Congratulations to the New CGC Qualifiers

Saturday, November 17; what a great turnout for our CGC testing. We cannot say enough about the dedication and love we see from the participants and their dogs. We had 16 test and 13 pass their tests. Did you know that beginning in Jan. '13 you can have the new "title" of CGC put on your dogs records. If you have tested prior to that date you can still get it by filling out the correct paperwork. Talk to us at FDTC.  

Here are our teams that have passed: Adora L & Quincy, Dianna D with Piper & Harli, Jayne W & Otter, Pat T & Kindle, Meg W & Humphrey, Alison W & Haze, Allison S & Dewy, Paula W & Cooper, Lee C & Cooper, Penny W & Callie, Chelsea V & Tesla, Jeannie H & Sophie. Congratulations to you all. This group was amazing and we hope to see you in competitive dog sports in the future. Also in attendence were Nicholis L & Ginger, Pat T & Ellie, and Cindy C & Tess. They were very close to passing; just needing a little more work. We hope to see them in our CGC Workshop that will be after the holidays with a test that will be planned a week later.  

We cannot forget our wonderful volunteers! Wow, you always amaze us with your dedication to making our tests run smoothly. Thank you Jeanne H, Diane D, Jayne W, Adora L, Joanna S and sister Dianna C, Kathie R and Karen B. We hope to see more of you putting the new CGC title on your dogs at our next test!

Take a look at our CGC page for graduation photos.

Congratulations again!  - Denise and Laurie

Back in September, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America held their National Specialty in Portland. Our very own Leslie Weise showed "Piper" is Novice B obedience. Congratulations to the pair for a fantastic win -- 1st place with a score of 196 (just half a point off High in Trial).

Way to go, Leslie & Piper!  

A few weeks ago, Jeanne Haflinger and her yellow lab, Sophie, took their re-certification test (required every 2 years) with Pet Partners (formerly known as Delta Society). The Pet Partners (Delta) testing is considered to be the most rigorous and thorough of all the various therapy dog organizations.

Jeanne and Sophie passed with FLYING COLORS! They've been training with us (home obedience, CGC, therapy, competition obedience & agility) since Sophie was a WILD & CRAZY LITTLE PUPPY, and it's been so rewarding to watch this team develop.

Congratulations!!!  

Follow this link more information about Therapy Dogs and classes at Family Dog. 

Congratulations to our Rally students who recently completed their Rally Novice titles.

 Tina and Emi (right) finished their RN title at the Toy dog specialty with a 97 and 1st place. Way to go !

Starla and Torri went to the Boise, ID show and picked up all 3 legs of their rally novice title with 2 high in trials and scores of 93 and 91. 

We hope everyone had a wonderful time at the K9 Karnival at Steel Park in Federal Way September 22, 2012.

Follow this link to see photos of all the fun at the K9-Karnival

A while back this web site was looking for story ideas, specifically special people in the dog world. I wrote and told them about our very own Janine Prindle and suggested they do an article about her.

Here it is! Best in Show Daily

From Andrea & Stu Hamilton: We just received Sabah's grand champion picture . She is now officially: GCh DC Siphra's Mississippi Queen SC

Sabah earned BOS at Enumclaw and Puppy Najia got BOW for more points!

WOO HOO! CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Ingrida Robinson and Boddington (Polish Lowland Sheepdog) for earning their first UDX leg at the Olympic KC on Saturday!

Thanks to Tina for capturing the "jump finish" action shot!

Huge Congratulations to our newest CD from the Novice A class at Enumclaw. Shireen Stout and Bogey (Mixed Breed) finished their title on Saturday with second place and returned for more ring practice on Sunday where they earned a blue ribbon!

Shireen appreciated all the effort that Olympic Kennel Club put into making the "newbies" feel welcome with special "gift bags" for all the Novice A exhibitors. Bogey is now officially Another Bogey for Bob CGC, RN, BN, CD

I had been waiting to post this fabulous brag so I could include this great photo of Patti Burns with her GSD, Maddie, winning High in Trial at the German Shepherd Specialty (of Oregon) in July with 194 from Novice B. The specialty was in conjunction with the Portland all-breed shows, where Maddie showed two other times that weekend. She was HS GSD at the all-breed shows, placing in all her classes with scores in the 190s!

