Truffle
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Patience pays off: Truffle earns her first two Scent Work titles
Read more: Patience pays off: Truffle earns her first two Scent Work titlesThe day after a full day of CPE agility, Truffle and I drove up to Meredith, New Hampshire, for the Lakes Region Kennel Club’s AKC Scent Work trial on September 26. A week earlier, she’d won Exterior at Saccarappa. This time we came home with her first two Scent Work titles: Novice Exterior (SEN) and…
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Three months later: back at American K-9 Country for CPE agility
Read more: Three months later: back at American K-9 Country for CPE agilityWe took the day off work on Friday, September 25, to play CPE agility at American K-9 Country, our first trial in three months. The last time we were in this building, back in June, Peach was stressed in the ring, Truffle had a scare on the teeter, and Russet carried the weekend. This time,…
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From the pee cone to the podium: Truffle’s Scent Work Exterior win
Read more: From the pee cone to the podium: Truffle’s Scent Work Exterior winTwo months ago, Truffle got excused from her very first Exterior search for peeing on a spot another dog had already marked. On September 19, at the Saccarappa Obedience Club’s AKC Scent Work trial in Westbrook, Maine, she won the Exterior class. Out of 18 dogs. In ten seconds. Exterior: ten seconds and a lesson…
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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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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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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…
Latest news
- Patience pays off: Truffle earns her first two Scent Work titles
- Three months later: back at American K-9 Country for CPE agility
- From the pee cone to the podium: Truffle’s Scent Work Exterior win
- Peach takes Best of Breed and a Total Dog award at her third UKC show
- Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debut
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