Standards Rally on at Sit Happens!

Congratulations are in order for Sylvia Howard and standard poodles, Julie and Oscar.
They attended the Sit Happens! WCR trial this weekend.

Julie Q’d on 11 out of 12 runs!
She  had a knocked jump bar which NQ’d the team  on a Level 2 run.  Julie  received 3 QQ’s towards her ARCHEX.  The best part was that Julie was happy and up all weekend and so we both had a lot of fun.
Julie’s scores for the weekend were  208/210, 201/210, 195/210, 200/210, 207/210, 205/210, 202/210, 206/210, 207/210, 200/210, and 200/210.

  Oscar earned his Rally Level 1 Title and a Q towards his Level 2, with a  4th place score of 185.  He had some trouble with his downs but his focus and heeling was pretty good.

Sylvia is one very happy Rally enthusiast.

Congratulations, Sylvia.  All that hard work is paying off!

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Congratulations in Order

Today at the Red Deer show Nikki and Sophie finished Sophie's RAE in style with 97/100 in Advanced and 94/100 in Excellent Rally!
Congrats!!

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Brags from our Members and their Versatile Dogs

NEWS FLASH!!!

Tubby and Neo passed the American DD test!!! Another title Stateside for this team. 

TAnyone who reads this blog understands how versatile our members' dogs are. We are blessed to have members who compete in many different events because we always seem to have a 'go to' person when new members wish to get involved in dog sports.

Several of our members have Draft Dogs and most of us owe our start to Tubby Miller, who has shared his expertise and mentored many of us from the first day to our first competition and first titles.

On September 27th, 2014, Neo, RainCoast How Deep Is Your Love,  CD. DD.  Am. CD., owned and handled by Tubby Miller of Calgary, attended the Draft Dog Tests in Tappen, British Columbia, coming away with his Canadian Draft Dog Title under judges Phil Chagnon, Paul Bagnall, and Lea Doane. 

 The Draft test requires the dog to pass three separate exercises.  Failing to complete even one of them fails the dog entirely.  Congratulations, Tubby and Neo on this Title and we have fingers crossed that you come home from the Washington with an American DD as well.
 

Another of our members, Denise McKay, from Fernie, B.C., travelled all the way to Topeka, Kansas with her Dobermans, Spanx and Jagged, to compete at the Nationals in Agility and Rally Obedience competition.

In agility, Spanx finished her Novice JWW title and got a T2B Qualifying score with a 3rd place and 8 pts. her first time ever in that class.

Jagged got a T2B Qualifying score with a 2nd place and 9 points. She ran fast and happy as always!

In the Rally Obedience ring, Spanx picked up a 4th place in Rally Novice B with a 96 her first time ever in rally competition.

Jagged, not to be outdone, not only got her first Qualifying score in Rally Novice B but she did it with a perfect score of 100, the only 100/100 at the Nationals competing with Dobermans.

Congratulations, Denise. It certainly made the long trip worth it.

Great Falls Dog show results.

          
           Judi, Joan, and Tubby after the Novice B Rally Class August 30th with judge Betty Winthers. We are missing Carol and Maureen in this shot.
       
On August 30 and 31st, Joan, Tubby, Carol, Maureen, Darryl and I travelled to Great Falls, Montana, entered in their 2014 Rally and Obedience trials.
                       What a weekend!!! 
I hope I get this right.  Everyone won so many classes, our heads were spinning!

A High in Class obedience run with Neo, which gave him his new American CD!

A High in Trial obedience run with Hank, which gave him his new American CD.

Three Q's in Rally Novice B for Cagney, to give her an American RN title.

An American Rally Excellent title and High in Class for Emily in spite of a pretty nasty bang on her knee going over the jump.

Four High in Novice B Rally scores (two of them Perfect Scores) with Castle which gained him his American RN title and ended up being good enough to win the High Rally Aggregate and $80 U.S. with 398/400.

Four Q's in Novice B rally, one of them a  perfect score for Drummer which gave him his American RN title with a combined score of 395/400.

