Ascent K9, LLC - positive dog training & fitness for your canine companion.

10/22/2024

Thank you, Mia and Dan for letting me enjoy your house on the gorgeous Oregon coast! Beryl is excited to play in a Summit trial the next two days where regardless of the outcome we will make great memories with friends!!!

10/19/2024

Enjoying a run with the amazing Grace!! Looking forward to a fun weekend judging UKC for PSK9 club at Emerald Downs this weekend!!! Thank you Debi for the hospitality and dog entertainment!

09/29/2024

So what do they say about the difficult dogs in our lives??? They teach us what we never knew we needed to learn!!
JJ has been my challenge dog and much of who he is is not his fault but the great of who he is is amazing!!
We did it today by earning our final NW3 title for NW3-Elite! And 2nd in the exterior double searches!!
We have moments of brilliance and a lot of mess but he is a solid searcher and I’ve learned so much from him! Now we move onto elite!!!

09/25/2024

Thank you Wenatchee Kennel Club for inviting me to judge!! What a wonderful crew, location and overall trial!!!

Many thanks to Jan Flatten, Carla Slabaugh and all the fabulous volunteers!!!

Phoenix earned another detective Q and Beryl ticked off more master runs for her elite title!

So many great dogs and handlers and so fun to be among friends!

Thank you to my fellow judges - Tracy Hill, Donna Morgan Murray, Patrice Dodd, and Steve DeTata!!!

09/14/2024

09/04/2024

This sweet Koolie boy is looking for his forever home!! Born June 28 - the Wine Country litter in Napa!! He is a Gaston and Poppy cross. Smart, athletic, biddable and thoughtful!

PM me or Kathleen Ohlson for Information!

08/23/2024

The pups think this might be ok after a long drive!!!

08/23/2024

Beautiful Montana! Thank you Nikki Pollari Markle for inviting me to CO the ORT followed by workshops on Drive and Elite/Detective prep!! Thanks to the generosity of Johanna and Joe Kern I have a lovely site to camp and get to do do some NASDA coaching!!!

07/24/2024

Happy to announce that I’ve been approved as a CO for NACSW - levels 1, 2, and 3!!!

Great fun training and so impressed by the thought that goes into decisions and planning!

07/16/2024

Australia is, of course, in the southern hemisphere so things are in reverse of what I have in the northern hemisphere. Water drains in a different direction, the seasons are reserved, etc….
Gaston is born and raised Australian and only came to me at 5 so I guess it makes sense that cues might be reversed….
This is what I got when I told him to “load up!”

07/11/2024

Join me on July 18 for some extreme practice ideas to help with your trial prep!!!

Help your dog develop the skills they need to tackle a variety of searches regardless of what the search area throws as them. Great for trial-prep or simply taking your sniffing game to the next level.

06/19/2024

Big news! The first KittyHawk next generation is on its way!!! KittyHawk Lark of the Lake aka Poppy is expecting and will deliver Gaston’s first US litter within a week!!! Poppy is excelling in Scentwork and has a lovely temperament! Imrie Creek Gaston is a treasure to have and is such an easy, active, happy boy who wants to please! He has been a joy to adopt into an already full household! He quickly adapted to my life on the road as I travel to judging and dog trial engagements!! These puppies will be spectacular!
Taking EOI - PM me or Kathleen Ohlson for information!

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06/14/2024

Well not quite like my trips with the truck camper but we’re on the road again!!! Looking forward to a week in Montana at trials first in Columbus w Nikki and then a week relaxing in Helena and maybe doing some coaching to finish with the Breakfast Club trial!!!

06/10/2024

So fun judging down in Joseph, OR and La Grande for four days with Lola, Terri, Kristina, Tracey, Halle, and so many fabulous volunteers and competitors!! Congratulations to all who competed and thank you to all who volunteered!!

As a reward for many long days in the truck with no fun, I let all have a run up in Owlsely Canyon after today’s trial!!

Vega and Gaston had a race!!

05/28/2024

04/22/2024

Fabulous and fun trial judging last weekend for PSDPC!!! What a great group of volunteers! Thank you to all and especially Sue Lynch, Janice Mitchell, Karin Cartwright, Charlotte Heinecke, and fellow judges Patrice Dodd and Donna Morgan Murray!
I hope all clubs will consider letting each judge stay in the same element all day as it drastically reduced those awkward transitions and allowed up to have a smooth efficient trial!!!

04/10/2024

Thank you to Wenatchee Kennel Club for inviting me to judge an all HD trial!! Great competitors and awesome volunteers for a well run set of trials! Several first timers earned titles!! Follow this with a day of giving two detective workshops and things can’t get any better!!! Special thanks to Carla as secretary and apprentice judge extraordinaire and Jan for organizing and literally hosting me at the Flatten B and B!!! Further thanks to Betsy and Suzanne for sharing their farm for our detective work!!!