Sundog Agility

08/31/2024

Fall classes are starting next week for Obedience Foundation and Nose-work. All classes are positive training and customized for all dogs. For more details check out our website sundogagility.ca. To reserve a spot in a class please e transfer funds to [email protected].

08/31/2024

Congratulations to Kim and Spud on their Nationals 7th place in 16” Veterans. All of our Sundog Agility peeps are so very proud of the two of them ❤️❤️❤️. Kim and Spuds journey included updating us back home each day, so being able to support and cheer them on was exciting for all of us. Way to go team Spud, we love you as a friend, an instructor, and a great ambassotor for our agility family.

08/21/2024

SunDOG Sport Centre is now taking registrations for fall classes. Come and join our community where all dogs have fun learning in a positive environment.

07/02/2024

Obedience Foundation for Sport Dogs is open for Registration. Want a better connection with your dog, or do you want to learn skills that are necessary for all other dog sports? This class helps prepare handlers and dogs for success in every day activities and for any formal dog classes and sports. Classes are in 6 week sets and starts on Wednesday July 10th at 5:00 pm. Contact [email protected]

07/01/2024

Registration is open for Obedience Foundation Agility for Dog Sports. Classes begin on July 3rd.

05/28/2024

Congratulations to our Nosework Level 1 graduates. What a great bunch of handler’s and dogs. From small to tall each team rocked the sniffy challenges . ❤️

Graduates (left to right & top to bottom):
Megan & Beau
Alanna & Ozzy
Lacey & Chossy
Pam & Poppy
Kylie and Ruby

05/28/2024

Regionals 2024. A huge huge thank you to Michelle and her crew for hosting Regionals this year. There was all types of weather to contend with on and off, but everything still turned out great. Thank you to each of the judges Chris, Tracey, Glenn and KIrsten for coming and making it fun for all of the competitors. I really liked all the little extra things that were done and the creative touches put on shirts, hoodies, bags, cups, etc.. Also, the placement ribbons were so pretty with the purple, blue, and shiny sparkle writing. Well done MH.

Secondly, I have to put in a huge brag for our Sundog peeps. There were 11 of us that went to compete, plus we brought some extra volunteers to help out at Regionals. It was a blast to have so many teams from Sundog competing at this event. For six of these teams this was the first time they had ever competed at Regionals. Not only was this their first time competing at this level, but this was also their very first agility dog. For 2 other team dogs the handlers each had a new dog at this event.

I am super proud of how our little group has grown, and how supportive they are of each other. Always smiling and laughing and having positive things to say after each run made the weekend very special. Each of them had goals going into Regionals, but I can safely say that each of them surpassed their original goals. There was lots of smiles as everyone came home with some hardware. Congratulations to each team.

Listed below is each of their accomplishments from 2024 Regionals:

Alyssa & Zoey 4" DD Vet Qualified Aggregate 1st Place
Standard 1 1st place
Gambler 1 1st place
Jumpers 1 1st place
Standard 2 1st place
Gambler 2 1st place
Jumpers 2 1st place

Karla & Ripley 12" DD Vet Qualified Aggregate 7th Place
Standard 1 1st Place
Gambler 1 9th Place
Gambler 2 9th Place
Jumpers 2 3rd Place

Robyn & Lizzy 4" Vet Qualified Aggregate 5th Place
Standard 1 4th Place
Gambler 1 4th Place
Jumpers 1 4th Place
Standard 2 6th Place
Gambler 2 6th Place
Jumpers 2 1st Place

Kim & Spud 16" Vet Qualified Aggregate 2nd Place
Standard 1 2nd Place
Gambler 1 5th Place
Jumpers 1 2nd Place
Standard 2 4th Place
Gambler 2 1st Place
Jumpers 2 5th Place

Jackie & Money Penny 4" Special Aggregate 2nd Place
Standard 1 1st Place
Gambler 1 2nd Place
Jumpers 1 1st Place
Standard 2 2nd Place
Gambler 2 2nd Place
Jumpers 2 1st Place

