AAA! June Trial

Huge congrats to Tom Moloney-Harmon and Piper for earning their NATCH-9 and Versatility NATCH-9 at the All About Animals trial in Dover, DE!!



PZers had a great time, in spite of the BRUTAL heat. In other big news, Gabe and Canon, Debi and Nicolette's babies made an impromptu debut on Sunday!! They turned 18 mos that day, and upon finding out their litter brother Power would be debuting Sunday a spur of the moment decision was made for Nicolette to pick up Gabe and bring the boys up to all debut together! They were amazing! Gabe Q'd his very first run in Regular!! Canon brought home his very first Q as well, later in the day in Tunnelers. These boys are going to be a lot of fun to watch. Congrats to all on your accomplishments and your good decisions for your dogs in the heat. We certainly made the most of it!

Memorial Day Trial

Our May trial has come and gone. We had MUCH better weather this time around! If you'll remember our October trial in which we endured torrential rain, cold, snow and buckets of mud. We had some high temps but a steady breeze kept things blessedly bearable for everyone. The Sykesville Volunteer Fire Dept. was kind enough to fill our kiddie pool up both days to help keep the dogs running fast and happy. Thanks guys!

Canon keeps cool

Patrick, the NADAC Rescue Corgi will make his big debut with PZ Pit Crew Ruth Houser at our October Trial!!

At In the Zone in May, our very own Paula Goss and Trae earned their last needed 20 pt Bonus Line in Jumpers to become members of the MODSQUAD (Master Of Distance, Speed, QUality And Discrimination) In order to accomplish this feat a team must achieve three 20 pt bonus runs in EACH class, one of each three must also be a 100+ Run Index. There are a prestigious few who hold this distinction and we are very proud of her!! To celebrate, Paula was gifted an edible bouquet. Just the thing on a hot, sunny day. It vanished in mere minutes it seemed!!

Paula samples her prize

*POOF!* After a few minutes with the vultures...

Val and Lindy have welcomed a new Sheltie puppy to their pack. He is officially known as Suntera Remington Steels Our Heart, Remi to his friends. Little Remi stole a lot of hearts as he visited his very first agility trial! This little dude is fearless and just marched around site like he owned the place! Keep an eye on this little pistol.

Mr Remi on the move

We had a pot luck cookout after the trial on Saturday that was a big success. The food was delicious and boy was there lots of it! :) Always nice to share a meal and a laugh with good friends when the hustle and bustle of the trial is over and we can all relax and enjoy our time together.

Good times!

Tom and Willow share a good roll in the grass.

It was a very successful weekend for a lot of teams! Congrats to the following:

Nicole Bailey and Mojo: NATCH-10 and Versatility NATCH-10!

one more jump...

WOOHOOO!

Noel Firth and Sparkie: Versatility NATCH-10! (no photo available)

Sarah Fix and Fire: NATCH-3!

Deb Baracco and Jet: Triple-Triple and Triple Superior Versatility!

Priscilla Warnock and Lefty: Open All-Around!

Beth Cecil and Talon: S-NAC which earned them their Novice Triple Superior, Novice Superior Versatility and Novice All-Around!! WOOHOOOO!!!

After what may have been a record-setting trailer loading time, it was time to pass out the High In Trial awards. A big WOOHOO to:

Elite: Jean Wilkins and Kopper

Open: Judy Whitbread and Rocky

Novice: Louise Coleman-Brown and Kismet

As always it was a great time. See you all in July for our Night Trial!!

In the Zone - March 19-21

What a wild weekend! The PZ contingent that attended ITZ in Millersville was blessed with beautiful (some would say HOT) weather. A nice change from the blizzards and rain we've been enduring for months.

There were some major accomplishments by PZers and PZ friends:

Kate Hutchinson and her Darling Delta earned their first NATCH with a beautiful Jumpers run!

Darryl Power and Bristol earned their NATCH-3/Versatility NATCH-3!!

Darryl and his ladies (clockwise from top left: Cathie Cage, Darryl Power, Tina Power, Pam Graci, Paula Goss, Bristol Power and Nicole Bailey)

Nicole and Paula congratulate Darryl on his NATCH!

Pat Stagg and Sox earned their first NATCH on the same Jumpers as Delta and Kate!

Jean Wilkins and Kopper earned their Elite All-Around! (no photo)

Cathie Cage and Clayton earned their Open Triple Superior, Open Superior Versatility and Open All-Around with a smokin' Jumpers run after waiting 8 months for a leg!!

Christine Chapman and Chelsea earned their Novice Superior Versatility and Novice All-Around

Though we always miss Lisa Bonker at this trial, we had an awful lot of fun while she was running the ITZ trial in Illinois! Smiles wherever you looked and some smoking runs! One of the major themes of the weekend was PZ adoptee Scott Casino's 40th birthday!

Gripping his walker for dear life

Dirt Cakes from Nicole

We tortured him throughout the weekend, but saved the best for Sunday his actual birthday. Gag gifts and a pinata were part of the festivities. Old man Casino is a good sport and endured all the ribbing with a smile all day long. Anne Beach was kind enough to video his pinata bashing for us.

All blindfolded and ready to go!

Reality sets in...


What a fantastic weekend. Visiting retiree NATCH Willow's smile says it all. :)

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!