Way to go, ladies! Maddie is now officially Maddie's Magic Moment CGC CD RA

Congratulations to Diana and Harli who completed their Rally Novice Title August 12, 2012 with a 95 point first place finish. Harli was already a wonderful therapy dog and now is an RN just like Diana. Harli is now Crossfire Harli ThD RN

This is Andrea Hamilton with her Pharoh Hound PUPPY Naija at Portland July 22, 2012. They had a four-point major, WD & BOW -- THEIR FIRST TIME IN THE RING! Woo Hoo and huge CONGRATULATIONS! (Andrea's husband, Stu and "big sister" Sabah went BOS, nearing the completion of their GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP! It's a winning family affair!)

Congratulations to the New CGC Qualifiers

 A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the nine new CGC teams that passed the Canine Good Citizen test at Family Dog on Saturday July 28, 2012. We hope that you continue working with your dogs in new endeavors, from Therapy to Competition Obedience, Rally, Agility and more. 

The nine new CGC qualifiers are: Mark Keys & Ranger (Alaskan Malamute), Linda Miller & Maggie (Golden Retriever), Heather Boustead & Lucille (Mixed Breed), Joanna Smith & Lexi (Schnauzer), Sue Stutzman & Kaiya (Labradoodle), Tina Nakayama & Emi (Papillon), Cheryl Jackson & Colt (Belgian Sheepdog), Mary Stratton & Beau ((Mixed Breed) and Deborah Cox & Pridezion's Dark Elf (Black Labrador). Take a look at our CGC page for their graduation photos. We are so proud of you all!

Also in attendance were: Kim Callis & Makena ((Labrador Retriever) Peggy Steck & CoCo (Chihuahua) Penny Whisler & Callie (German Shepherd) We know that you'll continue to make progress toward your goal of the CGC title with additional training.  You all have wonderful dogs!

 
A huge thank you to our fantastic volunteers who made the test run so smoothly:    Trish Horan, Diana Doolittle, Pat Traughber, Adora Lanphere (FDTC Apprentice) and Barb Vasey (Office Manager)

If you missed taking the CGC Test, or are interested in how we test, we will be doing a CGC Workshop and CGC Test in the fall. Information will be on our website.  

Congratulations again!  - Denise Paquette and Laurie Cottier

Congratulations to Cindy and her Alaskan Malamute "Sam Adams" for going Best Opposite (over a male special) at Bell Vernon. Now they just need a major to finish their championship! Woo Hoo! (Or Woo Woo, in Malamute speak!) /p>

Congratulations to Chelsea and her Klee Kai, Tesla, for their NADAC agility debut on June 23 & 24. They qualified in 5 out of 8 runs -- an amazing accomplishment considering this was only their second weekend of agility! Check out their runs on: YouTube

Congratulations for Linda Bellile, Rhumba and Dancer (left) who attended the May 14-19th Schipperke Club of America National Specialty in Lancaster, PA winning Veteran 12+ bitches with Dancer and placing 4th in 6-9 bitches with Rhumba.

A special congratulations to Scott Eakins and Jackson (right) who completed Jackson's Championship with a Best of Winners in Spokane and are on their way to their grand championship.

Belated congratulations to Theresa Calter and her Corgis.  Marshall (left) finished his Rally Novice title with 99 and first place in 2011. Althea, now MACH2 Afara Althea d'Agincourt CD HASs MXF OAP OJP RN CGC, (right) completed her Novice title with 188 and a 1st place (to go with her other two 2nd places) and Theresa got to realize a dream she had since she was 8 yrs old and went to her first AKC dog show...She put an obedience title on her dog!

Way to go Theresa, Marshall and Althea !

Kathy Lang finished Tory's CD title at the end of February (photo). Since then Tory has added a whole bunch of new titles to his name! At the Puyallup shows he came home with four blue ribbons, the last two legs of his GN, the final leg of his GO and a bonus CD leg.

Tory's official name is now: KAYLAN'S TORRID AFFAIR CD BN GN GO TD RN PT NAP NJP NFP OAP VCD1.

This is a repost with a new photo (Rumor is that Pilot and Mary are on their 9th of 10 leg of their UDX. Go Mary and Pilot!)

