Congratulations to all our students on their accomplishments...

Major Accomplishments in 2011

JANUARY: Becca and Chris La Voie (MACH)
MARCH: Sailor and Trish Flanagan (C-ATCH-4 at Southern Connecticut Agility Team)
APRIL: Jake and Rosemary Decie (C-ATCH at Gemini)
MAY: Calvin and Judy Belyea (C-ATCH at Bo-Gee); Lyric and Madelyn Cirinna (C-ATCH at Bo-Gee); Tessie and Trish Flanagan (C-ATCH-3 at North East Miniature Australian Shepherd Club)

JUNE: Lily and Carol Kelly (MACH 6 at Corgi Specialty)

(Please help get this list up to date — email us the titles we've missed.)

RENO — Karen Gorman

USDAA NATIONALS
Louisville, Kentucky, October 2011:

Reno and Karen placed 3rd in Performance Speed Jumping Finals and 7th in Performance Grand Prix Finals. Each Final required 2 clean runs to enter.

ABIGAIL — Joanne Dunn-Carleton

Abigail earned her MACH at the LEAP trial in Granby, May 2011!

ACTION JACKSON — Pam Wall

Jackson will be awarded BEST IN NOVICE RALLY award at the upcoming Afghan Hound Club of America National Specialty in Ohio this fall based on his scores in 2010. I could not be prouder of my baby boy but we never could have achieved this without all of your support and certainly not without Bunny and Elaine's expertise and training!! I would never have thought he'd have the highest score in the breed for 2010!!

ALVIN — Elaine Hamill

Alvin went from Novice Preferred to PAX

in less than 1 year!

First and only dalmatian to earn any

PAX title.

First dalmatian to earn three ACK titles:

CH, OTCH, MACH

ASH — John & Patricia Woolley

Ash had his first CPE Agility Trial on April 25/26.

He Q'd in 4 of his 8 runs. He earned 1st in Colors,

1st in Full house, 3rd in Standard, and 4th in

Wildcard, even though he didn't Q. I am so proud

of Ash. He surpassed all of my expectations.

I was so worried that he would run out of the ring,

and he never did.

I want to thank Jen Johnson for all of her help over

the weekend and making my first trial a ton of fun

(and a lot less stressful than I thought it was going to be).

I also wanted to thank the FNT family for cheering

Ash and I on.

AVA — Sally Baliunas

Ava, 10-yr old rescue terrier who is beginning her agility career, was ranked 2nd for 2008 in CPE's Top Ten Specialists and earned the 1,000 Point Level Award.

CPE 2009 Nationals — Two trophies: High in Standard for Specialist Level 2 and 3rd Place in Games, Specialist.

So-Bad in Granby, MA: earned her 2,000 Point Level Award 2010: CS-ATCH

BRANDY & CODY

All Dogs Gym CPE Trial 1/14/07: Just thought I'd let you know Brandy Qued in every class and Cody had 3 Ques and 3 NQ because of handler error, though I learned from each mistake Cody is checking out other handlers.

BREXTON

Bernadette and Brexton at UKC CT Classic 10/14

Best of Breed ribbon

2nd place Gun Dog Group

Brexton now rated #8 UKC Red and White Setter in US

CALVIN — Judy Belyea

May 1, 2011, Bo-Gee: Calvin gets his C-ATCH!

Calvin got his L 4 title in CPE and his XF title in AKC.

CASH – Elizabeth Coughlan

Cash has finished both his MX and his MJX in recent months.

Cash is Brenmar Money in My Pocket MX, MXJ, RN, CD, HT, NAP, NJP, CGC

CHANCE — Mindy Pelitier

Classic N' Coda's Take A Chance — 1st place — Best Novice Puppy (under 6 months) — He won over 4 other puppies for this — I'm so proud of my little boy!

CHARLIE — Judy LeBlanc

Charlie is in AKC Excellent in Standard, Jumpers and FAST. He has come a long way since that first run at Topsfield. He also recently earned his USDAA AD title at BARK. Would you believe he is now the Welsh Terrier ranked 7th in the US? Yes, I know there are not very many Welsh Terriers competing...but then that in itself says something about his accomplishment. I still never now whether I have Charlie or Chuckie at a trial...but that's all part of the fun.

CONOR — Linda Coe

AKC at Topsfield — 1st & Q in Fast, 2nd & Q in both standard and Fast.

All Dogs Gym CPE — March 8, 2009 — Conor at long last achieves his Level 2 CPE title! This spring he has also completed Level 3 Colors, Wildcard and Fullhouse, placing 2nd on his first Level 4 Wildcard.

On September 6, 2008, he earned his AKC NJP title at Topsfield, MA.

2011: CPE all Level 5 except Standard and Jackpot.

EMMABEAR — Cheryl Brown

All Dogs Gym, April 2011: A perfect weekend for EmmaBear!

Act-Up Agility, May 2011: Her third Perfect Weekend Ribbon since she started trialing in October 2010

FIONA – Kim Kezer

Fiona Am/Can Ch SHR Taras Water's My Middle Name CD JH RE won BISS (Best In Specialty Show) at the Irish Water Spaniel National Specialty in May 2010

GRADY — Judy Belyea

Sept 2010: Grady got his Standard Championship title in CPE.

HOLLYE

Our first agility trial went really well, as you can see in the picture, Hollye got 8 Qs and 1sts, and 1 3rd (my fault, not hers

JACK – Rolanda Dane

Great Job Rolanda and Jack:
• Novice Agility Preferred
• Novice Jumper Preferred
• CDX

JAKE — Rosemary Decie

Gemini April 2011 – Jake gets his C-ATCH!

