2024 American Schutzhund Nationals
Day one is in the books. Empire WDC did a super job with providing competitors a very nice venue.
BT Results:
Tara Burke and Truman’s Atomic Bomb Du Conjurer: Pass
Rick Bowles and Bandit vom Konigshaus: Pass
Stefanie Corbeil and Dallas Vom Sitz Von Der Hose:
Pass
Lorraine Burke and Interstellar vom Feuergarten:
No Pass
Courtney O’Donnell and Benzo vom Sommerfeld:
No Pass
Emma Murdock and Firezone’s Beyond the Ordinary:
Pass
Tara Burke and Tricky Nixon Du Conjurer Pouvoir (Female in heat. Obedience portion will be done Saturday at the end of competition.
Alyssa Normandie and Vrijheid’s Wonder Valak:
Pull
Sherri Gallagher and P-Chet Von Der Olgameister:
Pull
Trophies for the AS Nationals are looking good. Here’s a few to preview. We also have a couple of people who sponsored cash payouts. Love our AS community that helps the organization give back to its members.
You have to be in it to win it!! Get your entries in.
Empire WDC
Training: 4/6/24
Fun day of training with Deb, Tim, Mike, Caitlin and Courtney.
Tribute to Eros
Iron von den Wölfen:
4/8/10 - 11/11/23.
Our most sincere condolences go out to Debbie Zappia. She sent her World Champion, Iron von den Wölfen (Eros) across the Rainbow Bridge yesterday.
RIP Eros. Team Dragon will carry you in all of our hearts, forever.
Video Credit:
H.I.T- Schutzhund / IPO Central
Empire WDC Club Training - 11/1123
EWDC 2023 Fall Trial
Another AS Trial in the books for Empire WDC.
It’s always nice when dog sport enthusiasts from outside the club come to trial with us. While outsiders will always be welcomed, one thing we can’t do, control the weather. Unfortunately, the weather was kind of harsh for this time of the year. Hopefully you can come back and join us in June of 2024
Empire is very thankful that Joeri Veth was able to judge our trial. Joeri was committed to helping out at the IFR but rearranged his schedule enabling him to fly back in time to judge for us.
Empire is also grateful that Timothy Vaillancourt was able to once again test our dogs in Phase C. While you can expect power/pressure from Tim when you trial at Empire, Tim always strives to balance that with keeping all the dogs safe out there. We also want to thank Jay Slocum from The Schutzhund Club of Buffalo for coming to our trial as well. We hope to see more of him in the future. And, to our good friend Magdalena!!!! We can not thank you enough for all the amazing pictures. That was a real treat for all the competitors.
As for our club members, I know many of you did not receive the outcome you were hoping for in Phase A, except for Michael with that big 100. However, you should be very proud of those obedience and protection routines. Really great work. At the end of the day, you are all the epitome of great sportsmanship like conduct.
In closing, Empire wishes to send a big congratulations to everyone that got out there and trialed. Especially those BT teams and the two teams that passed and obtained their AS1 titles.
1. Congratulations to Kaleigh Moffatt and Figment for not only achieving their AS1 but for also taking home High AS1, High Phase B and High in Trial. For those who may not be aware, Figment is an exceptional Border Collie with a ton of heart.
2. Congratulations to Empire’s Courtney O’Donnel and Quinn for achieving their AS1 as well as High
Phase A and High Phase C Courtney and Quinn make a
Raffle #3
Raffle #3
Winner #20 / Laura Bollschweiler
1. Barb Shearer
2. Barb Shearer
3. Laura Bollschweiler
4. Laura Bollschweiler
5. Diane Vegsund
6. Tiffany Bogich
7. Jennifer Jenkins
8. Jennifer Jenkins
9. Joanne Nightingale
10. Jody Potter
11. Jody Potter
12. Steve Hawkins
13. Holly Ray
14. Holly Ray
15. Savannah Leelangdon
16. Leslie Harry
17. Leslie Harry
18. Jason Kowalski
19. Theresa Currier
20. Laura Bollschweiler
21. Dawn Brogan
22. Dawn Brogan
23. Deb F
24. Deb F
25. Deb F
26. Deb F
27. Deb F
Raffle #2
Raffle #2
Winner #34 / Brenda Siebold
1. Kim Rosin
2. Kim Rosin
3. Kim Rosin
4. Kim Rosin
5. Kim Rosin
6. Natalia Prokopenko
7. Natalia Prokopenko
8. Helena Gallagher
9. Tiffany Bogich
10. Ellynn Decker
11. Ellynn Decker
12. Nancy Stock
13. Nikki Deluka
14. Steve Hawkins
15. Holly Ray
16. Kaylene Born
17. Amy Jenkins
18. Wes Digman
19. Wes Digman
20. Wes Digman
21. Wes Digman
22. Wes Digman
23. Savannah Langdon
24. Leslie Harry
25. Leslie Harry
26. John Gilbert
27. John Gilbert
28. John Gilbert
29. John Gilbert
30. John Gilbert
31. Jason Kowalski
32. Weston Hill Farm
33. Weston Hill Farm
34. Brenda Siebold
Raffle #1
We can’t thank you enough for participating in our raffles. We also want to thank our raffles donors (Tim Vaillancourt, Joeri Veth, and Nathalie Larivee who owns K9 Sport Shop in Canada.)
Here are the results:
Raffle Number 1
Winner # 10 / Nancy Stock
1. Jackie Marshal
2. Barb Shearer
3. Barb Shearer
4. Laura Bollschweiler
5. Laura Bollschweiler
6. Helena Gallagher
7. Diane Vegsund
8. Diane Vegsund
9. Jody Potter
10. Nancy Stock
11. Brian Cox
12. Steve Hawkins
13. Amy Jenkins
14. Amy Jenkins
15. John Gilbert
16. John Gilbert
17. John Gilbert
18. John Gilbert
19. Jason Kowalski
20. Theresa Currier
21. Travis Herrington
22. Brenda Siebold
23. Jody Potter
24. Jody Potter
Club Training
9/16/23
Fantastic progress at club yesterday! Great work Jody, Caitlin, Courtney and Stefanie. Thanks for suiting up Tim!!
Dog Pacer Raffle Results:
Congratulations to Number 29 Robert Weddle. Robert is the winner of a new Dog Pacer that will include shipping.
Robert, I will be in touch with you tomorrow regarding the steps to take ownership of your Dog Pacer.
Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket for this raffle. AS is extremely grateful for all of you supporting our Nationals/Protection Tournament.
Thank you again to Deb Feliziani and yours truly for purchasing this dog pacer and donating it to be raffled off.
Empire Strong!!!!!!
At every AS National, the organization will welcome those members who achieve their AS3, into the AS3 Club. Here’s a little clip of three of Empire WDC’s members (Debbie Zappia, Jody Potter and Tim Vaillancourt) who made it this year.
This was another amazing event coordinated by Joeri Veth. You could see and feel the excitement, enthusiasm and camaraderie.
