The January 7/8
SOTC Obedience and Rally trial was a huge success
For the
Institute’s students:
Linda Pacioretty
and Molly earned her first GN and CDX legs
With 1st
placements
Linda and Maqui earned two CD legs with 2nd and 3rd
placements
Deb Bell and Tavari earned two CD legs
Kerry Boisvert
and Lark earned their first CD leg,
Two RA legs with
a 1st place and her title
And took 4th
in Wild Card Novice
Chris O’Brien
and Jazz won the Beginner Novice B class on Saturday
And 3rd
place in Wildcard Open
Peg Anderson
earned her Rally Advance title on Bragi
And Beginner
Novice titles on both Idy and Bragi
Nancy Givens
earned a BN leg on Beatrice
Diane Krouse earned her BN title on Jack
Margie Wikerd and Heidi earned 2 BN legs
Pauline
Helfenstein and Katya got their BN title
With two 1st
placements and a 2nd along the way!
At
(and Deb Bell’s Birthday!)
Deb and Tavari finished his Open Fast title with a
Kerry Boisvert
and Lark enjoyed her entrance into ASCA obedience and rally at the HONYASC
trial 12/3-4. She finished in 5th place in Novice B obedience & had a
4th & a 2nd place finish (with scores of 199) in Novice B Rally.
Pawsitively Awesome’s
CPE trial on November 5 & 6 was successful for many
Institute teams:
Deb Bell and Naim earned his very first qualifying scores
in Full House and Jackpot with
Deb and Tavari finished his Level 3 Strategy Games title plus
earned
His
first Level 4 Snooker and Wildcard legs. His
Snooker run was
the first time Deb had ever
made it all the way thru a Snooker course!
Kerry Boisvert
and Lark had a perfect weekend – 8 for 8!
Suzanne
Etherington and Morgan were successful in their first
venture into Snooker with a First
Place Level One Q.
Morgan also Q’d in Level Two Wildcard.
Chris O’Brien
and Jazz earned Jazz’s first Level One Wildcard leg with
Linda Pacioretty
and Maqui earned her CTL2-H and CTL2-S titles.
Deb Keith’s Ally
came out of retirement to run as an Enthusiast and
Q’d with Firsts in all four of
her runs.
On October 29,
at the DOTCORNY Obedience and Rally trial Linda Pacioretty and Maqui earned their first Rally Excellent B leg with
Also at
DOTCORNY, Jen Patterson and Max finished Max’s Graduate Novice
Title with First
Place in a very large, competitive class.
At the Wine
Country Circuit over 9/29 to 10/2, Linda Pacioretty and Mojo
earned his Conformation
Championship!
Maqui got Q’s in Novice Fast and
Novice Standard, both with
Deb Bell and Tavari Lure Coursed at Wine Country to gain
two legs towards his Senior
Courser Title. He also placed second
in the
competitive Open Dog conformation class.
In the agility
ring at Wine Country, Nancy Givens’ Stanley
(handled by Laura Keefe) Q’d in
Excellent A Standard,
Excellent A JWW for his title, Time2Beat, and Excellent B JWW.
Meanwhile,
In the August 5
edition of Dog
News, Deb Bell and Tavari are
interviewed and
pictured in an article on Rhodesian
Ridgebacks.
Rebecca Mosher’s
Jasper received his Therapy Dog Title from AKC.
on August 19th.
At the Susquenango Obedience trial, Julia Bentley and Xena
got their first CDX leg.
Nancy Given and
Tinsel received their Therapy Dog Title from AKC.
Joan Shaw and
Victor finished his Beginner Novice title with a 2nd place,
and His CD with a third place
at Susquenango.
Joan and King
also accomplished two Beginner Novice legs.
In the latest
GSP Club of America Obedience rankings,
Cherie Jackman’s Trace has moved up to #4 in the country,
following closely in her mother’s
footsteps at #2!
Linda Pacioretty
and Mojo won a competitive
4 point Major at
Bloomsburg, leaving
Mojo one point shy of his AKC
Conformation Championship!
Broadcreek’s Lillian Rose and Debbie
Keith finished
Lil’s
first AKC title – RN at Bloomsburg on 7/31.
Katie Barnaby
and Mable earned a leg towards
their CD at the Susquenango Obedience Trial.
