Chili just earned her first leg of FR2 in February 2025 (1st place 288/300) and passed second leg of FR2 last weekend ❤️
Chili FR2!
Ring 1 Vice Champion Chili
2024 NARA Ring 1 Cup Vice Champion is my girl, Chili 
Thank you to my decoys and mentors – I most definitely wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you and I appreciate you all so much.
I love my French ring family, PUPPOS GUAPOS!! Thank you for welcoming me into the club, thank you for all that you do, your encouragement, coaching, and your support. I’m so happy to be a FR convert. I can’t wait to see what all of us can accomplish!!
Nick – Congratulations to you and Ippo on 1st place for ring 2 cup and passing your level 2 decoy certification. You killed it. I’m so excited for you as a decoy and handler.
Of course thank you to Copper State Ring Club for hosting an amazing event. Huge Thanks to judge Jean-Marc Barriol and trial decoys Phil Ryder and Jerome Martinez.
What an amazing trip! Salt Lake City was a beautiful place to visit. Im so thrilled to have made new friends and had the opportunity to train and hang out with old friends. Congrats to all who stepped on the field. See all of you soon!
Photos: Nicole Handel and Shelby Wise
Oso FR1!
Oso placed 2nd in the NARA Eastern Regional Trial in Connecticut with a score of 190 out of 200 now he officially has his FR1 title!
Judge: Pierre-Yves Secretain
Decoys: Andrew Steinkohl NARA L3 & Pablo Ortiz MX L3
Oso FR1
Oso first leg FR1
Oso trialed in New York and he got a score of 193.1 out of 200 ending up in first place and the first leg of his French Ring 1.
Judge John Bayreuther;
Decoys Benjamin Allanson & Scott Dunmore
Lisa Oso R1 Bite
Defence of Handler
#beastmode
Tanzi French Ring Brevet
A special congratulations to Anneliese Johnson and Tanzi for rocking their Frenchring Brevet yesterday. She decided less than 2 weeks ago to compete in a sport she’s never really trained for and scored a 96.7/100. Two of the points lost were expected to maintain her Mondio-style Defense of Handler. Good work you two!
– Ryan Maciej
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Oso earns his Brevet
Oso du Loups du Soleil doing his French Ring Brevet 6/18/16 with the Syracuse French Ring Club.
Judge: Richard Bonilla
Decoy: Andy Kruerger
– Lisa Baker
Minion FR Brevet
Congratulations to Nathan and Minion, who earned high in trial with a 96.5 for their French Ring Brevet.
Attika CSAU and new best friend
Attika and Anais
D’Saju passed his French Ring CSAU
I’m happy to report that D’Saju (Vice x Moki) passed his French Ring CSAU at the Patriot Ring Club trial. This was Saju’s and my first foray into the Ring world, so this was a bit more exciting for us than it may be for most people. :-)
Snap FR Brevet, on to IPO2
Pleased to say, Snap (Xcessive Force Du Loups Du Soleil) earned his FR Brevet Sunday with a nice score of 95.6. The video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeuKnt0m_KQ
We are preparing as well for an attempt at IPO 2 in 2 weeks. Right before the Brevet we had tracked, and after went back to the IPO field for blinds and rear transports. I’m sure Snap thought he had won the lottery!
Bacci French Ring 1
Hi, everybody. Bacci (Bogan x Joujou) has now passed both legs of his French Ring I title. We trialed on Saturday in Wells, Maine. Now on to Ring II!
I’m so proud of Bacci! Thanks again, Michael, for sending me such an awesome boy!
-Erica
Jersey earns Triple Title!
Whoo-hoo! L’Jersey du Loups du Soleil and handler John Allen just earned their Mondioring 3 making them the second LdS dog to Triple Title! Which of you is next?
Bacci FR1 Leg
Hey, everybody! Just wanted to share the news that Bacci (Bogan x Juju litter) got the first leg of his French Ring I title today. Our final score was 181/200. Not bad for trialing in 82+ degree weather in Florida after driving down from our 30 degree training weather in Connecticut! Just a few weeks ago, we were training in 19 degree weather! And to top it off, Bacci took down a Ring III decoy in the flee attack. Here’s a short video…
A huge thank you to Michael for trusting me with such an awesome dog! We could go for the second leg of our Ring I tomorrow, but it’s supposed to be even hotter. I think I’ll let him take a break from the heat. :)
Erica
Bacci
Bacci & Erica
Bacci got his French Ring Brevet on Saturday, scoring 99 out of 100 points!
This is our French Ring Brevet. The decoy is Jimmy Vanhove, a French decoy. All of the exercises, except for “heel on leash,” are done without? a leash or collar. The order of exercises are 1) heel on leash, 2) food refusal, 3) heel with muzzle, 4) absence of handler (for 1 minute), 5) defense of handler, and 6) face attack. Dogs must score a total of 80 out of 100 points to pass. In addition, they must acquire a minimum of 80% for the each of the bitework exercises. Bacci’s score was 98.9/100.
The only area where we messed up was in the defense of handler. Bacci was supposed to begin the exercise in the sit position. Instead, he went into the down. He was anticipating the face attack. I thought he might do this. We had been working on it during training, and I knew it was still an issue for us.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8c6Ss7vL60
Erica
