Obedience

12-17-16 Congratulations to Barb and her two PWDS today.  Trio (Helen x Orion) finished her Novice Obedience title (CD) with a 1st place finish.  Sawyer (Helen x Pepin) competed in Rally Advanced and earned his 1st leg with a score of 97.  Way to go!

Agility

12-10-16 Hounds for the Holidays is a 4 day agility trial in Milwaukee every December.  Maliboo went 4 for 5 in her two days of competing, getting a triple Q one day, and was 1 for 2 the other day.  After finishing his Open titles earlier this month, Smolder picked up two Excellent Jumpers With Weaves legs with 1st and 2nd place finishes, and his first Excellent Standard leg with a 1st place. 

Smolder and Maliboo sporting their ribbons

Smolder’s brother Furface was also there this year.  He and Gale usually compete in CPE (Canine Performance Events) agility, but came out for 2 days of this show.  By the end, they had earned 5 out of 6 first Place Q’s to pick up their Novice Standard and Novice FAST titles, and missed the 3rd title with one dropped bar. Maliboo and her “Fire” litter boys were smokin’ hot!

Rally

11-25-16 After a nearly year-long break, we decided to compete in Rally again.  Margaret picked up her 3rd leg - earning her Rally Novice title - and Journey got her first Q in Rally Advanced.  Better than Black Friday shopping!

Performance

Summer/fall 2016 Marshview dogs were busy in areas other than water! Smolder got his Coursing Ability title (CA-lure coursing) in August 2016, and his Rally Novice title (RN) in September.  Go Smolder and Julie!

Smolder with Lure Coursing ribbons

Barb was busy with both of her Marshview dogs.  In June, Sawyer (on the right, with Trio) got his Rally Novice title.

Barb and Trio earned 2 qualifying obedience runs toward their Companion Dog (CD) title in the same weekend.  What a team!

Water 2016

Marshview had a few water titlists this year.  In August, Balooga got both his Junior Water Dog certificate (JWD) and his Apprentice Water Dog title (AWD).

Balooga's Junior Water Dog 8/14/16 in MN

Balooga's AWD a week later 8/21/16 at RecPlex

Watching the water dogs with Margaret and Erin in Noblesville

Margaret got her Apprentice Water Dog title 9/11/16

Agility/Obedience

Oct. 15-16, 2016.  Two Marshview dogs reached new levels this weekend:
Smolder earned titles in both Novice Standard Agility and Novice Jumpers over the summer. In Fond du Lac this Sunday he got his first leg in Open Standard, with a 2nd Place finish!

Meanwhile, 9 year old Trio earned her first 2 legs toward her Obedience CD title, on consecutive days.  Great achievements for both these dogs and their owners.

National Specialty'16

PWDCA National Specialty, Monterey, CA September 2016. The plan was to go to the Specialty without any dogs, and just enjoy the show.  However, at the last minute, we decided to send Baby Balooga (now in the 9-12 month class).  So glad we did!  He won both the 9-23 Sweepstakes class under Ilona Griffioen-vanBeek...and the regular 9-12 class under judge Edd Bivin.

 

In addition, Ava x Mister pup Bogey was there and placed in his class as well.  Many congratulations to owner Judy James, and her daughter (and handler) Sarah Whetzel.  Altogether a fun and exciting time at the Specialty!