Judy Roberts and
Sam got their second Novice B leg in Hamlin and
Finished
his CD at the Susquenango Obedience Trial.
Nancy Givens
Great Pyr, Tinsel TDI CGC VA VE, was recently awarded
the titles of Versatility Ambassador and Versatility Emmisary
by the
Great Pyrenees
Club of America.
These titles are
the result of over 20 hours of community service and education, and nearly 100
hours of therapy visits.
At the June IDTC
CPE trial, Linda Pacioretty and Maqui Q'd in 8 out of 9 runs and earned 2 titles.
At the inaugural
IDTC CPE trial, Debbie Keith and Who won two
out of two classes for Who’s
first title!
At the Cato
Agility trial in June,
Lark’s Open
Standard titles and got their
first Open Jumpers leg.
Lynn Palmer and
Dozer got their first AKC title at the recent
Cato
agility trial. Dozer finished his NF title with
1st
and 2nd placings. They also got a 1st place
Q in Novice
Jumpers
At the SOTC
trial, Team K9Stein won the Team Obedience.
Also at the SOTC
trial, Chris O’Brien and Jazz earned
their RE with multiple
placements!
At the SOTC
obedience trial, Linda Pacioretty and Maqui earned
her 1st 2 RA legs, placing 3rd on one of the days.
Katy Barnaby and
Mabel got 3rd place in Beginner Novice B at the SOTC trial on June 11, 2011,
beating the 4th place dog in a run off.
Rebecca Mosher
and Jasper Q’d in Graduate Novice at the recent
SOTC obedience
trial – the only dog out of 14 to do so!
At the PEN-NY ASC
Agility Trial in Ithaca, NY on 6/5/11, in their debut in
ASCA agility,
Chris O’Brien and Jazz Q’d with a 1st in Regular
Novice,
and Q’d
with a third in Gamblers Novice.
At the German Shepherd Specialties in
Lucille Straub
and Cody, in their first time out, finished his CD from Novice B with all First
Places, three GSD High in Trials and
Two All Breed
High in Trials!
At the German Shepherd Specialties in Seneca Falls,
Judy Roberts and
Sam, also first time out, earned their first CD leg
From Novice B in
a run off for
At the SOTC
spring agility trial, Judy Roberts and Sam Q’d in
Novice
Fast and Novice Standard. Judy and
Patrick
Q’d in Excellent Standard.
The statistics
for 2010 were just released for the Alaskan Malamute Club of America. Peg
Anderson’s Bragi was #1 in Rally Novice
and Idy was #1 for Rally Advanced A!
The GSP National
Obedience Rankings came out this week. As of February, Cherie Jackman’s Trace is ranked #7 in the country!!!
Nancy Kaproth’s Belle had her first conformation win at the Salt
City Cluster Shows on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Belle was awarded Best of
Bitches and Best of Opposite Sex for one point.
Rusty Morton and
Ms Lillian Pinchmeyer finished her Open FAST title in
- Sprite for her
RN
- Booker for his
RE, NAP & NJP (he was 1 of only 3 Pyr's to earn 3
or more performance titles in 2010)
- Booker was
also recognized for the highest score by a Pyr in his
JWW class
At
Tavari’s NA, NAJ, and NF
All legs were
First Place Q’s!
At the Belgian
Malinois Nationals in Indiana April 23,
Hunter and
Debbie Keith took first place in
Graduate Novice
On April 9, Chris
O’Brien and Jazz went to their very first
Agility trial at
Boom Towne CPE and came home
With a q and
first in Standard L1 and a q and second in Full House L1
C-ATCH PADDY
C-ATCH DIGGER
On 3/27/11 Judy
Roberts and Patrick and
CPE C-ATCH’s
It was a big day
for the Institute!
Cherie Jackman and Trace have been trialing in Open Obedience.
At SOTC they q’d with a 1st, DOTCORNY q’d
with a 1st, and finished her
CDX
at
Bumper legs with
one 1st and three 2nds.
At the January
SOTC agility trial, Debbie Keith and Hunter finished
Hun’s Open
Standard title
At the February
DOTCORNY obedience trial, Jen Patterson and Max
earned two Graduate Novice legs
with a 2nd and a 3rd.
Linda Pacioretty
and Maqui finished their Beginner Novice title
at DOTCORNY
Also at
DOTCORNY, Cheri Jackman and Trace earned
their second CDX leg with another
1st place!
