First event for the baby Vashni. Her jumps ranged from 16.8 to 18.2 from 8 feet back on the dock. She also nailed 3 20’ers in practice. She got her AKC/NADD senior title.
Baby V
Vashni
Happy Birthday
Happy 4th Birthday Qool-To-Be-du Loups du Soleil!
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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New Nosework Title
Ruger NW2
Quartermaster George gets his trading cards!
Habbit MR3
Habbit du Loups du Soleil – MR 3 with Todd Dunlap his trainer and Jos Helsen from Belgium – the judge … Ironically Jos also judged Habbit back in July 2014 in Humboldt Co., CA and awarded him his first leg of his MR1!
Well Habbit finally gave me my belated b-day present of an MR3 with a score of 321. Moving to Ohio was a leap of faith.
It has been an honor to be a member of my new family and club – Heartland Working Dog Club and work with Middletown Ringsport Club to prepare for this adventure. It shows that it takes a village to create a Level 3 Habbit.
Thanks to Todd Dunlap for making me think that a stopped attack was as probable as an accurate weather forecast in Ohio. To Jake Brandyberry for bringing the confidence back to Habbit’s escort after such a long hiatus and to (of course) Joseph Cinnante for making me believe that Habbit can be more than he was and to encourage me to work for better perfection. And to not forget Redwood Bite Club for providing the lucky pink camo socks that allowed this magic to happen.
Crazy Rabbit!
Qool To Be MR2
Thank you, Todd Dunlap for your guidance and training. Thank you Jos Helsen for a challenging and super fun 2 days of trialing and many hours of guidance, stories and Mondio-talk. Heartland Working Dog Club, you are my peeps and I am grateful for each and every one of you. Most of all, I am so proud of my siilly, funny boy, Qool. You are such a clown. I learn from you every day! Qool To Be Loups du Soleil, MR2.
– Gail
photo credit Catherine Smith
Inde Splash Dogs Champion!
This girl!! Little dog, big heart!!! 2016 Splash Dogs National Champion Super Air, National Champion Super Retrieve, Second Place Super Vertical, 2016 Top Extreme Super Vertical, Top Extreme Super Retrieve, People’s Choice Most Elegant in the Air. I am so blessed and thankful! Love you India
Quartermaster George
Success!
In-n-out burger for my man George!
Repo’s Gallery
Repo and Shawn at the 2016 Mondioring World Championships in Battice, Liege, Belgium. Photo Credit www.hok.ch and EVM-PHOTOGRAPHY.COM
Check in with judges
Food refusal
Search for an object
Retrieve
Broad jump
Accessory attack
Defense of handler
Flee attack
Object guard
Defense of handler
Object guard (full 30 points)
Object guard (full 30 points)
search
Search and escort
Search and escort
Call off
Search and escort
Score
Idole
Idole du Loups du Soleil MR3 2016 World Vice Champion
Idole’s Gallery
Idole and David at the 2016 Mondioring World Championships in Battice, Liege, Belgium. Photo Credit Heather Ratynski
Repo
Repo 355.5/400 5th out of 50 at the World Championship
Congratulations
A big congratulations to my mondioring friends and training partners Todd Dunlap, David Broderick, Zack Kiser, Shawn Reed, and Kevin Bain, for straight-up killing it at the World Championship in Belgium. And a class act by USMRA and the entire US team for dedicating the historic performance to the memory of Debra Parker-Hawkins.
-Phil Thaler
