Archives for July 2017

Izzy earned her MR1 title this weekend at Heartland Working Dog Club in Ohio under judge Ann Putegnat and decoys Todd Dunlap and Chad Byerly. She gave an nice performance on Saturday, earning a 194/200 and her first leg.

The second day we earned a slim 160 out of 200, but it was a qualifying score and we got our title! We missed our Defence of Handler, which was a very fun Fourth of July parade (and she did a bark and hold instead of a whistle back on the flee, wtf? and I made some handler errors) but a very fun trial with some wonderful people!

Izzy Defence Saturdauy

My good boy made me proud again.

Thanks to my people. Heartland Working Dog Club for all of the support and help you’ve given us. Gail Warling Marit who is my biggest cheerleader. Gary Marit who puts up with me invading his home more often than he cares to admit. And to Todd Dunlap for always being there to tell me what I’m doing wrong and lead me in the right direction. I still think you’re a loser, but I also kinda you at the same time.
And thanks Chris, for supporting this crazy obsession of mine.

A great Mondioring weekend for Groovy and Qool. Groovy competed at level 1 for her 7th time with yet another Qualifying score of 199/200. Qool titled at level 3 (the highest level) with a very respectable 346. 300 is passing. Qool and I will continue to compete at level 3 until he retires (hopefully another 6 years . Thank you so much to Todd Dunlap who has worked with us from the beginning as our decoy, coach, trainer, mentor and Friend. His dedication to Mondioring and every dog and handler team he coaches is truly inspirational. Todd’s knowledge and willingness to share that knowledge is unmatched. His sense of fairness and constant search for a better way is a source of excitement and personal growth for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you Todd Dunlap. Thank you Judge Ann Putegnat for a challenging trial and Chad Byerly and Todd Dunlap for great decoy work.

Heartland Mondio Trial