Two more nice days at another APDT Rally trial at PMDT!
Saturday, May 15 - 16, 2010
24 entries, 23 legs, 10 placements, 3 new titles!!
Saturday, May 15th:
Millie and Tripper
Level 1A: 1st leg, 203, 3rd place!
Renee with Darby
Level 1B: 206
Level 2A: 207, 2nd place, new Level 2 title!
Courtney and Diesel
Level 1B: 206
Level 2B: 205 (4th QQ toward ARCHX)
Level 3A: 199, 1st place and new level 3 title!
Lesley and Speck
Level 1A: 1st leg, 197 and 5th place
Sunday, May 16, 2010:
Renee with Darby
Level 1B: NQ
Level 2B: 202
Courtney and Diesel
Level 1B: 207
Level 2B: 207 and ARCHX title!
Lesley and Speck
Level 1A: 203 and 2nd place
Lesley and Elsie
Level 1B: 209
Level 2B: 207
Level 3A: 203 and 3rd place
Maria and Nick
Level 1: 205
Level 2: 206
Level 3: 203 (first triple Q toward his MX!)
Maria and (blind) Sally
Level 1: 201
Level 2: 206 (first double Q toward her ARCHX
Rally trial at PMDT October 31 and Nov 1, 2009
Renee with her Goldens, Sophie and Darby:
10/31/09 Level 1 with Darby - 205
10/31/09 Level 2 with Sophie - 208
10/31/09 Level 3 with Sophie - NQ, but still a great run!
11/1/09 Level 1 with Darby - 207
11/1/09 Level 2 with Sophie - 204
11/1/09 Level 3 with Sophie - NQ, but still a great run!
September 5, 2009
Today, Maria and I showed in rally at my place.
Out of 10 runs, we had 10 Q's and 7 placements and 3 new titles:
Nicky -
Level 2 = 201
Level 3 = 207, 1st place
(this was his 8th QQ for his ARCHEX)
T
Level 1 = 209, 4th place
Level 2 = 201
(his finished up his ARCHX)
Sally
Level 1 = 202
Level 2 = 202
(finished her Level 1 championship and this was her 3rd QQ for her ARCH)
Pearl
Veterans = 206, 3rd place
Emma
Level 1 = 210, 2nd place (on time, by 4 seconds)
Level 2 = 210, 1st place
Level 3 = 206, 2nd place (small glitch on the bonus)
(finished up her ARCH, 2nd leg of level 3 and Emma got high combined for levels 1-2-3)
Ho hum, another great rally trial here at PMDT!
May 2 and 3, 2009
Day one:
Level 3
Pam and Emma - NQ
Pam and Beau - 209, 1st place
Pam and Shadow - 198 (I screwed up allot and so did he)
Maria and Nicky - 191
Maria and Mr. T - 200 and 2nd place and new title
Level 2
Pam and Emma - 205, (I screwed up)
Pam and Beau - 208, 5th place (he screwed up)
Pam and Shadow - 207
Lesley and Elsie - 201
Maria and Nicky - 207
Maria and Sally - 196 and 2nd place
Level 1
Pam and Emma - 210, 1st place
Renee and Darby - 198, 4th place
Lesley and Elsie - 210 and 3rd place
Sandy and Lily - NQ (Sandy doesn’t know the signs as well as Susie does)
Maria and Sally - 209
Day two:
Level 3
Pam and Emma - 196 and 2nd place and her first level 3 leg
Pam and Beau - 210 and 1st place
Pam and Shadow - 207
Level 2
Pam and Emma - 210, 1st place
Pam and Beau - 210 and 2nd place
Pam and Shadow - 209
Lesley and Elsie - 207
Maria and Sally - 204 and 4th place
Maria and Mr. T - 207
Level 1
Pam and Emma - 210, 2nd place
Renee and Darby - 207 and 1st place
Lesley and Elsie - 210 and 4th place
Susie and Lily - 196 and 3rd place and new RL1 title!
Anna and Spring - 196 and 4th place and 1st leg!
Maria and Sally - 203
Maria and Mr. T - 200
The PMDT people - 32 runs, 30 Q’s, 17 placements, 2 new level titles, 1 new ARCH, 2 new ARCHEX’s!
