Brags

From Lera Jones (5/4/09):

Codyy (my two year old Shetland Sheepdog) has had a great two weeks. He showed in Hampton Roads Training Club show on April 25th in Rally Novice B and earned his first leg with a 97 and third place. He also showed in Novice A Obedience and earned his first leg with a 189 and second place. On May 1st and 2nd he showed in the Richmond Obedience Training Club show. He earned his second leg in Rally Novice B with a 94 and third leg title and second place in Rally Novice B with a 99. He also received his second leg in Novice A Obedience with a 182 and a third place. Needless to say, I am very proud of him.

From Beverly McGhghy (5/1/09):

Beverly McGhghy's Manchester Terrier "Bo" earned his first Novice B Obedience leg (and a Highest Scoring Terrier trophy!), and his first two legs of Advanced Rally Obedience at the HROTC April 25-26 Trials. Hooray for Bo!

From Silke Satzinger (2/16/2009):
Donna Reed's Doberman Cayman "Trump's Grand Cayman CGC, RN" finished his UKC Champion title with a GROUP 1 win on Friday 02/06/09 and went Best Champion on Saturday 02/07/09. His new title is U-CH Trump's Grand Cayman CGC, RN. Cayman will retire his show career and will continue with Rally.
My Heady "U-CH Lyndobe's Head Of The Class CGC/TDI, RE, CD" finished her U-CD with a 2nd place on 02/07/09. We will now focus on open work and agility.
My new puppy Ruger 6-month and 3 days (2/7/09) "San Rafael's The Enemy Below" went Best in Breed over Champion & Grand Champion and took a Group 1 placing at the UKC show. He also is now in the UKC Top 10 ranking with 6 points. He only needs one more competition win to get his U-CH. Keep your fingers crossed..

From Elfie Robertson (12/25/08):

2008 has been a wonderful year for my wiggle butt Boxer boy and I. As the late bloomers that we are, we didn't step into the Basic Obedience classroom till he was 1 1/2 years old and we have been learning together ever since. "Roberto El Tigre CGC, RN" has outdone himself in my eyes. He earned his first Rally Novice leg with a qualifying score of 97 with a 4th placing in November with the Virginia Beach Kennel Club. We took a trip to Durham NC, with the intention to finish his Rally Novice title and try out for our first leg in Novice Obedience. He qualified for his second leg with a 95 and zipped up the title with a 99 with a 2nd placing. The third day at the trail was the nerve-racker (first leg, try for his CD) but he wiggled his way through it and qualified with a 195 and placed 4th. I am so proud of him. The highlight of the weekend of 12-14 of December 2008 was that he also received a huge ribbon for HIGHEST SCORE IN WORKING GROUP. I have since then acquired two extra wrinkles that extend from the corners of my lips up to my ears.

I have many thanks to all the folks at HROTC and for letting me be a part of them. It is not the club that makes the club, it is the people that make the club.

From Silke Satzinger:
August 29, 2008 at the UKC show in Maryland.
Luna 9 month - Lyndobe's One More Moondance (owner Allison Betro) obtained her fist competition win in her first show and earned 25 points towards her 100 point UKC champion title.
Cayman 12 month - Trump's Grand Cayman CGC/TDI, RA, (owner Donna Reed) got his 2nd competition win and needs one more competition win to become an UKC champion.
Heady - UKC-CH Lyndobe's Head Of The Class CGC/TDI, RE, CD (owner Silke Satzinger) got 2 legs towards her UKC-CD with a 4th and a 2nd placing.

From Deven Grimaldi:
“Gandalf” Twin Ponds Grimaldi’s Wizard CD RE NJ-N CGC earned his Rally Excellent in 3 tries at the Hampton shows in May.
“Grissom” Grimaldi’s CSI vom True Haus RN CGC earned his Rally Novice in 3 tries and also passed his CGC.
“Tony” Sandy Ridge Bada Bing RN earned his Rally Novice with scores of 92/ 98/ 100.
All 3 of these dogs are owned/ trained/ handled by Deven Grimaldi

From Jackie Miller:
I would like to share that my niece, Janie Poore, and our german shepherd puppy bitch, Lily, passed the Canine Good Citizen Test with Lee on May 27th. Lily was 1 day shy of being 6 months old. I am very proud of both of them. Janie is only 10 years old and just got into training last year with my 10 year old standard poodle, Sarah.

From Suzie Parsons:
Synama’s Tequila Sunrise (“Tiki”), my 10 & 1/2 yr old Siberian Husky, finished her Rally Excellent on Memorial Day, so she now has a CD, RE, ATT, CGC, TD after her name.
Tiki has 9 pts toward her Championship, but never finished. She also ran on my 4-Dog purebred sleddog racing team in 1998 & 1999.
If I get lucky with dumbbell training, we might go for her CDX this year!

