In the Zone – Woodstown, NJ (May 8-10, 2009)

As usual, Pawzazz was well-represented at the latest ITZ trial. It was a fun trial at a great site (Salem County Fairgrounds) sandwiched right between two world-class "homemade" ice cream places!

Some of the smallest PZ dogs brought home big awards!

Leanne Lohmeyer and Sydney - MEDAL

Charlotte Idleman and Raven - Novice Superior Versatility

Patty Kimball and Kori - Novice Triple Superior

Way to go PZers! Looking forward to seeing everyone on May 23-24^th at the next Pawzazz trial at Worthington Park in Ellicott City!

Canines In Action!

Despite the awful April heat wave, there are plenty of brags to go around…read on to see what PZers can accomplish in 90+ degree heat!

Trixie & Lucy Peacock - Elite Touch n Go

Kori & Patty Kimball - Elite Jumpers

Jasper & Lisa Krizan - Outstanding Open Weavers, Outstanding Open Regular, Open Touch n Go

Cody & Leanne Lohmeyer - Open Hoopers & finished qualifications to run in Versatility at Championships!

Beckham & Pat Moloney-Harmon - Outstanding Novice Weavers and Novice Touch n Go

Jig & Sandy Ziemski - First Novice Jumpers Q

And a special shout out to Chloe who brought home a very nice Tunnelers Q while running with Lee Carr! Linda also did a nice job running her in Jumpers while Val (who we hope is feeling much better now) was not feeling well. And Happy FIVE-OH to Val, too!

Hopefully we’ll have much more ‘seasonal’ weather at the PZ trial in May!

Big Brags from In the Zone!

Mother Nature may have ordered up a chilly, wet weekend but under the big top on Ski Lane there were heartwarming smiles and spirits weren't dampened in the least. There was a lot of fun during the 3 day (ok, 2-1/2 day) In the Zone trial on March 13th, 14th and 15th.

We missed one of our favorite trial secretaries, Lisa Bonker from ITZ because she was running another trial in IL. But Dwayne Bonker was there to judge the show and represent ITZ with his usual, entertaining style.

Team PZ pulled together, as always, and helped keep this trial moving right along. Tom Moloney-Harmon and Nelson Hardy kept the pace with quick course building while Nicole Bailey was queen of the keyboard keeping scores posted for the eager exhibitors all weekend. Paula Goss played ring princess and only had to take off her crown and crack her whip a few times to fill vacant volunteer seats.


There were accomplishments, big and small, all around this weekend. To name just a few of the highlights from Team Pawzazz:

Tom Moloney-Harmon and Maddie - Versatility NATCH # 16

Paula Goss and Trae - Versatility NATCH # 2 earned with a bonus line in
Tunnelers

Priscilla Warnock and Lefty - NATCH # 1


Lucy Peacock and Trixie - Open Triple Superior

Debbie Brown and Bailey - Novice Triple Superior

In addition to those awards, other notable moments included:

Pat Moloney-Harmon and baby Beckham with an amazing TNG run on Friday. Watch for great things from this terrifiic team!

Debi Hutchinson and Chime has some beautiful runs where Chime decided not to argue with Debi...it was a thing of beauty! And not to be outdone, Garen took home some purple, too.

"Newbies" Charlotte Idleman and Raven earned their Open Jumpers title ... wait, they aren't Newbies if they are in Open, huh?

Sandy Ziemski and Jig had some very nice runs ... I saw an amazing Jumpers run. Another baby dog that is already amazing us!

Katie Rash and Bella have been working hard on solid start-line stays and looked great this weekend.

We all missed Paulette Hardy but enjoyed watching Nelson keep up with running all the dogs himself and keeping them clean, too. How does he manage it?! Oh, and nice run with Luxx, too!

We were happy to have a visit from Anne Beach even though Pearl was on house arrest after wrestling with a raccoon. Gladly, Anne tells us that Pearl will be back at the next trial ... tell those raccoons to stay away!

Half-time entertainment was brought to us by BCW ... Border Collie Wrestlemania! Debi's puppy, Gabe, and his littermate, Nicolette Eaton's pup Canon, had a lot of fun in their double-wide ex-pen ... lots of wrestling, grr'ing and some serious napping! We all think the puppies grew a little taller between Saturday and Sunday!

We are also excited to hear that Diane Gilliam has a new puppy at home...Circe (pronounced sir-see, I believe). I know Roxie is teaching her all the right habits of a proper Rottie puppy. Can't wait to meet the new pup, Diane!

Congrats to everyone on a wonderful and fun weekend!

