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Peach takes Best of Breed and a Total Dog award at her third UKC show
Peach packed a lot into one Saturday. United Dog Sports of Northern New England held its annual fall show at Raitt Homestead Farm Museum in Eliot, Maine, and Peach spent the day bouncing between the coursing field and the conformation ring. By the end of it she had a Best of Breed win, her first…
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Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debut
Truffle and I recently attended our very first AKC scentwork trial, hosted by the North Shore Kennel Club at the Topsfield Fairgrounds on July 18 and 19. Spoiler: we came home with five Q ribbons, a handful of rookie mistakes, and a dog who is apparently a scentwork dog now. Let me back up. How…
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CPE agility at American K9 Country: Russet, Truffle, and Peach’s June weekend
American K-9 Country in Amherst, NH is not a gentle agility venue for a green dog. With two levels, a viewing and kenneling mezzanine where riled-up dogs come and go, and a wraparound mural of dogs and agility equipment covering every wall of the arena, it is a LOT to take in. Russet had been…