Family Dog Senior Instructor, Mary Berry, had a great weekend at the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club shows. Her Belgian Tervuren, Pilot, earned his third Utilty Dog title. He is now AM, CAN, INT′L Ch U-UD Sky Acres Celestial Navigator UD RAE VER CAN UD. To translate, that means he has his AKC, Canadian and International Championships, his AKC, Canadian and UKC UDs and the AKC Rally Advanced Excellent and Versatility titles.

Congratulations Mary & Pilot!

Congratulations to everyone that competed at the German Shepherd Club of Washington State Inc's trial at Carco Park May 12th and 13th.

Ingrida and Boddingtion (on the left) finished their UD title. We think Boddington is only the 3rd Polish lowland sheepdog to earn a Utility Dog title.

Tina and Zues picked up a first place to complete their BN title. Our very own office team Barb and Kadee picked up another leg of their RN title. Way to go everyone!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Anne Seethoff and Gabe (all-american and 11 years old to boot!) for earning their NATCH (agility championship) this weekend at a local NADAC trial. Additional reports coming in from the trial say that lots of Family Dog students did very, very well! Woo Hoo's all around!

Congratulations to the New CGC Qualifiers

March 24, 2012 eleven participants took the AKC CGC test at Family Dog Training Center. Everyone performed the stations with such authority and grace, we could not have been more proud. Most had attended workshops or CGC classes here at FDTC and it paid off.

The seven new CGC qualifiers are: Terri Charlesworth with Ruffi, Aimee Walters with Raylie, Claire Russell with Peyton, Jacki Hurley with Juno, Patricia Horan with Hurley, Sheryl Rogers with Daisy May and Cheryl Small with Neelix. Take a look at our CGC page for their graduation photos.

Also in attendance missing only one station were: Sandy Molano with Trinity, Mark Keys with Ranger, Sue Stutzman with Kaiya and Virgina Concannon with Gryffin.

We would like to thank all those assistants who helped make this test a success: Trish Horan, Mikki Horan, Diana Doolittle, Sarah Hendin, and Leslie and "Addy" the super dog. We hope that this experience spring boards you and your companion to excel in many more new adventures.

Congratulations again,
Denise Pacquette - Senior Instructor
Laurie Cottier - Senior Instructor and CGC Evaluator

Congratulations to everyone that competed in the Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show March 10 and 11th 2012. FDTC had students competing in Conformation, Agility, Obedience and Rally Obedience at this show. www.SeattleKennelClub.org

Here are just some of our entrants and their scores from Saturdays Obedience and Rally competition. Snowy and Tasheena debuted in Open A with a 4th place finish. Kathy L. and Tory had a 1st place in graduate open with a 196, 1st place in Beginner Novice with a 198-1/2 and a new BN title! Mary B. and Pilot in Open B scored 195-1/2 and in Utility B recieved 4th place with a 186-1/2 and her 6th leg toward her UDX! Teresa C and Althea took 1st place in Novice B with a 188 and a new CD title! Laurie C 1st place with Perfect 100 score in Rally Novice A! Tim E 2nd place in Advanced rally with a 94, 2nd place Beginner novice A with a 194 and a new BN title! Barb V Rally Novice A with a 89! Megan M Rally Novice A with a 92! Veronica Rally Novice B with a 95, and 2nd place in Beginner novice B with a 195 and a new BN title! Karen E Beginner Novice A with a 183-1/2! Adora Beginner Novice A with 175! Shireen Rally Novice A with a 97, and Beginner Novice A with a 180-1/2! Cheryl J. Rally Novice B with a 93 Beginner Novice A with a 186-1/2! Amy R Rally Novice B with a 92, and Beginning Novice B with a 190!

On Sunday FDTC students continued competing in Obedience and Rally competion. Kathy L, 2nd place with a 194-1/2 in Novice B, 1st place with 196-1/2 in Beginning Novice. Mary B, Utility 187 4th place and Open 191-1/2, and her 7th UDX leg! only 3 more to go!! Yumi J, 2nd place in Grad novice with Topper! Stephanie, 82 Rally Advance with Chrystal!  Preston was in Rally Novice and I didn't catch the score there! Adora had a 185 in Beginning Novice! This was Adora's 1st show and she now has 2 legs toward her Beginning novice title! Cheryl J had a 181 Beginning Novice and 96 Rally Novice!  Shireen 4th place in Beg Nov with 189-1/2, and Rally Novice with a 83! Laurie 1st place in Rally Novice A with 95!  This was also Laurie's 1st show and she now has 2 legs toward her title with 2 1st places! 

