July Night Trial!

WOW! This was a challenging weekend!The heat was high but the handlers and dogs
showed like the troopers they are and the results prove that a great time was
had by all! Thanks to our judge, Chris Nelson and all of the folks who worked so
hard to make this trial a success!

Phoenix and Debi (substitute handling for Suz Sullivan) celebrate his big DEBUT!

Heather and Lupa looked great on their debut!

All the dogs love Nicolette's healing hands


Celebrating Charlotte and Raven's NATCH & Versatility NATCH!


Some mustaches were making their way around the trial...

Here's a list of accomplishments we know about for this trial and if we have
missed anyone, we apologize:

Cathie Cage and Casey NATCH 23

Nicole Bailey & Luxx NATCH 8
Sue Cannon & Gauge NATCH 2
Charles Burdick & Bubba NATCH & VERSATILITY NATCH
Sean Carey & Zip NATCH & VERSATILITY NATCH

Sam Lietz and Shatzi Triple Triple, Elite Superior Triple Superior

Erma Bader & Zees Open Triple Superior & Versatility

Scott Whittington & Romance Novice Triple Superior
High in Trial Teams: Jean Wilkins & Kopper (Elite), Nicolette Eaton & Canon (Open) and Lynn Sipe & Hootie tied with Christy Faber and Jake for Novice

Debbie Baracco, Bull Rider Excellent
Suze Sullivan, Food Organizer Supreme
Priscilla Warnock, Apprentice Food Organizer Superior
Tom Moloney Harmon, Course Builder Superb
Debi Hutchinson, Dirt Flattener Unparalleled
Paula Goss, Ribbon Provider Queen

Team PAWZAZZ....... Priceless!

May Trial

Congrats to our High in Trial Winners, Priscilla and Lefty in Elite, Steve and Sapphire in Open and Nicolette and Canon in Novice!

January Trial!

Thanks to all who attended and made our January trial a success! This was our 50th trial and it was a blast. Judge Nadia Barrett brought some tough, but fun courses and the dogs were running fast and having fun. We managed to sneak the trial in between some pretty yucky winter weather. We got very lucky with Mother Nature's timing this year. In spite of the snow outside and what quickly turned into a mud pit where some of us were parking, everyone was smiling and enjoying the chance to play with our dogs.

Course-builder Tom plotting his next move

We all stayed warm and well fed thanks to Suz and her famous Roadkill Cafe. Crockpots lined up like soldiers filled with many different hot, savory dishes made by some of our club members and a few others as well.

Terry and Debi were fostering a litter of puppies so they came to the trial as well. Such a cute little group, there was no shortage of helping hands to take them to potty, socialize or just plain snuggle them and keep them warm. These guys got to see a lot of different things in a very short period of time. What a great way to get a puppy fix! They have since gone back to Howard County Animal Control and will be adopted into new homes, very quickly no doubt!

Taking it all in...

We had some debuts at our trial. A warm welcome to Kerry and Karma, you guys looked great out there!

Karma is smiling!

And a big welcome back to Diane and her young girl Circe! We have missed watching you run. You guys did great!

Diane and Circe get ready to run

A lot of people earned some great awards at our trial. We love to celebrate and pass out ribbons. Congrats go out to:

Debi and Chime - NATCH-8!

Judy and Rocky - Open Versatility


Charles and Bubba - Open Versatility

Leanne and Cody - Elite Versatility

Patty and Kori - Elite Versatility

Joan and Lucy - Novice Triple Superior

What a talented group!

Big congrats also go out to our High in Trial winners:

Elite - Leanne and Sydney

Open - Joan and Lucy

Novice - Nicolette and Canon

Nadia cheering for our HIT winners

It was a wonderful weekend, we'll see you all really soon for our March trial!!

Platinum Speed Star Mojo!!

With the release of the newest trial results it has been confirmed that Nicole and Mojo Bailey earned their Platinum Speed Star with 2 speedy Jumpers runs at the PAWZAZZ trial in October. Nicole has been chasing this award for quite some time so it was an extra special treat to earn it with her heart dog and at her own club's trial. Thanks to Judge Dwayne Bonker for bringing fast and fun courses and for judging Mojo to this milestone! Mojo is the first Doberman to have achieved this feat and he did it at 8 1/2 years young.

Tails Up!

