Anduin Kennels

03/03/2025

Midwest Classic Post #2

Next up is Calypso! My sassy sweet girl came to the classic to compete in rally. Last Summer we NQ'd on the final sign of what would have been her URO3 title run. After that we had to withdraw from a Fall trial due to her being in season. So let's just say we had some unfinished business that needed wrapped up...

Not only did she earn her URO3 title on Saturday, but on Sunday she started working on her URX and UROC! She scored a 90 in URO3 and a 92 in URO2. This earned her 1 QQ for URX and 2 points towards UROC.

UGRCH Int/Nat/HnrCH URO3 PN RACEN DASH Legacy's Sing to Your Spirit THDN DDB RE DCAT CAA RATN FITB ATT FDC CGCA CGCU STR TKE VHMP VHMA SPOT-ON VCM 🌊

Atlas also made the trip to Indiana to compete in nosework. The tiny guy had a bit of a rough ride with severe carsickness on the way North and unfortunately he was a bit off the entire weekend afterwards. He still gave it his best and walked away with 1 Advanced Interior leg! I'm proud of him for being confident and calm in such a hectic environment.

NC NI NE RACEN Anduin's Kindly Carry That Weight CGCA CGCU TKN VHMA VHMP FITB 🗺️

03/03/2025

Midwest Classic Post #1

Lloyd stole the show this weekend in his altered debut! This cowboy carried us all the way to BIS today. While we got no love in the end- it was awesome to run the big ring for the first time ever! I have a feeling this dog is going to take me there often based on how well he showed for me this weekend against some amazing competition.

Sat Show 1: Altered Champion / Altered BOB / Gun Group 3
Sat Show 2: Altered Champion / Altered BOB / Gun Group 2
Sun Show 1: Altered Champion
Sun Show 2: Altered Champion / Altered BOB / Gun Group 1

Lloyd also earned 2 total dogs this weekend! Lloyd qualified in RO1C on Saturday and Novice Nosework Containers on Sunday. Since this was an RQE he will be eligible to compete at the Total Dog Invitational this Fall.

UCH IntCH URO1 RACEA DASH Legacy's Trip to the Train Station THDN DDB RN DN BCAT CA RATI FITB CGCA CGCU TKN VHMA VHMP SPOT-ON TOTAL-DOG x2 🤠

01/31/2025

Day 2 of the Cherokee Rose Cluster is in the books! I made a lot of handling errors with Calypso today. Probably one of my worst personal rally performances but we still qualified in all of our runs! But I feel so bad that I’m costing this dog her points. Tomorrow I’ll do better.

I also ran Sarge (my friends lab) today for the first time and he also qualified in all 3 of his runs.

—Rally 1/31–
Master 86
Advanced 76
Excellent 88

RM: 3/10
QQ: 3/10
QQQ: 3/20

01/30/2025

Today Calypso and I kicked off the Cherokee Rose Cluster in Atlanta, GA with some AKC rally. This was our first time back in the rally ring after a long 5 month break! We did decent- but I caused us a major deduction by messing up the last sign on master. Which likely cost us our first RACH master points. 🙃 My dog needs a better handler. 😂

—Calypso Rally 1/30–
Master 83
Excellent 89
Advanced 93 🏆 Fourth Place
5 RACH points

—Total Points—
RAE Legs 2/10
RM Legs 2/10
Triple Q’s 2/20
RACH: 10 Total Points / 0 Master Points

01/23/2025

In April we will be making a trip to Spirit America Fields in Decatur, AL to compete in the 2025 UpDog International Finals.

We will have stickers at the field and hope to trade with other fellow competitors! Look for our flag by the field.

This is the first time we have qualified to play and to have FOUR of our dogs entered is truly special.

--Saturday--
Throw n Go
-Merlin
-Kairi
-Calypso

--Sunday--
Four Way Play
-Merlin
-Kairi
-Calypso
-Lloyd

Frizgility
-Merlin
-Kairi
-Calypso

01/08/2025

The first title of 2025 goes toooooo... Calypso!

Calypso was awarded VCM from Versatility in Poodles. The Versatility Certificate Master is an award given to dogs that demonstrate versatility and excellence in multiple areas. The VCM is the highest level of Versatility Certificates offered by the organization.
You can learn more here:
https://vipoodle.org/certificates/

UGRCH Int/Nat/HnrCH URO2 PN RACEN DASH Legacy's Sing to Your Spirit THDN DDB RE DCAT CAA RATN FITB ATT FDC CGCA CGCU S.T.A.R. TKE VHMP VHMA SPOT-ON VCM

01/05/2025

Snow day!!!! I froze taking these but the dogs sure enjoyed their time outside.

