Our March Trial!

Mother Nature made nice after all the terrible weather she's been throwing at us for our last couple of trials! After mudfest 2009 in October and a generous dumping of snow and frigid cold in January, we had a weekend of BEAUTIFUL, warm sunny weather for March!

Our judge Maureen Burke brought some challenging courses, but Team PZ looked great out there. Chances, in particular was a real doozie. Team after team bit the dust on a really hard course. In the end only Paula and Trae were able to make it through and they made it look EASY! Congrats to an awesome pair.

As usual Suz was working hard keeping everyone fed and happy with the Roadkill Cafe. Her breakfast sandwiches are to die for and the service is top notch! Proceeds from the RKC go toward our equipment fund and we are over halfway to a new set of 24" weaves so thanks everyone who contributed!

The Platinum Speed Star is an award that prizes speed and accuracy, you need to have 20 Regular runs with a 100+ DRI, and 10 in Jumpers, and also have 10 Chances. These teams are the embodiment of the skills that make NADAC such a great venue. We are very proud to have TEN teams in PAWZAZZ to have achieved this feat!! Many of them have multiple Speed Stars to their credit. Tebi was nice enough to purchase some beautiful ribbons to mark their achievement. Congratulations to:

Debi Hutchinson and Josh
Debi Hutchinson and Chime
Paula Goss and Split
Paula Goss and Trae
Tom Moloney-Harmon and Maddie
Tom Moloney-Harmon and Piper
Debbie Baracco and Ace
Nicolette Eaton and Andy
Nelson Hardy and Hattie
Lynn Sipe and Asher

The PSS crew! (l-r: Deb Baracco, Nelson Hardy, Nicolette Eaton, Debi Hutchinson, Tom Moloney-Harmon, Paula Goss)

Nicole helps Terry pass out the ribbons, she was prevented from absconding with the whole batch!

Nicolette with her prize, Andy may be one of the only dogs in NADAC to have gotten a PSS BEFORE his NATCH!

There were also some awards earned at our trial, congrats to the following:

Katie Rash and Bella (aka Thunderbunny) - Versatility NATCH!!

Nicole Bailey and Mojo - Elite All-Around!

Sam Lietz and Schatzi - Novice Superior Versatility and Novice All-Around!

There were also plenty of other brags:

Charlotte Idleman and Raven had their first Elite Touch-n-Go over 5YPS!

Patty Kimball and Kori earned their Open Superior Touch-n-Go title and had the fasted time in Elite Weavers for all jump heights! She is one fast little sheltie.

Luxx Bailey got TWO Elite Weavers in one weekend! Go little red girl go!

Debbie Brown and Bailey earned their Outstanding Open Regular title and got TWO Novice weavers to boot!

And let's not forget one of the most important achievements of the weekend, after years of difficulty and with some coaching from his friends, Nelson Hardy finally learned to pronounce the word "colonoscopy!" Way to go Nelson!!! :)

Also a big congrats go out to our High in Trial winners:

HIT Winners with Debi (l-r: Debbie Brown, Phyllis Hayden, Pat Moloney-Harmon, Jean Wilkins and Judy Whitbread)

Elite - Jean Wilkins and Kopper

Open - A 3-way tie! Pat Moloney-Harmon and Beckham, Phyllis Hayden and Zipper and Debbie Brown and Bailey

Novice - Judy Whitbread and Rocky

Beth Cecil gives Phyllis a congratulatory hug for a well earned HIT!

After the arena was cleared, all the PZ puppies took the place over and had a GREAT TIME! Here are some of their antics, thanks Anne Beach for the video! In this video are Paula Goss's Tessie, Nicole Bailey's Jinn, Debbie Baracco's Cash, Anne Beach's Nelle and Suz Sullivan's Phoenix.

It was a great trial, thanks to all that attended and made it such a good time. See you again in May!!

Our January Trial!

We made it through! We were missing Debi terribly, she had to teach a seminar and we did our best to hold down the PZ fort without her. Mother nature threw us a curveball by turning her "dusting of snow" into 6+ inches on Saturday. Those that braved the entire day ended up canceling hoopers and leaving early. In spite of the weather, there were lots of smiles, great food courtesy of the Road Kill Cafe and some killer runs! Totally worth the chaos of driving home on completely unplowed roads and then coming back on Sunday morning to do it all again! Agility addicts for sure! Our judge, Ben Philibert was nice enough to check with NADAC and squeeze in Hoopers as an extra class at the end of the day on Sunday so we all got our runs in which was fantastic.

There were MANY accomplishments at this trial. Some, very long awaited sweet victories that were a joy to behold. Thanks to Priscilla Warnock for the photos!

Connie Day and Princess NATCH!!!


