Systematic Training 4 dogs

22/03/2025

Happy 11th month birthday Piyat!! You never fail to brighten our day and show us a different way of looking at life!

20/03/2025

We had a great time at the National Agility Championships last weekend! It was so amazing just being around so very many talented teams of highly trained dogs and their skillful trainers/ handlers! There were 105 entries in the 24" height!! There were 279 dogs in 20" regular, with another 69 in preferred = 348 dogs jumping 20"!! A total of 342 dogs in the 16" classes, 226 dogs in the 12" classes, and 210 in the 8" classes!! An absolutely HUGE event!

Our warm up run was uncharacteristically chaotic - Weego was rogue!! 🤣🤣 But it was awesome to see him having so much fun and flying over those off course obstacles!! He's 9, I'm almost 60 and need a knee replacement, it was our first time at a national event... truly, just being there was enough for me!!

Friday was a much more typical agility day for us, and Weego qualified in both premiere standard and NAC standard. Saturday he had 1 tiny mistake in each run, but handled so beautifully, I was giddy! We ended up 51st out of 105 in 24", with memories that will last a lifetime!

20/03/2025

Let's get ready to NADAC!!

Our local spring NADAC trial, in Evansville Indiana, will be April 18-20... also known as Easter weekend!

NADAC is requiring all dogs to be measured, and the fees for height cards will be waived until June 1, 2015. NOW is the time to get those measurements!

NADAC will accept photos of your AKC jump height measurement card, and that's the easiest way for those of us that play in both venues! If you don't have a measurement card from another venue, we can do video measurements before the trial. I will be happy to do those during lessons so we can try to minimize the number of dogs that will need measuring at the trial.

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From the NADAC website...https://www.nadac.com/2024-height-card-updates/

Fees

Height card fees are waived until June 1st 2025

Measurements at Trials

Any current NADAC Judge can measure your dog at any NADAC trial.

You can get multiple measurements at 1 trial if there are multiple NADAC Judges in attendance.

Only 2 measurements will be required unless your dog qualified as “way under” by the measuring Judge.

At Home Measurements

Dogs who are clearly under their height measurement, and have issues with judges in their “space” for measurements, may be measured at home. Any dogs very near a wicket height, will not be eligible for at home measuring.

The measurement process must be done by a video (uploaded to YouTube)

The video must clearly show the dog standing on level, solid ground with the wicket clearly shown on the ground, and space between the wicket and the dogs withers.

If the dog has a lot of fur, the owner (or a friend) can show their fingers or hand between the wicket and withers by pushing down on the fur.

Permanent Height Card Requirements and Updates Height Card Form - Click Here 20” Dogs Clarification and update - All dogs are required to be measured. If your dog is over 18" it can be measured visually by the judge. If you will be attending NADAC Championships and your dog is over 18”, you will...

16/03/2025

More photos from "Weego is a saint" 🤣🤣

15/03/2025

What a wonderful, exciting, exhausting 1st NAC!! Weego popped out of the weave poles a bit early in jumpers, and dropped the first bar in hybrid, but he was amazing!! He ran fast and happy and handled like a pro.

To celebrate on the way back to the hotel, we got bacon cheeseburgers!! Weego, because he's amazing... Piyat, because it wouldn't be fair, and he'll be amazing soon!

I am so very lucky to share my life with such an amazing dog!

Cody... your days of passing out on my kitchen counters like some drunken frat boy are short numbered!!

15/03/2025

Updated to add... the covered crate and loud radio were to help with storm jitters... but I kinda thought it might become a stepping stone.

From feral, shut down, neglected dog to a prince sleeping on kitchen counters🙄😳🤣🤣. I was worried about Cody because they were predicting storms at home while I'm at the National Agility Championships in Tulsa. My friend that is caring for Cody and Redi told me Cody was on the counter when she got there this morning...I just had to check the camera for that!🤣🤣🐾🤣

15/03/2025

While he's too young to play at this NAC event, Piyat got to celebrate his day! Happy Pi day from the next generation of spotted wonder dogs! Thanks again Joan Fosenburg for trusting me with this character and for the shirt that is all about pie! 💖

15/03/2025

National Agility Championships, day 2 update... Weego is amazing! He can even make up for my inability to get where he needed me to be. 2 runs, 2 clear rounds!! This whole experience is amazing, I'm so glad I got the chance to do this with him! 💖🐾🥳

13/03/2025

Oh Piyat, your looks sure get you out of a lot of trouble... it's a good thing he's so cute!

13/03/2025

Our first day of our first nationals is in the books! Weego was full of himself, decided my navigation suggestions were unnecessary, and had the best time taking all of the obstacles. He was happy, the warmup run is not judged, it was perfect!

How do you celebrate all of that wonderfulness?? With braided bully sticks, of course!!

I have the bestest spotted dog ever!!

13/03/2025

How cool is this?? Weego is one of only 2 Dalmatians at Nationals this year! He's the only 24"!

08/03/2025

Sigh... thank you Piyat, for reminding me to take Weego's collars off before I leave home... bless you, Weego, for your unimaginable patience.

06/03/2025

Weego the wonder dog got mail! I haven't heard a word about the new awards from NADAC, but I'll go on record as saying I love them!! Not for sure they're meant to be crate tags, but they are beautiful and will serve that purpose for me and mine!!

I'm curious how many dogs have gotten a MACH in AKC and the Platinum All Around NATCH in NADAC? 🤔 I bet it's a small club!

03/03/2025

I guess when you're working on the weekend and it's quitting time, you quit... even when you are literally TEN FEET from completing the job?!😳🙄😜

Maybe they'll be back this week to finish...

02/03/2025

Kash Taylor is staying in shape while the weather is too bad to play outside. It's really important to avoid weekend warrior syndrome during the winter months. A weekend of agility during a sedentary season indoors is a good recipe for injury.

27/02/2025

Genie Manz is having a blast in her indoor agility lessons!

27/02/2025

I wonder what he's dreaming about. I could hear him barking in his sleep from the next room.