earned a first place with a perfect score of 100 and a time of 34 sec (course time allowed was 41 seconds). ~ Pauline Cramer
May 25, 2002 U-CD Tash's Kontessa Kan Do, NA, HIC: Tessa did do! Tessa finished her NA title at the ESSSC trial on May,25-2002 with a second place. ~ Cathy Horrocks
May 4, 2002 Alex NA, NAJ, CGC, Shetland Sheepdog earned his first leg in AKC Open Jumpers with Weaves, placing 3rd in his group (with me handling) at the Sno-King Agility Club trials at the Argus Ranch, Auburn, Washington. ~Pauline Cramer.
May 4, 2002 Heidi, the wonder dog, earned her title in Nov. A Standard with a score of 95, today at the Sno-King Agility trial in Auburn. She also earned her title in Nov. A JWW, with a score of 100 and the FASTEST time of all dogs with a time of 20.33, course time allowed was 34. WHEW! and UH-OH that means we have to move up!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHH! ~ Christine Moorman
March 30, 2002 Alex NA, NAJ, CGC, Shetland Sheepdog got his first leg in AKC Open Standard agility, placing 1st in his group at the Ephrata/Moses Lake Kennel Club agility trials at Moses Lake, WA. ~ Pauline Cramer.
March 23-24, 2002 Mica, Australian Shepherd, qualified in 3 out of 4 runs and placed twice at the Boston Terrier trials. Mica qualified in Open standard on Saturday, Q'd and placed 3rd on Sunday. Mica also Q'd and placed 2nd in Open Jumpers on Sunday with a CLEAN RUN (in the rain, no less!). ~ Ginny Clein
March 23, 2002 Heidi, Doberman Pinscher, took 1st place in Nov. A Standard at the Boston Terrier Club trial in Roy. She was the only dog in her division to Q! ~ Christine Moorman
March 23, 2002 Alex, NA, NAJ, CGC (Shetland Sheepdog) finished his Novice Jumpers with Weaves title with a 3rd place at the Boston Terrier Club trial in Roy. ~ Pauline & John Cramer
March 2-3, 2002 Howdy!! Hey, we seem to be missing some brags here!! Kona took second in Novice JWW on Saturday and third in Novice Standard at Enumclaw for his title on Sunday, March 2 & 3 I think...whenever Enumclaw was :-) ~ Cheryl Bednar!
March 2, 2002 Alex (Shetland Sheepdog) earned 1st place in Novice B JWW at the Chuckanut DTA Trials in Bellingham. ~ Pauline & John Cramer
February 3, 2002 Alex NA, CGC, Shetland Sheepdog, double Q'd at the Seattle Kennel Club/Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club agility trials at Seattle. He finished his AKC NA (Novice Standard Agility) title qualifying with 2ndplacement, and he also earned a 1st place in Novice A Jumpers with Weaves. ~ Pauline & John Cramer
Feb. 2, 2002 Kona, Border Collie, earned 2nd place in Novice A Standard at Seattle Kennel Club's trials. ~ Cheryl Bednar
Feb. 2, 2002 Heidi, Doberman Pinscher, earned 1st place in Novice A Jumpers (with a clean run) and 3rd place in Novice A Standard at the Seattle Kennel Club trials. ~ Christine Moorman
Jan. 12-13, 2002 Mica, Australian Shepherd, finished her Novice Standard and Novice Jumpers titles at the Puyallup trials, earning 3rd & 4th places in two classes. We got 2 titles in 2 trials...pretty awesome! We couldn't have done it without the support and guidance of our teacher, Cathy Horrocks! We got so many ribbons we needed help from our classmates to hold them all for the photo! ~ Ginny Clein & Mica, NA, NAJ, CGC
Jan. 12-13, 2002Heidi, Doberman Pinscher, earned 1st place in Novice A Jumpers at the Puyallup trials. ~ Christine Moorman
Jan. 12, 2002 Kona, Border Collie, earned 2nd place in Novice Standard at the Puyallup trials. ~ Cheryl Bednar
Jan 11-13, 2002 Alex CGC, Shetland Sheepdog, got the first two legs of his AKC Novice Standard Agility title, earning a 1st and a 4th placement, at the Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers agility trials. ~ Pauline & John Cramer
Dec. 30, 2001 Pretzel, Golden Retriever, finished her AX (Agility Excellent title - AKC) on Dec. 30, 2001 at the Boston Terrier Club's Trial in Elma. She also earned her first MX (Master's Agility Excellent) leg. ~ Marcia MacDonald
Dec. 28, 2001 Ch. Eventyr's You Wear It Well, CDX, NAJ "Bonnet" (Norwegian Elkhound) earned her Novice Jumpers title at the Elma Agility Trials. ~ Steve Horton
Nov. 25, 2001 Tash's Kontessa Kan Do, German Shepherd, earned 1st place in Novice Standard and high in class at the Boston Terrier Club trials. ~ Cathy Horrocks
Nov. 23-24, 2001 Mica, Australian Shepherd, earned a 4th & 2nd place in Novice Jumpers, plus a 2nd place in Novice Standard, at the Boston Terrier Club trials. ~ Ginny Clein
Sept. 15, 2001 Tash's Kontessa Kan Do, German Shepherd, earned 1st place in Novice Standard with a clean run at the Bell-Vernon Agility Trial. ~ Cathy Horrocks