From Donna Reed:
My Doberman Pinscher “Cayman” (Trump’s Grand Cayman) passed his CGC under Lee Hussey at the age of 7 months. At the age of 8 months he earned 100 points towards his UKC Conformation title with 1 competition win. He needs 2 more competition wins to receive his Champion title.
At the age of 9 months he earned his Rally Novice title at the Memorial Cluster at the Hampton Conference Center. His dad, Gary, my friend, Silke, and I are very very proud of this young boy. Way to go Cayman.

From Burt Juda:
Congratulations to Nancy Juda and Bambi on getting Novice Obedience (Companion Dog) and Rally Novice titles, completing both Obedience and Rally titles within one month of showing. Nancy and Bambi finished each of the titles in 3 straight shows!
Novice Obedience scored 191, 188+, 189, with two 4th placings,
and a “bumper leg” of 191 1/2 and 2nd place. Rally Novice scored 95, 99, 99, with two 3rd places. Congratulations, Nancy and Majic Cast-A-Spell URA QTPIE, CD RN
(but we just call her “Bambi”!)

From Silke Satzinger:
Memorial Cluster Brags:
I would like to let you all know that I had a great Memorial Day weekend and I hope you did too.
For a quick run down --
Lyndobe’s Head of the Class (Heady) got 3 double qualifying scores this weekend. Now she has 4 legs towards her Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) title. (For the title you need 10 double qualifying scores).
Trump’s Grand Cayman (Cayman) titled this weekend in Rally Novice B (RN).
Here is the longer version if you are interested:
1st day Heady and I in Rally Excellent...I NQ because of handler errors,therfore I never entered Rally Advanced that day and called it day. I also had a conflict in the breed ring and I had to go back to work so it was not my day.
Donna (7 month pregnant) and Cayman (9.5 month old) qualified on their first attempt at Rally Novice B.
2nd day started off with Heady and I in Rally Excellent and we took 5th place out of 32 dogs. Then I showed 2 young puppy bitches in Doberman Breed specialty show and I was up against all big HANDLERS luckily nobody killed me or was mean to me; they were actually very nice. I may try a little bit more of the AKC showing. Anyway, we went back into the Rally Advanced ring and got a qualifying score. That was the 2nd leg for the RAE.
Donna took a Rottweiler in the ring for a friend of ours and qualified. But when it came to her and Cayman, the nerves kicked in and her blood pressure went up and it came to an NQ.
3rd day started off with Heady and I in Rally Excellent and we took 2nd place out of 29 dogs. Then I showed a 7 month old puppy bitch in Doberman Breed. Then went back into the Rally Advanced ring and got another qualifying score. 3rd leg for RAE.
Donna and Cayman pulled it together and got the 2nd leg. But Donna’s blood pressure was still too high and her husband vetoed the situation and said no more showing until after the baby is born. And it actually was too much for young Cayman anyway. But there was still one more leg to get and one more day of showing.
4th day again started of with Heady and I in Rally Excellent and that day Heady left her “head” at home so we barely qualified, which I felt it was nothing to brag about. But in Rally Advanced she found her brain again and we got a great score of 98 out of 100 but didn’t place; oh well, 3 double qualifying scores that was all I really wanted. 4th leg for RAE.
Then it became time for the Rally Novice B dogs to go in. I called Donna to bring Cayman and I would take him in to get his last leg. So no more stress on her and the baby (husband agreed). So I more or less took Cayman in cold...all I did with him was conformation in UKC, so I had no idea what he would do (maybe free stack himself at a front). But that little boy worked his little butt off for me (the boys are just fantastic) and we walked away with a spanking score of 98 out of 100. TITLE!!!!! Trump’s Grand Cayman CGC, RN

From Jean Conroy:
It has been a wonderful Spring here at Sea Breeze Agility both in the
agility ring and Rally rings. At the Gloucester KC agility trials, Troubadour Sea Breeze Jet Ski, CGC, OA, OAJ ( Skeeter) finished her Novice
Agility Preferred and her Novice Jumpers Preferred.
Sea Breeze Wind Surfer, CGC OAJ (Winnie) finished her Novice Jumpers Preferred on Saturday, moved up for Sunday and got her 1st Open Jumpers Preferred leg. Now if we could just get out of Novice Standard. Only need one more leg.
Sea Breeze Sandy Shore, CGC (Sandy) picked up two Rally Novice legs at the Hampton Roads Obedience Training Club’s Rally trials and today at the Merrimac obedience/rally trials held in conjunction with the Langley Kennel Club’s breed show, Sea Breeze Sandy Shore, CGC finished her Rally Novice title with a 96.

From Staci Sherck:
My German Shepherd bitch “Garmisch, Bavarian Dream of Sandbridge CGC, RN” passed her Canine Good Citizen test at HROTC on November 13, 2007, at the age of 13 months. She earned a leg toward her Rally Novice Title at the HROTC trials at Merrimac and earned two more legs at the Memorial Day Cluster. She went three for three for her title at 18 months old. Garmisch is my first-ever dog so this is all new to me and we’re having a lot of fun (and a little frustration) learning about this sport! I’d like to thank Lee Hussey, Nancy Juda, and Silke Satzinger for all their training assistance and support.

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