In Rally at
DOTCORNY, Rebecca Mosher and Jasper and Chris O’Brien and Jazz both earned RA
legs to finish their titles.
At the Boom
Towne CPE trial in January, Debbie Keith ran
three dogs (Hunter, Fly, and
Lillian) in five runs each for
24 q’s, 21 firsts,
and 8 titles!
At the Pawsitively Awesome CPE trial in January, Parker’s second
trial ever, Mallorie Morse and Parker Q’d in 7 out of
8 classes all with first places
and finished 3 titles
At SOTC in
January 2011 Chris O’Brien and Jazz earned their first
RA leg and then
his second RA leg with a 99 and a 2nd place.
Also at SOTC,
Cheri Jackman and Trace earned their first
CDX leg with
And in Rally at
SOTC, Rebecca Mosher and Jasper
earned their RN title and their
first RA leg.
Also at SOTC,
Linda Pacioretty and Molly placed 3rd in a very
Competitive
Novice B class.
Linda and Maqui earned Maqui’s first two
Beginner Novice legs
placing 4th on Sunday.
Suzanne
Etherington and Trevorwood Elfine
Rivalsbane
(aka Elfinie Beanie Deanie) got two qualifying standard runs
at Boom Towne December 4th and
now Beanie has her first CPE title!
Karen Nocera and
Hudson earned their CGC.
Linda Pacioretty
and Maqui finished their RN at the
Cheri Jackman and Trace finished their RE’s
with a
and a
Jen Patterson
and Max also finished their RE at the Leatherstocking
Circuit.
Cheri Jackman’s Trace and Jen Patterson’s Max both received Front
and Finish Obedience Gold Medal Excellence Awards (FFX-OG) for completing their
CD's in their first three trials with scores of 190 or above.
At SOTC’s agility trial on October 16,
Finished
Hunter’s Open Fast title.
Culture Back to School Pull on 9/12/10 in the
International Weight
Pulling Association (IWPA).
In this association he had to pull 12
times his weight for
a qualifying score. He was also first in his
weight division 0-20
pounds.
In other news
from Kerry, Lark is taking a break from
competition to raise an expected litter
of 6 to 7 puppies!
At the recent
ASCA show Bill Hansen and Merlin Q’d
in Rally Novice. Ariel also Q’d with a 200 out of 200.
Ariel also got a
score of 193 and first place in ASCA Open Obedience.
Earlier, Bill
and Merlin had finished their AKC RA at
Also at the ASCA
show, Marilyn Soule and Sky achieved their
Novice Rally
title, qualified in Obedience, and
were High in Trial and High
Scoring Aussie.
At
finished Molly’s CD with a 192. She earned a
Bumper leg with
a 196!
September 10,
show in North Branch NJ. Lillian took Winners and Hunter took
Breed
over the #1 Malinois. Hunter’s win was a 5
point Select Major, and
sent him up to
#10 Malinois in the country for 2010 conformation
and #8 in the Eukanuba statistics!
At the AKC
agility trial in Cato, on August 19,
finished her Novice Fast Title and
got her first Novice Std. leg.
At the Boom
Towne CPE trial, August 21 & 22,
With 3 firsts
and 1 second, and achieved Lil’s first agility title – CL1-F! She also got her first Colors Level 2 leg.
Hunter Q’d seven out of 10 classes entered and progressed to level
4 in several classes!
Deb Bell had a
very successful trip to a UKC show recently.
Naim and Tavari
qualified in UKC Rally Level 2. That's
the UKC equivalent to AKC's Advanced.
Spike made her
dog UKC Rally show debut and earned her first Rally leg (Rally Level 1).
Tavari was runner-up to the winner
of the UKC lure coursing event on Friday night,
He also got a
rating of Excellent in all categories by an FCI judge in the conformation
show.
He placed 2nd in
Sighthound and Pariah Dog group.
That placement combined with the qualifying
score in Rally gave him a UKC Total Dog award,
Complete with a
very nice rosette and an engraved brass collar tag.
At the Pawsitely Awesome July CPE trial, Morgan and Suzanne
Etherington earned Morgan’s second Level One Standard Leg
Max
and Trace with their spoils from Susquenango (and a
friend)
Susquenango Obedience trial in
Joan Shaw
and Victor qualified in Novice B with a score of 182 to add to his cumulative
total for year end awards thru the Miniature Pinscher Club of America.