Shannon & Tally 12" DD Vet Qualified
Gambler 1 8th Place
Jumpers 1 9th Place
Jumpers 1 9th Place
Standard 2 10th Place

Kristen & Apollo 16" Regular Qualified
Standard 1 6th Place
Jumpers 1 3rd Place

Brandy & Maggie 16" DD Vet
Gambler 1 9th Place
Jumpers 1 9th Place
Gambler 2 8th Place
Jumpers 2 9th Place

Cindy & Winx 16" Special
Gambler 1 4th Place
Jumpers 1 6th Place

Lacey & Chossy 16" Special
Jumpers 1 10th Place

Brittney & Louie 16" Special
Standard 1 7th Place

05/13/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to All. Spending the weekend with friends, students, and all the competitors at our Sundog agility trial was so much fun. Congratulations to the many competitors who won titles and Q’d runs,and to each of you for good try’s and effort.

A huge thank you to our judges Tracey Mallinson and Christopher Elias. Great courses, good challenges, fun and interesting conversations, and of course lots of laughs.

Thank you to our head course builder Q. You always do a great job and we really appreciate you building the courses and keeping us on track.

Trials are a lot of work, but when surrounded by great people like our Sundog family everything just magically happens and gets done. Thank you to our chair Brandy Downey, to our Refuelling crew Kim McAdoo and Lacey Brummelhuis, to Rita Barrett and Robyn Moore who look after the results, and to each and every other peep in our group. You are all awesome.

Lastly, I am blessed to be able to run my dogs Winx and Kane. This was Kane’s first time running at a trial. My goal was to run him FEO and for him to stay with me and for him to keep his contact criteria and he did both brilliantly.

05/09/2024

Registration for classes in Nose-work and in Obedience Foundation for Sport Dogs is now open. Both classes start on May 15th. Come join us .

The Introduction to Nose-work is a class that all dogs young and old can participate. Also, great for dogs that struggle in busy environments and have trouble focusing.

The Obedience Foundation for Sport Dogs is geared towards building a great working relationship with your canine companion and be able to focus in the environment with its many distractions. It is also the pre-requisite course for our Foundation Agility program.

To register for these classes go to sundogagilty.ca

04/22/2024

A big thank you to Paula Collins who came to our agility training hall and helped us to prepare for this years Regionals at the end of May. Paula is great teacher and always so much fun. Some of the challenges were tough, but Paula broke down the components needed for each team to be successful. We are axcited to continue practicing what we learned, and are all looking forward to Regionals.

04/12/2024

Registration is now open for Beginner Nose Work Class. For full details go to our website sundogagility.ca

04/12/2024

Registration is now open for the Life Skills Class. For full details go to our website sundogagility.ca

04/11/2024

Sundog Agility May 11 & 12 trial is coming up soon. For those of you planning to come in May and are planning to stay at the Quality Inn it is important to note that the pre-booked available rooms and room rates under Sundog are only available until is April 19th.

04/05/2024

Congratulations to the Starter Nose-work graduates. Such fun teams to watch how they progress each week. I forgot to take pictures, so these are older photos from different level.

Nose work Teams:
Lusa and Wren
Rita and Kona
Jennifer and Rio
Bridget and Bailey (missing)

04/05/2024

Come join us for the Dog Powered Sports Workshop.

We have discovered a glitch in our website registration form for the workshop. We are currently working on this and hope to have it fixed soon.

In the meantime please email [email protected] to register.

We are super excited to be able to offer a Dog Powered Sports Workshop on April 13th. There will be lots of great information at this workshop on how to get started, opportunities to try different types of harnesses, etc. To register go to sundogagility.ca

03/28/2024

Congratulations to the Life Skills Graduates. They all did such a great job working on some new skills and we very proud of them.