Lesley got her ARCH, Shadow and Beau finished up their ARCHEX’s (and are now retired from rally), Emma finished up her RL1 Championship and now has 4 QQ’s toward her ARCH, Susie got Lily's RL1 title and Maria got Mr. T's level 3 title. Renee Hall with her Golden, Sophie is ranked #3 for RL3
We are all very proud of Susie - she was terrified of going into the ring and while there were some handler errors costing some points, they both did a fantastic job! There was a run-off with Spring and we had to talk Susie into doing the run-off and she won it! Spring at that point was in “trick mode” and couldn’t concentrate. We are also very proud of Spring - her last time at a rally trial she ended up attached to Anna’s arm - this time, she acted like a big girl and worked like a pro! This weekend also saw a newcomer in Darby (who just turned a year old last week) and she acted like a big girl too! It was really cool to see Darby and Spring - they were both very composed, very professional, poised and very focused!
Anna and Spring getting their
first level 1 rally leg with a 4th place |
Pam and Beau getting their ARCHEX |
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Pam and Shadow getting their ARCHEX |
Maria and Sally getting
a 2nd
and 4th place |
Pam and Emma getting
their RL1 championship |
2008 APDT NATIONAL Rally Rankings
(that's right folks – NATIONAL ranking!)
Denise St. John and her Airedale, Maddi, ranked 7th in RL1
Maria O’Boyle and her Bichon Frise, Nick, ranked 20th in RL3X
Lesley McNamara and her Australian Cattledog , Elsie, ranked 3rd in RL1X
Renee Hall with her Golden, Sophie is ranked #3 for RL3
This was
my second trial held at PMDT
2 days, 1 trial
each day – December 6 and 7, 2008
Saturday – Level 1
- Lesley and Elsie – 203
- Andrea and Ace – 203 (new title)
- Me and Emma – 210 – 1st place
Sandy and Lily – 204 - 2nd place (first time in
the ring!)- Andrea and Garbo – 195 (new title)
Saturday – Level 2
- Me and Emma – 203
- Lesley and Elsie – 205
- Me and Beau – 210 – 2nd place
- Me and Shadow – 209 – 5th place
Saturday – Level 3
- Me and Shadow – 197
- Me and Beau – 207 – 4th place
Sunday – Level 1
- Lesley and Elsie – 210 – 2nd place
- Me and Emma – 210 – 1st place
- Sandy and Lily – 201 – 3rd place
- Jim and Sirrus – 207 – 2nd place
- Denise and Maddi – 210 – 3rd place
- Maria and Mr. T – 202
Sunday – Level 2
- Me and Emma – 210 – 2nd place
- Lesley and Elsie – 208
- Maria and Mr. T – 204
- Me and Shadow – 210 – 1st place
- Me and Beau – 209 – 5th place
- Maria and Nicky – 194
- Andrea and Beep – 192
Sunday – Level 3
- Me and Shadow – 207 – 3rd place
- Me and Beau – 210 – 1st place
- Maria and Nicky – 193
- Maria and Mr. T – 202 – 4th place (1st time
in Level 3!)
Holy c$#@ ladies and gents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30 entries,
28 Q’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 16 placements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again a HUGE thanks to Anna, our wonderful trial secretary
and Joan, Lesley, Jayne, Gina, Holly, Robin and Jim
for being absolutely incredible stewards. Special thanks to
Robin, Sarah and Karen for helping me clean the building on
Friday – what
a huge job that was, especially with my vacuum cleaner breaking
at the onset! This could not have happened without you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And a big congratulations to all of the competitors for making
me look good! <g>
You should all be very proud of yourselves!
 When
I adopted Elsie, my Cattle Dog (Rescue dog from Kentucky)
2 years ago, I never thought of her as anything other
than a great pet dog. At that time, I had never entered
any kind of Dog Sport or Competition myself. When I took
her to her beginner Obedience classes, we realized that
she was a very smart and trainable dog. My trainers suggested
that I try entering in Rally Obedience with her, so we
took a few Rally classes and started competing in the
Spring of '07. We had fun and did pretty well- we got
our Level 1Title, and started in the 1B class too (class
for experienced dogs who have already earned a level 1
title). Our average score for all our Spring and Summer
shows was a 196 (a perfect score is a 210). These were
good scores for a complete beginner, and nothing at all
to feel bad about.
