Foxake Australian Cattle Dogs

07/09/2024

Decided to give conformation a try in Bainbridge, NY.

Saturday Reign - Jemesa n Foxake's Unstoppable Element RA ATT SWN SCNE SBNE CGCA CGCU FDC TKA VHMP VHMA FITG was BBE/WB/BOW/BOS for a 3pt major handled by Debbie Cournoyer.
Rune - Wayout's An Echo In the Bone RN SCN ATT FDC FITG CGC CGCA CGCU TKA VHMP VHMA won her open class and was RWB handled by Barry Cuzzola

Sunday Rune was WB/BOS for a 3 pt major and was handled by Debbie Cournoyer.

07/09/2024

SLVDC rally trials, Westville, NY. Timbre's first trial! Novice b, 4th place with an 88. This one was particularly special to me as timber is completely deaf and I have only worked with him a handful of times and this was roughly the third time he had ever seen a rally course.

Kai won his intermediate class on Saturday and had a qualifying run Sunday.

Rain had to qualifying runs in advanced just out of the ribbons both days.

I had to pull Rune from the trial due to her coming in season.

07/09/2024

Weedsport, NY Onandaga Kennel club scent work trial. Kai finished his novice interior, exterior and SWN title. Reign picking up novice elite legs towards the overall elite.

07/09/2024

Syracuse Obedience Club scent work trial. Kai earned his novice interior title, Rune earned her novice container title.
A few hard earned placements in huge classes of very capable dogs.

01/26/2024

01/23/2024

Snow days

12/31/2023

Join us for a New Year's Eve Fit Dog walk at the Eugene Nicandri Nature Center at noon. Trails will be wet, wear appropriate footwear.

Dogs must be on leash, please no Flexis, and under control. Please clean up after your dogs.

11/24/2023

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11/11/2023

There is still time to get your entries in!

Check this out! Do you have a stable dog over one year of age? Please follow the link to AKC site and consider earning an AKC title for your dog.

NOTE!!! Practice is THIS WEEK Friday 11/10!

11/09/2023

(This was so easy with Amazon and chewy)
SECRET SANTA DOG TOY EXCHANGE!!!!
This is super easy and so fun!!
I’m giving this a try as I think it can be fun. Worst case is I’m making a dog happy by sending them a toy - what can be better than that? No pressure to participate, I tagged a few dog people, sorry if I missed anyone! All are welcome to join!
This should be fun! I’m looking for dog owners interested in a holiday gift exchange. Doesn’t matter where you live in the U.S. - you are welcome to join! You have to buy one gift valued at least $10 and send it to your secret dog. (Hello Amazon and Chewy). A present will brighten their day (and the owners too). We could all use some happy mail
Let me know if you are interested and I will send you information about your dog.
Just comment I’m in! Toys or chew treats like bully sticks, yak chews or hooves.

11/09/2023

Sept 24, 2023 day two of the SLVDC rally trials. 1st place intermediate trial 1 and 2. Another 100pt run!

11/07/2023

Check this out! Do you have a stable dog over one year of age? Please follow the link to AKC site and consider earning an AKC title for your dog.

NOTE!!! Practice is THIS WEEK Friday 11/10!

11/06/2023

The Foxake crew traveled with Moonstone Setters to the English cocker Spaniel Club of America Scent Work Trial in Pittsford, VT yesterday.

Reign was in HD novice A trying to finish our last leg to title, and did she ever, winning her class in trial 1, and a fourth place in trial 2. She also got her first advanced container leg.

Kai qualified in 4/6 runs, with his best being a smoking hot 5.06 second container run for 2nd place. He also qualified in containers and trial two which earned him his SCN title, and both interior runs. We had an NQ in exterior due to an incorrect call and one . due to him peeing on a snowmobile 🫣

Thank you to ECSCA, our judges Nancy Large and Andrea MacRichie, and all the volunteers who helped make it possible.

Fun times as always with Debbie Hemmings Cournoyer

Potsdam Humane Society

10/20/2023

I will be offering a drop in rally practice Saturday from 12-2 at the Madrid Municipal Park in Madrid, NY. Cost will be $20

10/17/2023

Kai did a new thing last weekend, and went to an introduction to mantrailing workshop in Keeseville, NY. The dogs gather scent from a personal article that is dropped, and then they locate the person. It differs a lot from tracking, and was very interesting to see a variety of breeds work

09/23/2023

We had a great first day at the SLVDC rally trial in Potsdam, NY
A single dog outing today, I decided to enter just Kai and give him some more trial experience.