Be sure to check out the slide show Shireen's friend Belva made Shireen, Bogey and Friends SKC slideshow 

The Family Dog Dancers Demo Team. Yumi, Kathy K., Jeannie and Fran performed in front of a large group of spectators at the Seattle Kennel Club. There were a few comical moments on Saturday when some of our dogs, mine included, looked at all the faces lining the perimeter of the ring and either became a bit self-conscious or thought about going to visit. To their credit, they quickly got back into the dance with us and happily finished the routine. On Sunday we were able to get into the ring to walk through the routine before the demo started, which helped us orient our choreography to the size and shape of the ring and we were in sync through the routine. Both days, the crowd enthusiastically applauded and several of the seasoned freestylers who watched us said our routine nicely fit the music and that it was fun to watch. A couple of people asked if we planned to compete as a team. Hmmmmmm... now that’s something to think about!  

To see the Family Dog Dancers in action, visit Family Dog Dancers at SKC

Watch FDTC President Kathy Lang's interview with Adventure TV (from the Seattle Community Access channel), which begins about 17 minutes into the program. If you visited or exhibited at the Seattle show this year, you just might see yourself on camera!

Congratulations to all the great Family Dog Teams who competed at the Puyallup Cluster January 14, 15 and 16

Judy Else & Spike (Australian Shepherd) earned their 10th and final legs in Open B and Utility B to finish their Utility Dog Excellent Title !

Shelley and Loki (Bernese Mt. Dog) debuted in Beginner Novice completing 2 legs with 3rd and 1st place finishes. Yumi and Topper (Tervuren) finished their Beginner Novice title and a 3rd place ribbon. Veronica and Cindy (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever) picked up 2 Beginner Novice Q's, one day winning 2nd place after a winning a run off. Julie and Patrick (Bearded Collie) completed their Rally Novice title and also their TDI/CGC titles the weekend before. Patti and Maddie (German Shepherd) had 2 Rally Advanced runs with 88's on Saturday and Sunday attaining their RA title. Janine and Cranberry (Yellow Lab, working guide dog as Janine is legally blind) succeeded in getting 2 Graduate Open legs with one 1st place ribbon. Nellis and Merlin (Brittany) took 1st place clinching their Rally Novice title. Kathy and Tory (Belgian Sheepdog) finished second legs for Novice B @ 197.5 and Beginner Novice B @ 197 with a 1st place after winning a runoff!

Multiple handlers debuted new puppies in the conformation ring. Along with their owners Breeze and Cavu, Belgian Tervurens, and Rupert a PBGV had a wonderful time winning ribbons and several reserves.

Congratulations to Maggie and Flint ( Norwich Terrier) who finished their Excellent A standard title on December 10th with a 1st place! After a long dry spell, of almost a year, they are again on their quest towards a Versatility title. He lived up to his name "Rogels in the Zone". Following, Maggie reflects the past year to us leading to their recent successes:

In 2011 Flint achieved his first leg in Exc. A at Portland. AKC. The quality of his performance had diminished. February 2011 his second leg in Exc. A. at Lynden AKC. Not as happy to work as in the past. Flint had been entering the weaves too early and or exiting too soon. He also did this in training. And nobody could tell me why. I became very frustrated. I was about to quit agility. My dog was not happy.

In April we had an abrupt change of trainers. Kathy Lang took over the existing agility classes. We had to relearn some things. A lot of handling changes. Three months after changing trainers we went to Redmond Ore. The weather was hot. I was having severe foot pain and not running normally. But Flint seemed happy and willing to work. No Q's however, I was encouraged by his change in attitude.

We were still learning new handling skills, but he seemed to understand some of what I was asking of him. It had been about 3 months with Kathy L. We entered some obedience and earthdog this summer, with good success, and continued to train agility. Our next trial was this month at Argus last weekend. Yeah, success! And our first double Q. This weekend success again! Our Exc.B standard title and our second double Q! Okay 2 titles in 2 weekends and 2 double Q's.

This is not a fluke. We are more consistent with the new skills we have learned. I can communicate to Flint what he needs to do and where he needs to be with clarity, and he understands what I want him to do. We are a much more confident team. When something doesn't work we can figure it out and fix it in class so we have a better understanding. He is so much happier and willing to work. Maggie and Flint

Congratulations to Kathy Rosky and her Sheltie Bradley for winning the grand prize for best costume at Family Dog's Howl-i-day Party on December 3!