However, when I started competing in the "B" classes,
I was dismayed to see how competitive it was, and
how high the scores of the competitors that placed
were. I felt that we were doing our best, and didn’t
really know where we were losing points, or how to
improve from where we were at that point. I decided
to look around for a trainer that excelled in Rally
and take further lessons. I came across Pam's website,
and was very impressed with her list of scores and
placements (under Behold the Power icon). We started
taking lessons from Pam in late summer, and started
competing again in early fall. We did quite a few
shows in the fall, and our average score jumped to
207!! We even placed a couple of times too, and won
a High Scoring Rescue Dog award at our first trial
after starting at PMDT. Thanks Pam, for helping us
clean up our performance and "kick it up a notch"!!
- Leslie Mcnamara and Elsie
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October
6, 2007
In spite of the fact that all of these women were
hyperventilating,
they all passed their Canine Good Citizen
test!
WAY TO GO!
You all worked very hard and it payed off!
- Tami and her Australian Cattledog, Bandi
- Sanna and her English Springer Spaniel, Samantha
- Karen and her Collie, Pearl
- Karen and her Border collie, Randy
- Emily and her Labrador Retriever, Rum
- Emily and her Labrador Retriever, Raisin
- Barbara and her All-American, Wheatdle
October 13/14, 2007 - Rally Trial |
Stacey
Modica and her Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Codi:
October 13/14, 2007 - Got a 207,
207, 204!
11/05 Level 1, scores of 199 and 200 (3rd place),
Got his CGC in July 2005. April 9, 2005: 1st rally
trial and title in one weekend in level 1, Scores:
196 & 5th place, 201 & 3rd
place, 199 & 5th place (level 1 title) and got
his Award Of Merit for having scores over 190
He is now going for his Individual
Rally Championship for Level 1: 5 Qualifying scores
towards his level 1 championship 196 - 8/05
198 & 200 - 9/24/05,
199 - 11/20/05,
200 & 3rd place - 11/20/05,
Level 2: 195 & 3rd place - 11/20/05
2005 National Points Ranking 7th
place and in Top 20 for Level 1 division.
They also were nominated by Kim
Wilson for the Cassandra Award at the St. Huberts
Rally trial in September 2005, for best team representation
of rally.
Stacey Modica and her Australian Shepherd, Zach:
October 13/14, 2007, got a 196 and 4th place, 195
and 5th place! (first ever Rally trial!!) |
Stacey
Modica and her Australian Shepherd, Gwen:
October 13/14, 2007 - Got a 207,
206, 209!
11/05 1st APDT rally trial: score
of 194
2nd trial: score of 197 and 3rd place
Got her CGC on 7/24/05
2 legs toward level 1 - 11/20/05
194, 196 & 3rd place |
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Karen
Carroll and her Rottie, Jerome
October 13/14, 2007
got a 208 and 3rd place,
a 209 and 5th place,
205, 197 AND FINISHED UP HIS ARCH TITLE!!!!!!!
Gina Boderck and her All-American dog, Gus
October 13/14, 2007 - Got a 201 and a 202 and he
was fantastic! |
Lisa
Judge and her Australian Shepherds Jessi and Gus:
- Gus got a 204, 201, 205
and a 210 and 2nd place!
- Jessie got a 208 and 2nd place, 205,
and a 210 and 3rd place!
- Jessie: K9Crazy Play School
5-29-04,
1st trial 183, 2nd trial 195 and 4th Place, Staten island
DTC 6-5-04 3rd trial in Level 179 (pouring rain),
but completed title.
Level 2:
- Jessie: Port Chester Dog Training Club
8-21-04: 181-5th place, Pawsable K9 7-24-05 188
2nd Place, Pawsable K9 7-24-05 197 1st Place and
completed Level 2 Title
- Gus: Port Chester
Dog Training Club 8-21-04 1st Trial Ever 192 4th
Place, Pawsable K9 7-24-05 1st trial 193-4th place,
2nd trial 195-2nd Place and Title!
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Rally
Trial - April 10 & 11, 2004 - Three trials in
2 days!
- First Trial - Erica
Etcheson with Fozzie -got his first Rally 1 leg
with a 171
- Second Trial - Erica
Etcheson with Fozzie - got his second Rally 1 leg
with a 187!!
- Third Trial - Ali
Brown with Acacia - got a 197 and finished up her
Rally 2 title with a Magna Cum Laude!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Rally
O' Trial at Y2K9's in Wyndmoor, PA - Sunday, December
7, 2003
- Louise Johnson
and her blind Collie Sparky finished up his Rally
2 title WITH A SCORE OF 198 AND FIRST PLACE!!!!