12/31/2024

Re-sharing in honor of all the New Years recap posts I'm seeing. Next year will bring many changes but we still have goals!

Big goals for 2025:

Calypso- UROC, work on RACH
Kairi- FCAT, DDP, NADD regionals
Merlin- DDP
Atlas- more nosework
Lloyd- disc dog, dock diving, NADD regionals
Goose- virtual rally

It's December which means it is time for the 2024 accomplishment wrap up! My goal every year is for every single one of my dogs to earn at least one new title. Any title that is in each dogs respective color on the graphic is a title that was earned in 2024.

Goose is getting older and isn't as active anymore, but we earned rally novice together which was one of my biggest goals with him!

Merlin wrapped up his FastCAT career by earning FCAT. He continues to excel in UpDog and now has his FITG title. He qualified for the 2025 UPDIF International Finals in 4 games.

Kairi's year included a lot of FastCAT, CABT, and UpDog! She is only about 100 points from FCAT and should wrap that up next year. She earned her DDBE, DDS, and DDG this year. She qualified for the 2025 UPDIF International Finals in 5 games

Atlas found his niche with nosework and made a fun trip to Shipshewana this summer to put his nose to the test!

Calypso honestly did everything. This girl does it all. She is currently doing rally triples, competing in UpDog and FastCAT. This girl is so versatile I truly have to pick and choose! She qualified for the 2025 UPDIF International Finals in 4 games

Lloyd competed with us on and off in 2024 but didn't officially become ours until October. Since then we have put 10 titles on him! Lloyd qualified for the 2025 UPDIF International Finals in 2 games (but we hope to make that number 4 in a couple weekends).

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But we aren't done just yet. It's time for 2025 goals!

Goose
-RA: Rally Advanced
-VSWB: Virtual Scent Work Beginner
-TKE: Trick Dog Elite Performer

Merlin
-DDP: Disc Dog Platinum
-TKP: Trick Dog Performer
-TKE: Trick Dog Elite Performer
-Compete UPDIF 2025
-Qualify UPDIF 2026

Kairi
-FITS: Fit Dog Silver
-FCAT: FastCAT
-FITS: Fit Dog Silver
-UNJ: United Dock Novice Jumper
-DJA: NADD Dock Junior Advanced
-Compete UPDIF 2025
-Qualify UPDIF 2026
-Qualify/Attend 2025 NADD Regionals

Atlas
-NV: UKC Novice Vehicles
-FITS: Fit Dog Silver
-SCN: AKC Scentwork Novice Containers
-SIN: AKC Scentwork Novice Interior
-SEN: AKC Scentwork Novice Exterior
-SBN: AKC Scentwork Novice Buried

Calypso
-THD: AKC Therapy Dog
-DDS: Disc Dog Silver
-URO3: UKC Rally 3
-ROM: UKC Rally Master
-URX: UKC Rally RO2 + RO3 Doubles
-CD: AKC Obedience Companion Dog
-FCAT: FastCAT
-CAX: Coursing Ability Excellent
-RAE: AKC Rally Advanced + Excellent
-RM: AKC Rally Master
-Continue AKC Rally Triples
-Compete UPDIF 2025
-Qualify UPDIF 2026

Lloyd
-AltCH IABCA
-UGRCH-A
-THD: AKC Therapy Dog
-DDS: Disc Dog Silver
-DJ: NADD Dock Junior
-DCAT: FastCAT
-CAA: Coursing Ability Advanced
-UNJ: United Dock Novice Jumper
-Compete UPDIF 2025
-Qualify UPDIF 2026
-Qualify/Attend 2025 NADD Regionals

12/31/2024

Happy New Years Eve! Kairi is celebrating accordingly.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas!

12/18/2024

Time for a fun game! What is a dog breed you would never own, and one that you would like to own?

For us we would never own a hound due to the barking and baying. But we would love to add a flat-coated retriever to the family one day. I have an aptitude for spunky energetic dogs and I could see a flattie doing well with us!

12/11/2024

Brrr... it's getting cold outside! What are some of your favorite activities to keep your dogs entertained during the winter months?

Atlas enjoys doing scentwork based games indoors!

12/03/2024

It may be cold outside... but Lloyd thinks it is the perfect weather for zoomies!