Graduates
Sarah & Andreas & Kuma (dog is not in pic)
Lea & Greti
Katherine & Ace
Naomi & Penny
Brenda & Tess
Linda & Jace (missing handler/dog pic)

03/22/2024

We are hosting a Dog Powered Sports Workshop. For all you dog enthusiasts who love to run and bike with your dogs this workshop with Donna will give you all the information needed to do this sport safely. Donna will also be bringing a variety of harnesses and will help fit your dog properly. Register at sundogagility.ca

We are super excited to be able to offer a Dog Powered Sports Workshop on April 13th. There will be lots of great information at this workshop on how to get started, opportunities to try different types of harnesses, etc. To register go to sundogagility.ca

03/18/2024

Registration is now open for a beginner Nose-work class that starts on March 25th at 6pm. To register please go to sundogagility.ca

03/18/2024

I want to thank all of the competitors who came out and supported our St. Patricks Trial. Kudos to all of the handler and dog teams who did an amazing job running their dogs from the Starter to the Master levels. There were many new titles awarded from the Starter to the Versatility Levels 🙂. We had some new Starter people at the the trial and they all did an amazing job. It is always a humbling experience to watch new handler/dog teams go out for the first time and is a reminder that this sport takes alot of dedication, time, and commitment to be able to play. So Congratulations to everyone who competes.

Thank you to both of our judges, Kirsten Locke and Shannon Elves. The courses were so much fun, were fast and flowy and had some good challenges for the handler/dog teams to test their skills. A great start for those planning to go to Regionals and work on some skills that may need tweaking 🙂.

Lastly, I just need to brag about all of the Sundog Peeps that truly made everything go seamlessly at the trial. I thank each and everyone of them for the support that they give to each other, their great attitudes and for all of their help at the trial. We have an amazing crew and I could not be any prouder to have them at my side, not only at our trials, but I get the joy of seeing and training with them each week.

03/10/2024

There is one spot left for the Life Skills 1 class that begins on March 13th. To register please go to sundogagility.ca

Registration is now open for Life Skills 1. Please go to sundogagility.ca to register for this class.

03/07/2024

Congratulations to Lisa and Wren, Jennifer and Rio, and Rita and Kona for completing Nose-work Level 2. We are so proud of their team work and are looking forward to the next leg of their scenting journey.

03/05/2024

We are super excited to be able to offer a Dog Powered Sports Workshop on April 13th. There will be lots of great information at this workshop on how to get started, opportunities to try different types of harnesses, etc. To register go to sundogagility.ca

03/05/2024

Registration is now open for Life Skills 1. Please go to sundogagility.ca to register for this class.

02/18/2024

Thank you to Gulnaz from K9 Fun Centre for coming to Lethbridge and presenting at Sundog Agility Dryland Dock seminar. It was fun to watch the successes that each team had today. The handler/dog teams learned lots about building toy drive, how to be engaging with their dog, and general information about this growning sport. Each team was then able to practice the many different skills needed to prepare dogs for dock diving. I am sure there are some tired pups tonight :).

02/16/2024

Congratulation to our Nose-work Level 1 graduates. What a great group of handlers and dogs to introduce into this sport.

In order of pictures::
Hayley and Willow
Lea and Gretl
Jennifer and Rio
Chris and Clovis
Carolyn (Instructor)
Scott and Rango
Lisa and Wren
Jamie and Edie
Rita and Kona
Kirsten and Nova (missing)

02/01/2024

We have spots left in the Nose Work Level 1 class starting on February 19th at 6pm.
$200.00 (includes GST) for four weeks

The working spots in the Dryland Dock Diving Seminar on February 17th (11:00 - 3:00 pm) are now full, but audit spots are available. The audit spots are also a great opportunity to learn all about this sport and how to develop the essential skills and techniques for successful drylands dock diving performances.
$50 (includes GST) for 4 hours

www.sundogagility.ca
3102 - 5 Avenue North Lethbridge
To register for these classes please email [email protected]

01/30/2024

We are pleased to announce Life Skills 1 class is open for registration. This is at our new location at 3102 - 5th Avenue North.There are limited spots available. Instructors are Carolyn Herle and Cindy Barkley.