AKC Competitors out there??

Trudy and I have been competing in the UKC arena this year.  She has two legs toward her CD and one leg in Novice Agility.   We are going to the English Setter Association of America Nationals to do AKC Novice Agility in a week.  We are actually going with the Illinois Bird Dog Rescue group to represent our field-bred setters there and work our booth (also have some serious fun!).  The agility effort is kind of secondary, but, who knows we might just kick-a__. 

I'm going to start showing my pointer, Grace, next year.   She's a rescue girl, so when I first got her, she was a bit shut down and I really didn't think that she was going to be "competitive" in either obedience or agility, but boy did she surprise me!  She'd dynamite and has tons of potential in both.  My setter (Trudy) is bright and capable but she just loses interest after 20 minutes - you can set your watch on it.  lol

We've done AKC Rally through Rally Excellent and intended to move on to Obed, but got side-tracked by the potential to participate in the very first ever AKC Working Dog official trial.  Gracie earned the first level title yesterday which they are calling the Temperament Test, TT - NOT the same as the American Temperament Test.  This "TT" is the equivalent to the Schutzhund BH, which Gracie already has.  Anyway, it was a thrill to be on the field and in the presence of great Doberman and working dog sportsmen like Dean Calderone and Ray Carlisle.  It was a spectacular day and I'm so very proud of Gracie.  Before the end of the year we'll add on her CD then move on up from there. 

Conformation first, then once chaz finishes I will take him into obedience and possibly some field work--hunt title perhaps...maybe agility...undecided..lol

Karen

I have recently started competing in AKC rally and am ready to start our obedience career. We also do conformation. We have a club here thats has many different trainers to help us in the areas we are weak.

yay for more competitors!  I showed my golden in obedience, until her neurological disorder affected her too badly to go any further.  I do show Diesel my akita, he has his CD and RN, and we're about to start working on his RA, CDX, as well as some agility..oh and we also do conformation..so super busy!  I also have Tessa, my 4 month old beauceron, who i will be entering in January as soon as she is 6 months in novice rally, as well as conformation..and we will eventually do regular obedience as well.

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I do show Diesel my akita, he has his CD and RN

haha yeah, the judges almost always comment when we walk into the ring..fortunately its all been good comments!  he does very well..we even beat my old trainer (who has GSDs) at one show at HER training facility..boy was i proud!

I was beat by an Akita, at a rally trial in Oct. I was thrilled. I adore Akitas. He got his title that day, so I didn't get to compete against him, again (it was Em's first leg).  

yeah i love to see unusual breeds in the obedience ring- yay for people that can go against what everyone expects..i guess it just kinda runs in the family though, sence when i was a young child my mom had bassett hounds and an Irish setter that did very well in obedience.  Her irish was working on his utility title when  he suddenly got ill with cancer.  Any breed can do it, you just have to know how to keep some of the more challenging ones interested!

yea, i also love seeing "off" breeds in obedience. where i used to train and where i first started competing, the obedience rings were filled with goldens and aussies. when i moved to NJ i saw a lot fewer goldens and aussies in the obedience rings, and more odd breeds -- pugs, malamutes, newfies, mastiffs.

very nice to hear about the beagles!!