Introducing Canon and Gabe!!

5 and 7 week pictures of Debi's new puppy Gabe and Nicolette's new puppy Canon. They will be joining the PAWZAZZ family very soon.

Our October Trial!

The 39th PAWZAZZ trial was fantastic! We were blessed with perfect agility weather, a little cold for the humans, but perfect for the dogs. It is always a treat to watch them the first time it's really crisp outdoors and they are just on fire!

We had judge Patty Leroy down from Calgary to join the fun. She brought some tough courses that bit a lot of us, but boy were they fun to run. She also brought good humor and good company... if loving Patty is wrong, we don't want to be right! ;)

There were several PZ teams making their big debuts at this trial:

Lisa and Bailey

Bailey is having a BLAST! (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

Linda and Reba Mac

Official "PZ Caption Contest" photo (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

The proud debutantes (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

Joan and Lucy

The Goose does her dogwalk (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

Megan and Mani

Mani is flying (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

Our annual Fall Raffle was bigger and better than it has ever been! Thanks to the help of all of PAWZAZZ and our trial participants, both donating items and buying up those tickets, we were able to raise enough money to buy two new sets of 22" weave poles. Without the tireless efforts of Pat Moloney-Harmon and a select group of raffle worker bees, this event would never happen.

Trialgoers peruse the "goods" (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

Charlotte and Raven win a basket! (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

Lucy shows off her prize (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

It was a great trial with great runs and great friends to share it with. And many milestones achieved. We send out huge congratulations to the following teams:

Phyllis and Zipper - Novice Triple Superior and Novice Superior Versatility!

Diane and Roxie - Novice Versatility, Superior Novice Jumpers, Superior Novice Weavers, Outstanding Novice Tunnelers!

Nicole and Mojo - Open Hoopers Title!

Lisa and Jasper - Novice Hoopers Title!

Mary and Roscoe - Outstanding Open Jumpers Title!

Beth and Flagg - Superior Novice Chances Title!

Leanne and Sydney - Novice Hoopers Title!

Leanne and Cody - Elite Tunnelers Title!

Leslie and Caly - Superior Elite Tunnelers Title, Superior Elite Touch-n-Go Title!

And lets not forget those teams that perservered on some TOUGH courses all weekend and received our High in Trial Awards:

Elite - Jean Wilkins and Kopper (10/12)

Open - Nicolette Eaton (substitute handling for Patty) and Kori (7/12)

Novice - Val Embry and Chloe (10/12)

Way to go to some awesome teams, both experienced and still new. We'll see you all again in January!

Split is so special she gets a cake, but we're not allowed to say why... :) (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

Scoreboy Nelson and Echo share a hug (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

The sweep search for the "dogwalk thingie" (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

Superior-ly Versatile Phyllis and Zipper show us how it's done (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

Roxie was raking in the titles this weekend! (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

And she was pretty pleased about it... (photo courtesy of Anne Beach)

Piper is zooooming! (photo courtesy of Terry Wright)

PAWZAZZers go to Devil's Tower

Devil's Tower was terrific!! Weather was perfect; cool to start out with, then it warmed up but the area is in a ponderosa pine forest so there was plenty of shade, and a cool breeze, to keep us comfortable.


Wierd fact: 50 million years ago the area we walked was underneath about a mile of sediment. The Belle Fourche river has washed all that away, exposing the Tower as it went.


Another wierd fact: how uncannily clear one can hear the Tower climbers (there were at least a dozen yesterday) as they talk to one another. Paulette "Eagle Eye" Hardy was the tops for spotting teams on the rock. Must have been a good day for a climb.


After Devil's Tower (and the Prairie Dog town, the _original_ tunnelers dogs) we wandered our seperate days home. Dinner was at Margarita's, the best (and only?) Mexican restaurant in Gillette.

Pat does her bear impersonation for passing tourists

Tom shows us some of the more interesting geological features of the tower...

Jean is prepared with some awesome binoculars

Good Luck to PAWZAZZers headed to NADAC Championships

This Friday a small, but mighty group leaves for the 3-day trip to Wyoming to compete in the NADAC Championships, held September 17-21. Leaving on the trek are:

Pat and Tom Moloney-Harmon with Aja, Piper, Maddie and cheerleader Beckham

Nelson and Paulette Hardy with Hattie, Bodie and cheerleader Caper

Jean Wilkins with Kopper

Nicole Bailey with Mojo & Luxx

Charlotte and Ray Idleman with cheerleader Raven

Good Luck and safe travels from your teammates at PAWZAZZ!!