He finished last
year as number #8 in the country for obedience and won a TRIPLE CROWN AWARD for
having titles in three venues--conformation obedience and rally.
He is ranked as
number #6 for this year as of May 2010.
Joan
Shaw and King finished his Rally Novice title in three straight shows. His last
bumper leg was a tie for
He is now AKC pointed Cammcastle's
King Kong RN CGC.
Jen Patterson
and Max earned his CD at SNKC's Binghamton Obedience
Trial. He received scores of 193, 196 and 192 with a 3rd and 4th placement in
Novice B.
Cheri Jackman and Trace earned her CD at SNKC's
Binghamton Obedience Trial.
She received
scores of 193, 197, and 194. Trace placed first in the Novice A class all three
days!
Xena and Julia Bentley got their
final leg for her RE.
Rebecca Mosher
and Jasper got their first Rally Novice leg with a 100 and 2nd place
on Saturday and their second leg with a 96 on Sunday.
Jen Patterson’s
Max is on the front page of the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America
At the Cato AKC
agility Trial in June, Linda Pacioretty and Molly earned their second Novice
Fast leg
with a 4th
place.
Also at Cato AKC
agility trial,
Debbie and Fly
earned a Novice Jumpers leg with
At the June Boom
Towne CPE trial, Idy and Peggy Anderson earned their
first Agility title – CL1-F
SOTC Trial
successes include Chris O’Brien and Jazz 1st place for a Rally
Novice title.
Cheri Jackman and Trace won Wild Card Novice and took 2nd
in Rally Advanced A.
Jen Patterson
and Max won Rally Advanced A and took 2nd in Wild Card Novice
Rebecca Mosher
and Jasper got legs 2 and 3 for their CD at the SOTC trial June 12 &
13.
Jasper won 1st
place and High Scoring Novice Poodle on their titling leg!
Kandansk
Jasper CD Titling Run
Linda Pacioretty
and Molly gained two CD legs at SOTC with a 4th place on Sunday.
At BoomTowne,
Peggy Anderson and Idy completed their first agility
title - CL1-F
with a first place and clean run
in Jumpers and a second place in Fullhouse.
At the recent
Afghan Club agility trial, Linda Pacioretty and Molly got their first Novice
FAST Preferred leg,
becoming the first Dogue de Bordeaux to qualify in FAST.
Also at the
Afghan Club aglility trial, Mallorie Morse and Hunter
got their second Double Q giving them 58 points toward their MACH.
They have 2 MX
legs, 6MXJ legs, and 5 MXF legs.
At the recent
Tioga Kennel Club Match,
Got
a 92 in Lil’s first attempt at Novice Rally.
The following
week, Lillian went Group 3 at the FLKC Match.
At the Border
Terrier Specialty in
first leg in Novice Jumpers. Kerry and Digger were members of the First
Place Team Obedience Entry.
At the Pawsitively Awesome CPE trial in May,
and Fly finished all her Level
1’s and is well on her way in Level 2.
Bill Hansen and
Merlin got
At the SOTC
Spring Agility trial, Mallorie Morse and Hunter got 1 TQX Leg,
1st
Double Q, 1 MX leg, 2 MXF legs, 3 MXJ legs and 32 MACH points.
At the HONYASC
trial in April, Wild Card Novice placements were 1 Chris Obrien and Jazz, 2
and 3 Debbie
At the Kanadasaga Kennel Club Match on May 2, Julia Bentley and Xena won the Novice Class!
Peggy Anderson’s
Idy ended the year 2009 as Number 2 Alaskan Malamute
in Rally Novice.
Also
in 2009, Idy earned two legs toward her weight pull
requirements.
Bill Hansen and
Merlin achieved a 195,
He also received
a Third Place Q in Novice B at the trials.
Deb
Bell and Tavari celebrate Tavari’s
Rally Novice B Title.
Molly finished
her RAE in
This journey
included multiple 1st and 4th placements, a 3rd placement and two perfect
scores of 100.
See
Molly in the media again!! What a star!
On April
10, Rebecca Mosher and Jasper got their first Novice A leg with a 194.5 and
First place at the
POTC
(Poodle Obedience Training Club of Greater NY) Poodle Specialty in
At the
recent Syracuse circuit, Mallorie Morse and Hunter finished their AX, AXJ, XF and got their first
Excellent B Fast leg with a Fourth place.