In addition to the costume contest we had everything from a Family Dog Trivia Game to a Treibball Demo, Freestyle Performance that included a visit from Rudolph the Red Nosed Tervuren, Who Can Find it the Fastest Game, Potluck and Gift Exchange Game. Thanks to Karen & Barb for spearheading the committee! Thanks to everyone for coming...and, as usual, the wild and crazy Gift Exchange Game was the highlight of the evening...except for the hilarious antics of Snowy (aka Santa) and Boddington (aka Reindeer) while folks were cleaning up and putting things away.The video is priceless: Santa in the sleigh as Boddington took her for a ride 'round the training center! The video we took of Snowy & Boddington was so CUTE we decided to submit it to America's Funniest Videos. Until we hear back from AFV as to whether or not our video was accepted for broadcast, we are required to remove it from public web sites. We'll keep you posted!

Congratulations to all of the Family Dog Students on their successes at the Whidbey Island Kennel Club show 2011 in Monroe.

Special congratulations to Janine and Cranberry ( left ) who finished their CDX on Sunday. This is a huge accomplishment given that Cranberry is also Janine's working guide dog and Janine is legally blind. Be sure to read the Seattle Kennel Club article about Janine and Cranberry Cranberry is now Cranberry CGC CD GN CDX RN RA RE and Certified Therapy Dog (Yellow Lab Guide Dog). Their next goal is completing their utility title sometime in 2012.

On Sunday, October 30 Yumi Johnson and her Belgian Tervuren, Colby, and Ingrida Robinson with her PBGV, Abraham, demonstrated Musical Freestyle at Camp Korey in the town of Carnation. Kamp Corey is located on the former Carnation Dairy farmland located in the beautiful Snoqualmie Valley. We had been invited to perform at their weekend Fall Festival.

When Yumi arrived at the site she was pleased that we had a covered area about 20' x 30' to use as our stage. At least we wouldn't have to worry about the possibility of rain! When I arrived a short while later I saw Yumi mucking out the stall adjacent to the stage area so we could use it to set up our crates and audio equipment!

We were a part of the Emerald City K-9 Dancers performance. There were five of us performing six routines. Ingrida emceed the presentation starting off with an introduction about freestyle...using basic obedience and fun tricks that the dogs know, how much fun our dogs have dancing, the exercise we and the dogs get, and listening to great music! Our audience was about 50-60 very-interested younger kids and their adults. The kids were not only fascinated with the dogs, but that the dogs were also dancing!

News Flash! The Halloween party was a great success. I'm not sure how many people or canines there were but over 50. Enough for a great party. The guest started showing up at 4:30 to try their hand at some agility. We had a short course set up with jumps, a tunnel, an intro to the dog walk, paws table, and weave poles. I saw some very happy dogs on that course. Then the room transformed into the activity room (we'll come back to that). First let's talk pizza and dessert. Oh yum! Everyone enjoyed eating and chatting. It was a real ice breaker for what was to come.

But let's take a look at the decorations! Balloons everywhere! And mummies on the wall ( get out!). then there was the big spider on this bird cage. Yes, there was a bird in the cage! And if that wasn't enough you had to walk under a big spider web to get to the other room. OK now let the games begin. The first game was Musical Sits. If that wasn't entertaining I don't know what is. I don't recall the name of the person who won. All I know is he stole my chair! Good thing I liked his dog. The next game was equally fun. The relay race where the handler walks with a tennis ball in a spork while guiding their dog through cones. People were very talented with this. The finale was the costume contest. Oh I didn't mention that people and their dogs were dressed up? There was funny, scary, adorable and everything in between.

Everyone put their vote in two plastic pumpkins, one for just the dog and one for handler and dog. I don't know the names of the winners were, sorry. Everyone left with smiles on there faces, even the dogs.

It would be my guess all slept very well. Oh and we collected quite a bit of food for the Regional Animal Shelter! YEA!!!!!!!

Follow this link to see the entire HOWL-O-WEEN album.

Otter, a one-year old mixed breed dog owned by Jayne Widhalm, practices his agility jumping in the back yard. Jayne and Otter prove that you can practice agility handling with very limited space and a small back yard.

