Dog Sports & Competition
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Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debut
Read more: Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debutTruffle 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
Read more: CPE agility at American K9 Country: Russet, Truffle, and Peach’s June weekendAmerican 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…
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A Fun Weekend at CPE Agility
Read more: A Fun Weekend at CPE AgilityEveryone played excellently at this weekend’s CPE trial at All Dogs Gym, and I’m proud of the whole crew. We had a few bouts of refusal weirdness causing NQs, but the dogs recovered well and finished strong even on the runs they didn’t qualify on. Peach had her best focus yet, with zero zoomies (which,…
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Russet Finishes his Level 1 Agility Title
Read more: Russet Finishes his Level 1 Agility TitleRusset had some big feelings to work through today at American K9 Country, his first time at the venue. He also eked out the Q he needed to finish his CPE Level 1 Specialist title. Proud of you, buddy! He got to pick the tab for his ribbon, and naturally, he picked his favorite color,…
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Truffle’s first Level 5 Q, and a lesson in knowing when to stop
Read more: Truffle’s first Level 5 Q, and a lesson in knowing when to stopWe had a rocky start this morning at the All Dogs Gym CPE agility trial. However, after a couple of NQs, my little duo got better and better as the day went on! Truffle got her very first Q in level 5 Wildcard and capped off the day with a beautifully smooth Snooker run. Russet…
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Truffle Earns her Level 1 Agility Title
Read more: Truffle Earns her Level 1 Agility TitleAt our final CPE agility trial of the year, Truffle got the last Q she needed to finish her level 1 CPE title. True to form, she also made many new human friends and posed for about a million photos. Standard 1S: QColors 2S: QWildcard 3S: Q Many thanks to Cindy Telley of Pet Art…
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Three Titles in Two Days for Peach
Read more: Three Titles in Two Days for PeachPeach ran her second-ever agility trial at Canine New England on Saturday and qualified in all four runs to come home with two titles: ACT1 and ACT1J. We’d tried an AKC ACT event earlier in the year, and it turned out that she wasn’t ready, but a few more months of maturity made all the…
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A Perfect Day for Truffle
Read more: A Perfect Day for TruffleTruffle had a perfect day at CPE agility, hosted by Riverside Canine in Nashua. I’m especially proud of her first-ever qualifying run in Jackpot, a game where you have to send the dog to a sequence of obstacles from a distance. We’re getting there!
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Truffle earns her ACT1 title
Read more: Truffle earns her ACT1 titlePending AKC approval, Truffle is now officially Every Day I’m Trufflin’ ACT1 ACT2J CGCA TKI FITS. We had two runs today at New England K9 Athlete. One was pretty smooth. One was hilariously chaotic; she spotted Dad filming and went on a dramatic detour to go see him. Luckily, we only needed one Q to…
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Truffle and Russet’s First Agility Trial
Read more: Truffle and Russet’s First Agility TrialBig agility weekend! On Saturday, Truffle and Russet went to their very first pre-novice trial at Canine New England. Truffle went on a zoomies side quest in her first ACT1 standard run and NQ’ed, but came back strong to win her class in the second run. Pending AKC approval, she titled in ACT1 jumpers and ACT2…
Latest news
- Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debut
- CPE agility at American K9 Country: Russet, Truffle, and Peach’s June weekend
- A Fun Weekend at CPE Agility
- Russet Finishes his Level 1 Agility Title
- Truffle’s first Level 5 Q, and a lesson in knowing when to stop
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