At the
Elmira Kennel Club Match, Rebecca Mosher and Jasper took HIT in Obedience out
of the Novice A class.
At the
Elmira Kennel Club Match on March 21, Jen Patterson and Max took
At the same
match, Cherie Jackmin and Trace took 2nd place in Rally.
At the
Monticello NY Kennel Club shows March 13&14, Molly and Linda Pacioretty
earned their 7th and 8th RAE legs with three Firsts and a
Fourth!
On February
15th,
At the November Cluster in
At ten years old, Deb Bell’s
Shandi finished #14 in the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club
of the US (RRCUS) top 20 obedience rankings for 2009. He finished #10 in the RRCUS Novice Obedience
Top 20 with an average score of 184.88.
Ms Lillian Pinchmeyer
and Rusty Morton finished her Excellent Jumpers title in agility.
Linda Pacioretty and Molly
added RAE Legs #5 and #6 at DOTCORNY.
Molly placed Fourth in Excellent B on Saturday.
At DOTCORNY,
Congratulations to Mallorie
Morse and Hunter for finishing their CPE C-ATCH at the recent Boom-Town trial.
Booker and Rusty Morton
scored 90 out of 100 for 3rd place and his second Rally Excellent A leg at the January SOTC trial.
Also at SOTC,
Carol Baugh and Hardy scored
a 191 in Novice B at the SOTC trial for a 3rd place and Hardy’s CD!
Also at SOTC, Judy
Roberts and Xoe won the Wildcard Utility class.
Linda Pacioretty and Molly
got 1st place in Sub-Novice and Q’d in
Novice B at the recent ASCA trial held at SOTC
Molly running a lightning
speed Q Jumper's run at Boomtowne CPE
At
Linda Pacioretty and Molly
earned their 3rd and 4th RAE legs at Leatherstocking.
Lucille Straub and
Cody earned their Rally Novice title at Leatherstocking.
Hunter and Mallory Morse
went to Leatherstocking obedience trial and Hunter
finished his RN with another perfect score of 100 and another
JoAnn Molnar and Citrine earned
their Novice Rally title at Leatherstocking.
Debbie Bell attended the UKC Rally trials hosted by the Upstate Kennel Club at the Southtown Dog Club building. Shandi earned his URO2 title with three first placements. He also picked up a 2nd placement in his first attempt at Rally Level 3 on Saturday afternoon. His scores were all in the 90s. Naim earned his URO1 title plus a "bumper leg". Tavari earned his URO1 title as well. Debbie wound up with the High Scoring Sighthound award in three of the four trials over two Greyhounds and an Afghan Hound, picking up two squeaky helicopters and a squeaky fighter plane complete with fake bombs.
XOE
Xoe and Judy Roberts
completed their CDX in September ’08 followed up by completing their UD in
October ’09!
Rusty and
Mr. Turner picked up 2 Q's
in CPE at Pawsitively Awesome and finished his AXJ at
Last but
not least, Booker picked up 4 Q's and his L1 Strategy title at Pawsitively Awesome.
Linda
Pacioretty and Molly had 6 out of 8 qualifying runs (with two clean runs!) at Pawsitively Awesome CPE trial.
Molly also
gained 2 RAE legs and a 1st place in Excellent B at DOTCORNY.
At DOTCORNY, Mallory Morse
and her Hunter entered their first Rally Novice A class and got a great score
of 99. Three handlers and dogs had a score of 99 and they took 3rd place. The
next day, Hunter earned his 2nd leg with a perfect 100 and 1st place!
Peggy Anderson and Idy picked up her third leg, Title, and a
Susan
Morse's Cane and Mallory Morse achieve Cane's C-ATCH
CH
C-ATCH Honeycreek Hurricane CGC RE OAJ AX OF RL1X RL2
CL1 CL2 CL3 CL4
Cheri
Jackmin and Trace, Chindi's Leave No Trace RN CGC,
winning Novice Rally at Bainbridge
Mallorie Morse and Susan Morse's Cane came home with a CPE -
perfect
weekend title from the recent show at Ebb Tide -
Julia Bentley and Xena won 2nd
place and a new title in Rally Advanced at the ABC National
Susquenango
Agility Trial
DryKreek's Solo Flight RN NF CL1S CL1F