Anduin Kennels

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!

12/02/2024

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).

_________________

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

11/23/2024

It was a cold day… but a fun one! Lots of good rounds of UpDog today with Kairi and Calypso.

Kairi
Far Out- 63 PB
Frizgility 1- 72
Frizgility 2- 88 PB
Throw n Go- 14
Time Warp- 62

Calypso
Frizgility 1- 73 PB BRONZE UP
Frizgility 2- 94 PB
Time Warp 1- 27 BRONZE UP
Time Warp 2- 47 PB
Throw n Go 1- 11
Throw n Go 2- 36 PB BRONZE UP

Calypso also earned her Disc Dog Bronze title!

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SPOT-ON VCX 🌊

11/04/2024

Beautiful Poodle + Delicious Bourbon = Amazing Photos

Photos: Royale Studios US
Location: Wilderness Trail Bourbon Distillery Danville, KY

11/02/2024

It’s official!

Lloyd is our third therapy dog. With this certificate, he also earned two new titles.

UCH IntCH URO1 RACEA DASH Legacy's Trip to the Train Station ✨THDN✨ RN DN BCAT CA RATI ✨CGC✨ VHMP SPOT-ON

11/01/2024

Today was both a fun day and a bittersweet day.

Today we took Calypso out of show coat. She accomplished all of the goals we had for the show ring and now she gets to live her best life without worrying about coat damage. We took photos this morning before she was shaved that I can't wait to show everyone!

We also got Lloyd's DNA results back. He doesn't carry for brown, does carry parti, and everything is clear overall health wise.

Here's a link to the full report for those interested!

https://www.anduinkennels.com/_files/ugd/a3762b_bda3e28214204d0fa241e82173207b87.pdf

10/25/2024

A fun start today to the UKC Mason Dixon Dog Show.

Calypso started the morning off bright and early by showing with a first time handler for juniors. This is the second time I’ve handed her off to a child she doesn’t know for a junior show and both times she’s been on her best behavior!

Much later in the day she took reserve grand champion in show 1. No love in show 2.

This is always a stacked show for poodles but we are having fun!

10/18/2024

What a fun morning in Athens, TN!

Show 1 Calypso took reserve grand under judge Stephanie Mueller.

Show 2 she pulled a nice breed win and won her first ever gun group placement (group 2) under judge Fred Lanting!

We are only showing today due to other prior commitments, but it was a wonderful first time showing with this club.

10/13/2024

Another great day in Xenia, OH for Day 2 of the IABCA Buckeye Autumn Seger!

Express Show: Bettyann Hale- USA
Show 3: Leah D Lange- USA
Show 4: Diane K Ondo- USA

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🌊 Calypso 🌊

Calypso was on fire today! She earned three V1 ratings, 2 best of breed awards, a group 1 in show 3, and a group 3 in show 4. She had no love in the Best in Show ring but we were happy for the experience of being in that big ring! On top of it all, my sweet girl earned yet another champion title- Honor Champion!

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🤠 Lloyd 🤠

Lloyd earned three V1 ratings in all three shows. The cowboy is now an international champion! Yee haw!

UCH IntCH Legacy's Trip to the Train Station RN DN BCAT CA FTN RATI UR01 RACEA DASH VHMP

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✨ Sparkles ✨

Sparkles continued to improve in the ring today and earned three more V1 ratings. Not only is she now an international champion, she’s only one show away from being a national champion as well! She also pulled a very nice breed win and a group 3 during show 3 today.

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