Courses from Keeshond Club of Southern California
Last weekend I had the chance to judge agility for the Keeshond Club of Southern California. It was a nice trial with beautiful weather and really hard working club members. Here are the courses from the trial.
Retirement and Career Changes
A performance dog can do many activities in their lifetime, especially now when there are so many sports to choose. It’s not really possible to do “all the things” at the same time with the same dog anymore, at least not on a higher level. This might mean that a dog...
Therapy Dog Muse’s Retirement
The last reading program visit of the school year was a little sad for us- it was Muse’s last visit as a working therapy dog. She’s fine, but at 14 it’s become clear that she doesn’t really have the stamina for visits anymore, so we decided a few months ago that she...
York County Dog Training Club Agility Trial
This week I had the opportunity to judge the York County Dog Training Club's agility trial at Bella Vista Training Center. It was a fun 2 days watching some really nice run. Here are the maps from the trial.
Bee’s Story
May 1 is National Purebred Dog Day, a day set aside to celebrate the wide range of sizes, shapes, and personalities of purebred dogs. It’s important to remember that behind every well bred purebred dog is a breeder who planned the breeding, supported a bitch through...
Princeton Dog Training Club Novice- Open Trial
Yesterday I judged a novice-open agility trial for Princeton Dog Training Club. These smaller trials are a great introduction to agility competition for dog and handler teams. Offering only the lower level classes makes for a slower pace and more opportunities to...
Alice’s First Detective Q
Detective is the highest level of AKC Scent Work Competition. There is a large indoor/ outdoor search area, unlimited distractions, and an unknown number of hides that might be anywhere. At the PBGV National Specialty, Alice earned her first qualifying score in...
Wally
CH C-SNITCH Skycastle Waldhorn of Gebeba VCD1 RE MX MXJ T2B SWM SHDE PCSH CGCA TKP CCSS-LEX August 21, 2011- March 19, 2026 It was time to say goodbye to our sweet silly boy with the awesome nose. Wally came to us as an unplanned addition, the stud fee puppy...
Train Foundation Skills- and then Train Them Some More
As a dog trainer, I often get requests from students wanting to skip ahead in the training program. Sometimes they’ve done classes someplace else, sometimes there are other reasons, but as a rule this is never a good idea In fact, I spend far more time working on...
CH MACH Ginny!
Last weekend we figured out the right spell to break the 19.5 QQ curse! My sensitive tunnel loving girl earned her 20th QQ under Laura Kuterbach so she is now CH MACH Clancy’s Mischief Managed BN RE MXB MJS MXF T2B SWE SCM SBM SHDE FCAT PCSH CGCU TKA. I think it’s...