Tom Moloney-Harmon and Maddie Vers-NATCH 19


Lisa Bonker and Cuba MEDAL 6


Andrea Lengi and Lucas NATCH 3


Pat Moloney-Harmon and Beckham Novice All Around (no photo)

Sam Lietz and Schatzi Novice Triple Superior (no photo)

Val Embry and Chloe Open Triple Superior


Judy Whitbred and Rockie Novice Versatility

Paula did a great job substituting for Debi and giving out the High in Trial awards. She even distributed lots of hugs to the HIT teams.

Elite HIT - A FOUR-way tie!
From L-R: Kate Hutchinson with Delta, Pat Moloney-Harmon with Aja, Judge Ben Philibert, Nicole Bailey with Mojo AND Luxx and Debbie Baracco with Jet


Open HIT
Jim Faber and Kipper


Novice HIT

Anne Beach and Pearl!!! WOOHOOO!

The trailer is packed, we're ready to do it all again in March! Here's hoping for no snow...

Canine Kinship - State College, PA, January 15-17

What a great weekend at Canine Kinship! It is well worth the drive to State College to experience this trial. It is a great club, Vickie and Curt Vander Vere are two of the coolest folks you'll ever meet and the facility is top notch. It is a heated building, though always cold enough to make the dogs run FAST! And the surface is the best around. Dogs really seem to giggle when running on it, and they ZOOM! Add to that judge Ron Young, one of the best NADAC judges around. Such a cool guy, totally laid back and fun. He was even nice enough to demonstrate his Vulcan neck pinch on Lisa Bonker, dropped her like a stone! Won't be messing with that guy anytime soon.

We have developed some routines after attending this trial for several years now, one of which is partaking in the warm, buttery bliss that is GRILLED STICKIES!!! We missed Archie this year, he is a main supporter of Team PZ and provider of all things yummy. He always picks up a batch for us each morning. Luckily Dwayne Bonker was there to answer the call and delivered a huge stack of boxes full of the little cinnamon temptations.... And there was much rejoicing! The pick-me-up was definitely appreciated on Sunday to lift our spirits after a painful Ravens loss against the Colts the night before.

Grilled stickies weren't the only sweets around at this trial however. Pat managed to find a vendor, even at this small trial. Morgan Merriman was set up selling Girl Scout cookies all weekend. Pat bought so many boxes from her, she earned her Advanced Sales and Marketing Patch!!!

We also had DELICOUS carrot cake in honor of the indomitable Miss Maddie, who turned 12 on Saturday!! There is not a person in NADAC who hasn't heard of Maddie and rightly so, she is a force of nature. She gave Tom a little present of her own by earning her NATCH-21 on Sunday!

Lisa Bonker has invited her newest puppy into her pack, she picked him up the day before the trial started! His name is Tandem, he is the coolest dude in town. It was great to meet him and spend some time getting our fix of puppy breath. This little guy fears nothing and gives the best smooches.

Lisa and Tandem

The older puppies had a blast as well, Tessie and Jinn spent a good portion of each day running each other to exhaustion to help keep their mommies sane! They are the same size and are totally BFF right now. Tess was even nice enough to teach Jinn the Doberman how to herd. She was doing a great job herding Tess all over the field.

Also of note, we have accepted a new member into the Twilight fold. Priscilla was burning through the books all during the trial and watched the first movie while in State College as well. Welcome to the madness!!

All of this sugar and vampires must have been a potent combination, because PAWZAZZ was on FIRE! So many accomplishments from such a small group of folks:

Tom Moloney-Harmon and Maddie - NATCH-21!!


Nicole Bailey and Mojo - NATCH-9/Versatility NATCH-9
(this one is extra special, because he has been 100% in Jumpers to get from NATCH-8 to NATCH-9!!)


Tom Moloney-Harmon and Piper - NATCH-8/Versatility NATCH-8


Debi Hutchinson and Chime - NATCH-6/Versatility NATCH-6 (no photo)

Charlotte Idleman and Raven - Open Triple Superior and Open Superior Versatility

Priscilla Warnock and Lefty - Superior Elite Touch-n-Go (no photo)

There were several other accomplishments outside of titles and awards as well:

Paula and Trae got two more BEAUTIFUL bonus line runs!

Priscilla and Lefty had their fastest YPS ever in Regular!

Patty and Kori had 14/15 perfect startlines!

Nicole and Mojo had great startlines all weekend and he has his contacts back! And 14 Jumpers Qs in a row and still counting!

Such a great weekend! If you didn't go, work it into your plans for next year. Can't wait to do it all again in 2011!

PAWZAZZ slogs through!

We want to thank everyone who came to our trial this past weekend and ran who worked so hard.

This was the most singularly miserable weekend we have ever experienced as a trial giving group. The only weather condition that didn't happen was warm. It didn't rain, it poured. Then, it drizzled. Then, overnight, it snowed. Finally, the wet stopped but the wind came up. YUK!