Otter started training with Family Dog in puppy manners class and has done home obedience, competition obedience and agility (which is his first love!). Otter is a very energetic and spirited young dog. Agility training, and a lot of hard work on Jayne's part, have helped Otter develop great off-leash skills and obedience control.

Thanks to Jayne for submitting this great photo!

Ranny Green did a great article on kids and canines, featuring several familiar faces (including little Miss Breeze), for the October feature on the Seattle Kennel Club web site. Be sure to read the article...then forward this link to your family and friends with children and dogs!

Link to Article

Enjoy!

All of us at Family Dog Training Center would like to congratulate the following teams for passing the AKC Canine Good Citizen test given October 1st at Family Dog Training Center.

Steve Hubbard and Zoe, Valerie Hough and Shelby, Patty Hannaman and Maks, Lisa Stuverud and Layla, Walt & Carol Sippel and Ian, Jenny & Joel Shaw and Cillian, Ed Orcutt and Charlie, Linda Hall and Artie, Emmett Drazic and Ricky, and Joel & Barb Vasey and Kadee. Take a look at our CGC page for graduation photos.

It was a fantastic afternoon for all the participants. What a delight it was to watch each team work their way through all the stations and achieve their goals. We hope that you continue working with your dogs and giving them other opportunities to shine. Some of you expressed an interest in therapy dog work; look on our schedule for those classes. It would be a great time to follow up with those plans.

We would also like to thank the dedicated volunteers that made this test run so smoothly: Barb and Joel Vasey, Anne Seethoff, David and Cheryl Jackson, Karen Evans, Leslie Garman and Rich Brandau. Having this group was a dream team!

Colby and Yumi had a wonderful weekend at the Wenatchee Kennel Club's 50th Anniversary outdoor trial. They scored a 193 in Open A to qualify in 1st place and complete Colby's CDX.

Colby is now CH Sky Acres Classic Colibri CGC CDX GN RE.

Congratulations Yumi & Colby!

Congratulations to all of the Family Dog Students and their successes at the various specialties and Sammamish Kennel Club show 2011.

Tim and Kobe (left) finished their RN title with first place and a perfect 100 point run. They then  moved over to the Beginning Novice ring and had another first place run with a 198 out of 200 score.

Congratulations Tim & Kobe!

Yumi and Topper (right) had a significant weekend completing Topper's RAE. This means that they had to Q (Qualify) in both Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent on the same day at ten different events.

Congratulations Yumi & Topper!

As one of the region's most experienced and respected dog trainers, Kathy Lang was interviewed by Ranny Green for the Seattle Kennel Club's web site. Kathy and four other trainers answer Ranny's questions about criteria for choosing a trainer. Click here to read the full article.

Family Dog Senior Instructor, Mary Berry, had a great weekend at the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club shows. Her Belgian Tervuren, Pilot, earned his third Utilty Dog title. He is now AM, CAN, INT′L Ch U-UD Sky Acres Celestial Navigator UD RAE VER CAN UD. To translate, that means he has his AKC, Canadian and International Championships, his AKC, Canadian and UKC UDs and the AKC Rally Advanced Excellent and Versatility titles.

Congratulations Mary & Pilot!

The Family Dog Dancers from Family Dog Training Center performed with a live concert band in Enumclaw! Yep, big horn section, wonderful wind instruments and those huge kettle drums! The location was grassy Centennial Park in downtown Enumclaw across from the library.

Freestyle is a simple extension of obedience training, Rally stations and tricks. Put a string of these maneuvers together to a piece of music and you've got a routine! Doing freestyle is a great way to channel your dog's energy and give him alternate ways to build flexibility and conditioning. Dogs of all ages and abilities can have fun with this. Of the four dogs who performed, their ages ranged from youngest, Troy, at four years, to Abraham at twelve years old! It's fun to do freestyle to your favorite piece of music!

Visit our YouTube Channel to see videos from the concert!

Congratulations to Cheryl and Colt for their brand new Rally Novice title! This is the first title either one of them has received, and comes after months of hard work. At Mt. Vernon over the 4th of July weekend they received a 4th place rosette and tug toy on their second leg and a 2nd place rosette and tug toy for their third leg to complete their title. Colt is now officially Backwoods Peacemaker RN.

Cheryl thanks all the Family Dog Training Center instructors and fellow students for being helpful and patient with her and Colt as total newcomers to the dog performance world.