Three Q's with both Dani and Szuree, one of them a perfect score, to give them both their American RN titles after which they both qualified in the Advanced Rally class to gain a leg each towards the Advanced title.

High in Class awards for Levi to gain her American Rally Excellent title and then two Pairs towards her American RAE which gave her the High Combined Rally Award.  

We thank the Great Falls Dog Training Club for their hard work in putting on this very successful trial. Your extra touch in providing dog toys for 1-4 placing dogs, your silent auction, and your raffle gifts gave everyone so much enjoyment.

Maureen came away with three prizes from the raffle and I was lucky enough to pick up a shepherd size Guardian soft crate for $40.00.
 
Everyone came home safe and sound despite the horrific winds all the way from Great Falls to Calgary.

Darryl & I  stayed in our Open Range trailer right  at the Expo Park and were lucky to be on the asphalt for full hook-ups and a very quiet area, thanks to Ron Green, the president of the Air Stream Trailer group who adopted us and gave us a spot next to their function.   

The venue was spacious and very quiet. Rows of chairs were set out for spectators and the show ran absolutely flawlessly, thanks to a dedicated crew of volunteers.

Castlegar and Cranbrook Scent Hurdle results

Due South members,
   Here is an update on your dog's points based on the August races in BC.

Julie    470 pts.  Needs 30 more to gain her SHDM title.
Betty   555 pts.  Now can apply for her SHDM title.
Castle 160 pts.  Now can apply for his SHDX title.
Sporty 255 pts. Now can apply for his SHDCh. title
Drum   910 pts. Needs 70 more to gain his SHDMX title.
Max     240 pts.  Needs 10 more to gain his SHDCh. title
Kona   605 pts.  Now can apply for her SHDM title
Jagged 540 pts. Now can apply for her SHDM title.


Congratulations, everybody.  Unless I hear differently, our next race should be at Lethbridge in November. By then we will have the Cowley Hall in place for indoor practice. 

By the way, our Cranbrook blended team managed a 39.78 second run.
And we came in FIRST!  My goodness,  first!!! We almost fell over.
What a rush!

Results of the CKC Herding Trials at Pincher Creek

RESULTS FROM HERDING

High in Trial: SHADOWBAR'S PARDON MY DUST German Shepherd

Reserve High in Trial: BLUETRIX REMINGTON RANCH HAND Cardigan

High in Trial: WINDMAR'S FANDANGO Belgian Shepherd 

Reserve High in Trial: BLUETRIX REMINGTON RANCH HAND

High in Trial: KARAB'S SHOWGIRL Shetland Sheepdog

Reserve High in Trial SHADOWBAR'S PARDON MY DUST German Shepherd

High in Trial: BLUETRIX REMINGTON RANCH HAND Cardigan

Reserve High in Trial" SHADOWBAR'S PARDON MY DUST

Scent Hurdle Results From AKC

So proud of our Due South scent hurdle team! Two days of racing at the Alberta Kennel Club Dog Show boosted our points and had some of the dogs gain new titles.

Here is an explanation of how many points a dog needs to obtain any title.

50 pts.                  Scent Hurdle Dog    SHD
100 pts.                Scent Hurdle Dog Excellent  SHDX
250pts.                 Scent Hurdle Dog Champion  SHDCH
500 pts.                Scent Hurdle Dog Masters  SHDM
1000 pts.              Scent Hurdle Dog Master's Excellent SHDMX
1500 pts.              Scent Hurdle Dog Master's Excellent silver  SHDMX-S
2000pts.               Scent Hurdle Dog Master's Excellent gold    SHDMX-G
2500 pts.              Scent Hurdle Dog Master's Champion       SHDMCH
3000pts.               Scent Hurdle Dog Master's Grand Master's Champion  SHDGMCH

Congratulations to all the handlers and dogs on the Due South Team. Here are your current points.

Dog #1       410 points
Dog #2       605 points
Dog #3       540 points
Dog #5       520 points
Dog #7       125 points
Dog # 10    255 points
Dog #11     885 points
Dog #12     240 points

Good luck to all the dogs and handlers attending the BC shows in the next two weeks.

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