What is all this stuff??

For many years, we have somehow managed to squeak trials in between rain storms; ice storms; snowstorms; heatwaves and such and have avoided being slammed. We've kept quiet lest the little bad weather gods notice us and focus their skills upon us. I think they finally noticed.

Our very courageous judge, Randy hand, kept his word and constantly checked and re-checked safety factors, luckily always being able to decide that although it was "miserable" it was safe. He went above and beyond the call of duty, changing a flat tire on my car on the way home from dinner on Saturday night! Thanks Randy!

So many good choices were made about whether or not to run dogs. More dogs were pulled than ran BUT the ones that ran did so with style and were obviously having a blast in the rain and yuk. On Sunday, when things cleared up in the afternoon, it was great to see many more dogs on course.

Thanks to all who chose not to run but who stayed and made it all work!

Several big milestones were achieved regardless!

Nicolette Eaton and her tiny Sheltie Andy achieved their NATCH and Versatility NATCH! Not many teams that we know of got their Speed Star before their NATCH!

Randy, Nicolette and Debi

Beth Strother and her BC Phantom who earned their first Versatility NATCH.

Beth, Versatility NATCH Phantom and Randy

Katie Rash and her PWC Bella who achieved their Triple Triple!

Debi, Katie, Triple-Triple Bella and Randy

Mike Mason from Olympia, Washington and his little traveling group of 3 dogs who showed us all how to get out there and rack up the Q's regardless of the weather!

We moved the ring twice to drier (well, less muddy) ground; learned a LOT about what raingear works and what doesn't (I imagine the letters to L.L. Bean, Cabela and others will begin to go out today); learned which dogs are mudders and which aren't; learned that Nelson Hardy can get muddy; learned that Tom Moloney Harmon can set courses in any weather AND make excellent
choices about changing running order to keep things safe; learned that raincoats dripping on computer keyboards probably isn't a good idea; learned that even in the WORST weather people will still flock to the raffle drawings (thanks so much Pat for doing that!); and once again learned that agility people are priceless.

Thank you all so much for all you did!

High in Trial Winners:

Elite - Beth Strother and Phantom

Open - Jean Wilkins and Zephyr


Novice - Beth Cecil and Talon

And last but not least the Zero Q Club! All those who came home with no Qualifying runs, be that because they scratched for the whole weekend or just never managed a clean run.

Until next time... lets all pray for better weather in January!!

Canine Kinship - Muncy, PA Sept. 11-13

Huge Congratulations to Patty Kimball and her little bullet Kori on earning the Brother Vincent Spirit of Agility Award at the Canine Kinship Trial. Patty and Kori really do embody everything that the award is about, their relationship is inspiring. And watching them lay down a clean run is always breathtaking!

Lots of great runs, PZ handlers had a fantastic time at a phenomenally beautiful site with great hiking for humans and dogs, good food and always great company. It is sad that this was to be the last trial at Animal Cracker Farm. It is a wonderful place.

Also congrats to Charlotte and Raven on earning their Superior Open Tunnelers title!

This was the last tuneup, onward to Championships!!!!

All About Animals! September 5-6, 2009

Big congrats to PZers earning big awards at the AAA trial in Townsend, DE. There were some fun, challenging courses supplied by judge Nadia Barrett. Second to last tune-up before Championships and Team PZ is looking great!

On Saturday, with a nice Chances run Nicole Bailey and Luxx earned their NATCH-4!

On Sunday, on a tricky Jumpers course Paula Goss and Trae earned their NATCH-3 and Versatility NATCH-3!!

On Saturday with their last needed Weavers, Leanne Lohmeyer and Cody earned their Open Superior Versatility!! WTG guys.

Championships bound!

21 handlers with 27 dogs will be making the trek to Shelbyville, Tennessee to represent PAWZAZZ at the 2009 NADAC Championships! Good luck to the following teams:

Debi Hutchinson with Chime
Pat Moloney-Harmon with Aja & Beckham
Tom Moloney-Harmon with Maddie & Piper
Paula Goss with Trae (and cheerleader Tessie)
Nicole Bailey with Mojo & Luxx
Charlotte Idleman with Raven
Nicolette Eaton with Andy
Patty Kimball with Kori
Deb Baracco with Jet
Jean Wilkins with Kopper & Zephyr
Noel Firth with Sparkie & Quinn
Nelson Hardy with Hattie
Paulette Hardy with Bodie
Valerie Embry with Chloe
Beth Strother with Phantom
Priscilla Warnock with Lefty
Katie Rash with Bella
Lisa Krizan with Jasper
Lucy Peacock with Trixie
Leanne Lohmeyer with Sydney & Cody
Connie Day with Princess