A small but mighty PZ contingent made the trip down to Chesapeake, VA to play at Tails Up. Scott and Diana and Chris all travel up North to visit us so often so we try and get down to their trials as much as we can.

This trial is held on a great site, lots of flat ground, lighting, plenty of room to exercise dogs. And most importantly WONDERFUL hospitality! We enjoyed Yappy Hour after the trial on Saturday, which included tons of great food and a fire pit to keep us all warm and Rob Schombert entertained!

FIIIIIRE!!

Saturday was Nicole Bailey's birthday, so some cake was to be had and even a visit by KISS was arranged! Needless to say, the squeeing could be heard for miles around...

Di displays the awesome birthday cake

To top off an already awesome weekend we even had some great achievements at the trial. Congrats go out to:

Nicole Bailey and Luxx - Versatility NATCH-3 (Happy Birthday Momma)



Patty Kimball and Kori - Open Triple Superior, Open Superior Versatility and Open All Around (all with ONE Chances Q!!)



Kori also earned her 2,500 Point Award and her Elite Hoopers Title!

Sam Lietz and Schatzi earned their Elite Weavers Title

Fun trial with judge Karin Bell, we hope to be back down in February for more Tails Up fun!

October Trial!

We had perfect agility weather for our October trial! The weather Gods must have wanted to make amends for the monsoon/mudfest they presented us with in 2009. They couldn't have picked better weather to run dogs!

Louise and Charlotte study courses and plot strategy...


Uh oh...

There is no Roadkill Cafe at this trial, but what would a trial be without NATCH cake?? We had a huge one to celebrate a few recent PZ NATCHes from Priscilla and Lefty (NATCH-3 at CIA), Lynn Sipe and Asher (NATCH-4/Versatility NATCH-4 at CIA) and Jean Wilkins and Kopper (NATCH-12/Versatility NATCH-12 at the NADAC Championships!)



Thanks to the tireless efforts of Pat Moloney-Harmon and her many raffle elves the annual raffle extravaganza was again a hit!

Checking out the baskets

As usual Deb Baracco won at least half of the baskets. Not sure what her secret is, but we will be watching her closely... Thanks to everyone who participated, either by donating items to be raffled, assembling baskets, hauling baskets or buying tickets and taking those beautiful baskets home! We made a big step toward some new equipment for PZ.

There were many smiling faces and some gorgeous runs! The dogs are so happy it's Fall again. We got to cheer big debuts by Bonnie Woodall and her Pug Nera and Diana Deadrick-Casino and her Collie Chesnee. Both teams looked great out there!

Bonnie and Nera running well


Nera goes HOP!


Di and Chesnee


Scott shares an instant replay with proud instructor Paula.

And let's not forget Paula and her little bullet BC Tessie on setting the world on fire with their debut! Tess looked like a seasoned pro, laying down an over 8 YPS run on her very FIRST tunnelers course! WOW!! Look for some great things from that little girlie.

Tessie showing us her beautiful Aframe!

Paula and Tessie are FLYING!!

Paula also got to take Thunderbunny for a spin while Katie is off sunning in Hawaii. Bella made a few trips to search for her Mom but they had a fun time nonetheless!

Go TUNNEL!

Judge Dwayne Bonker brought some fun, fast courses. We got to give out lots of ribbons as there were some big achievements at this trial. Many congratulations go out to:

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

Priscilla Warnock and Lefty - Versatility NATCH!!

Leanne Lohmeyer and Sydney - Medal-3!!

Debbie Brown and "Boombox" Bailey - Novice Superior Versatility and Novice All Around

Charlotte Idleman and Raven - Open All Around

Nicole Bailey and Luxx picked up their ribbon for earning their NATCH-6 at the PZ July trial! (unknown to bad Mommy at the time)

Congrats also to our High in Trial winners:

Elite - Leanne Lohmeyer and Sydney & Jean Wilkins and Kopper (tie)

Open - Judy Whitbred and Rocky

Novice - Louise Coleman-Brown and Kismet

We had a great time with all our friends and hope to see you at our 50th NADAC trial in January!!

Tired out from all the fun

All photos in this blog appear courtesy of Priscilla Warnock

A new NATCH at AAA!

Huge congrats to Beth Strother and Phantom on getting that final Chances leg they needed to earn their NATCH-2 and Versatility NATCH-2 at AAA!!