Let's hear it for the blind dog!!!! Hip-hip-HOORAY!
- Ali Brown and her
13 year old mixed breed dog Montana, got her first
and second legs in Rally 1 with scores of 193
and 179! This was Montana's first time ever competing!!!
- Ali Brown and her
Belgian Shepherd Acacia, got her first and second
legs in Rally 1 with scores of 193 and 192!
- Sandra Bishop and
her Collie Connor, is going for Championship points.
In the 2 trials for Rally 1, he got a 196 and
a 188. In the 2 trials for Rally 2, he got 194 in
both times! He was one tired puppy at the end of
the day.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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APDT
Rally Trial at St. Hubert's - Saturday, October 11,
2003
- Andrea Kelly with her old
gal Bull Mastiff Brandy (infirm - deaf and nearly
blind and can barely walk) earned her 2nd rally
leg with a score of 174!
- Andrea Kelly with her baby
Bull Mastiff Quigley got his 2nd leg with a 172
(REALLY, he does know this stuff...REALLY)
- Andrea Kelly with her Bull
Mastiff Darcy got her 2nd leg with a 180.
- Karen Carroll with
her Rottweiler Gretchen earned her 1st leg in Rally
level 2 with a score of 196 and a 3rd place!
- Louise Johnson with her (blind)
Collie Sparky, earned another leg in Rally 1B with
a 195. He is going for championship points. He also
got his first Rally 2 leg with a score of 191.
- Louise Johnson with her collie
Geordie (degenerative disc disease), earned another
leg in Rally 1B with a 196. He is also going for championship
points. He also got his first leg in Rally 2 with
a score of 193
Sunday, October
12
- Andrea Kelly
with her Bull Mastiff Brandy finished up her Rally
1 title with a 174.
- Karen Carroll
with her Rottweiler Gretchen got her 2nd Rally 2
leg with a 192!
- Louise Johnson with her (blind)
collie Sparky earned 4 more championship points
(9 total) in Level 1. He got a 195 in Level 2 and
was in a 4-way run-off for fifth place. (Didn't
get it). Sparky won the trophys for high scoring
dog with disability in both Level 1 and Level 2.
- Louise Johnson with her collie
Geordie got a 194 in Level 2 and a 187 in Level
1. His total championship points to date is 6.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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April
5, 2003 - BANNER DAY for Positive Training!
APDT Rally-O in Windmoor, PA - Two Trials, One Day - Top score
is a 200
First Trial
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Brandy got her first leg with a score of 173
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Ted, got his first leg with a score of 189
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Goyle, got her first leg with a score of 182
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Flute, got her first leg with a score ofof 186
- Louise Johnson with her Collie,
Geordie got his first leg with a score of 187
- Louise Johnson with her
blind Collie Sparky, got an extra leg with a score
of 189
- Karen Carroll with her Rottie
Zima, got her first leg with a score of 171
- Karen Carroll with her Rottie
Gretchen, got her first leg with a score of 185
Second Trial,
Same Day!
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Ted, got his second leg with a score of 190
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Goyle, got her second leg with a score of 194 she
was HOT!
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Flute, got her second leg with a score of of 178 (she
was robbed!)
- Louise Johnson with her Collie
Geordie got his second leg with a score of 177 (he
was robbed!)
- Louise Johnson with her
Collie Sparky, got an additional extra leg with
a score of 183
- Karen Carroll, with her Rottie
Gretchen, got her second leg with a score of 193
Second Day,
Third Trial (not
all of us went to the 2nd day)
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Ted, got his third leg with a score of 192 and NEW
TITLE R1MCL*
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Goyle, got her third leg with a score of 184 and NEW
TITLE R1CL*
- Andrea Kelly with her Bullmastiff
Flute, got her third leg with a score of 182 and NEW
TITLE R1CL*
- Karen Carroll, with her Rottie
Gretchen, got her third leg with a score of 180
and NEW TITLE
R1CL*
*R1CL = Rally
level 1, Cum Laude - the scores were between 180-189
**R1MCL = Rally Level 1, Magna Cum Laude - the scores averaged
190 or better
A great
time was had by all (even though it was a looong weekend
and we were all exhausted) AND
I AM SO
PROUD OF YOU!
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