We entered two intermediate classes and two novice B classes. The intermediate was a level move up for us, and with our work schedule we have not had a chance to practice the advanced signs, so I was hopeful we would qualify.

First run of the day was intermediate for 100 points..I could not believe it. Our novice run was 97 points which gave us our qualifier for rally Nationals!

Trial 2 was 94 intermediate and 93 novice B.

We've still got two runs tomorrow, and now I'm hopeful to qualify him for Nationals in intermediate as well.

This dog has exceeded all my expectations from day 1 really. He has been with me just shy of 8 months, pulled from Potsdam Humane Society and I am grateful for them not turning me away for having intact females.

Go team Cattle dog! It's a good day at Foxake ACD.

09/20/2023

This past weekend we attended the Albany Obedience Club's scent work trials held at SUNY Cobleskill, what a fantastic place for a trial. So much space!

Saturday Reign finished her novice elite titles in Buried and Containers. Now to finished up exterior and interiors.

Sunday I decided to run Kai at his first trial and he went 3/5 and I was so pleased with him. His runs were fast and he was so happy! He q'd in containers, buried and exterior with 3rd place placements in all out of a fairly large novice A class.

A big thanks to SUNY Cobleskill, Albany obedience club, and our judges and the volunteers that made everything possible.

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09/14/2023

Congrats to STAR puppy graduates Ann with Buck, and Chris and Amanda with Nico. Lovely pups the both of them with some dedicated owners. Great job to you both.

09/09/2023

Congratulations to our STAR puppy graduates! These pups aced their tests today, and have shown great progress over the last six weeks. Great job everyone! A few class members were unable to attend today and will test at a later date.

09/01/2023

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08/26/2023

Reign was Reserve Winners Bitch today at the Australian Cattle Dog Club of Canada Regional Specialty from the Bred by class, held at SD&G on the Long Sault Parkway in Ontario.

Reign is Jemesa n Foxake's Unstoppable Element RA SWN ATT FDC TKA CGCA CGCU VHMA

It was nice to see old friends again after so long. Congrats to all the winners today.

Photo by Dogs by Design

07/18/2023

I will be offering a second puppy class on Sundays starting 7/30 at 12:15 pm. This will be a 6 week series, and will be eligible for the AKC STAR puppy program.

Classes will be held outdoors in Winthrop, NY. I will need a minimum of 3 dog/handler teams with a maximum in class of 6.

Reserve your spot now!

07/10/2023

I will be offering a STAR puppy/beginner puppy class starting July 30 at 11am held in Winthrop, NY.

Limit 6 puppies, currently have 4 spots available. Proof of age appropriate vaccinations required.

06/20/2023

This weekend we attended the St. Lawrence Valley Dog Club rally trials held at Heel & Fetch Dog Training Club in Westville, NY.

We had a very successful weekend running three Australian Cattle Dogs at Foxake Australian Cattle Dogs .

Reign was Entered in advanced and intermediate both days, first day advance was a 93 for 1st place, intermediate was 96 for Second place. Second day syndrome found us with a 73 in advanced for 3rd and an 85 due to handler error in. This run finished her rally advanced title.
intermediate putting us in 2nd.

Rune was an NQ day one due to handler missing a sign and was a '77 in intermediate on day two for a fourth place

Kai whi has only been with us since February after being sprung from Potsdam Humane Society was entered in rally novice B. His score on Saturday was 97 for 4th place behind some very nice working dogs and handlers. Day two found us with a 96 for second place.

I'm very proud of all three dogs but especially the young boy who has only seen a rally course a few times and went out there and nailed it.

We also had company this weekend, Gwyneth Hayes and Rune's brother Curtis came to stay with us for their first rally trial.

They earned a 3rd place in rally novice A for their first leg with a very respectable 82/100. Fantastic job team!

Also a big congrats to my rally student Elizabeth Donaldson and her dog Piper who ran their first ever AKC rally trial and took a second place with a very respectable 92/100 . Great job ladies.

03/07/2023

03/06/2023