CPE 2009 Nationals — Jake did very well with 6 Q's out of 9 runs and 2 - 4th places (Standard and Wildcard on the first day). The Jackpot was extremely difficult with only a handful of dogs completing it. Of course Jackpot was one of the Q's we missed along with the last Standard run (he had an off course) and Snooker. My fault in Snooker as he back jumped. All in all I think he did very well for his first National competition! :)

BoGee 4/25-26 Jake completed CPE Level 3 and we are working on Level 4. We had one Standard L-3 run left on Sunday 4/26 to complete his L-4 title. He did everything perfectly-even the poles. So at 9.5 years old he is a CPE L-4 and qualified for CPE Nationals.

We did complete L-2 & 3 in just over 1 year (3/08-4/09), as we started competing in CPE in March 2008. He did complete L-3 with the last Standard run on Sunday 4/26.

KOURY & BECCA — Chris La Voie

Eskie Nationals:

Koury got High Scoring Eskie with a 1st place Q in Ex A Std and earned his AX.

Becca got High Scoring Eskie with a 1st place Q in Ex B Stdandard.

K9C, January 2011: Becca MACH

KRYPTO — Sally Baliunas

CPE 2009 Nationals — High in Standard for Level 3, Specialist and 2nd place in Games, Specialist.

Krypto, ranked 5th for 2008 in CPE's Top Ten Specialists, and has graduated to Level C.

LILY — Carol Kelly

Carol Kelly and Lily earned their MACH 6 at the Corgi Specialty, with two 1st place finishes and Agility High Combined!

Carol and Lily earned their MACH 4. This is Lily's 3rd MACH in one year and she is presently ranked the the #3 corgi in AKC agility. Thank you Karen for all the great instruction and training opportunities!

LINUS — Elaine Hamill

2007: #2 dalmatian in AKC agility in 2007.

2008: #1!

3.5 months from MACH 3 to MACH 4.

LIVEY — Judy & Mike Regan

All Dogs Gym, CPE – January 11, 2009

11 year old Livey earns her C-ATCH title!

LYRIC — Madelyn Cirinna

May 1, 2011, Bo-Gee: Lyric gets her C-ATCH!

MAGGIE – Stephanie Frontiera

August, 2011: 1-year old Maggie passed her CGC.

MAX — Cheryl Brown

Bo-Gee, June 26, 2011: Max gets his Level 3 Title!

MAX — Toni Gal

January 2011 at the Agility Club of New Hampshire Trial: First's and Q's in all 3 novices classes!!!

NUBIS — Heather Ferguson

Nubis attended her first CPE Trial April 26, 2009, in Deerfield, NH. Not only was it her first CPE Trial, it was her first trial ever! She competed in three runs in Level 1: Colors, Jackpot, and Standard. She received 2 Q's in Colors and Standard and placed FOURTH in both as well. She would have Q'd in Jackpot, if not for a "human" mistake. She was awesome and blew me away. Not too shabby for the "Pokey Little Puppy" who is afraid of crowds and noise.

Thanks to Jen for all your patience and training and to all from FNT who cheered us on that day.

PANDY & SADIE — Nelda Laws

Gemini, June 4 &5:

Pandy (at right) earned 2 Qs and 2 firsts (Wildcard and Standard), also completing his Standard 1 Title!

Sadie (at left) won a first and a Q in Standard, a second and a Q in Snooker, and a first in Jackpot. Sadie has three Level 1 Titles: Standard, Handler Games & Fun Games.

PILOT — Carol Kelly

Westfield, 2011: Nice weekend for us. Not only did PIlot earn his Novice Agility Jumpers and Open Standard Titles, but he also had 2 first places!

REESES — Marcia Pierce

Now 21 months old Reeses has earned these l9 titles in 13 month: URO3,UCD HI-TOP SHAWNFIELD'S RAPID REPLAY GN,CDX,RAE,NAP,NJP,NA,NAJ,WC,CGC/CAN CD,RN

He just finished his UKC Rally 3 with two HIT and his AKC CDX with three first places.

RHYS — Rosemary Decie

September 2011: A great run on a hard course earned Rhys his AKC Open Jumpers title.

Bo-Gee, June 2011: Rhys got his CPE 2000 point title in Level 1 this weekend.

In AKC, Rhys has his NJP, NAP, CGC titles.

Rhys also did well and had a first with Q in Colors. He now has 3 Q's for L-1. He tries really hard!

SAILOR — Trish Flanagan

Southern Connecticut Agility Team trial,

Hamden, Connecticut, March 27, 2011: Sailor earns his C-ATCH-4!

Breeze Thru Agility's CPE trial in Brattleboro, Vermont. This was our first-ever agility trial and we had a lot of fun. Sailor had 5 Q runs, 7 first places and 2 seconds. And most importantly, his tail never stopped wagging.

SLLIGO — Noreen Scelzo

Congratulations to "ADCH SLI GO" and Noreen Scelzo!! This weekend at Y-Agility, Blackthorne resort, NY. Noreen and Sli ran THE BEST snooker and Jumpers runsand earned their USDAA "ADCH" Agility Dog Champion!

It was wonderful to watch such a fluid team; it is so pretty when it all comes together. I am so glad I was there for this wonderful achievement.
Congratulations Noreen,
Karen

SPIKIE — Sally Baliunas

Spikie, now retired, earned when she was 14 yrs old CPE's 1,000 Point Level Award, a Perfect Weekend Ribbon and ranked 3rd for 2008 in CPE's Top Ten Specialists.

SPOONER — Linda Coe

Spooner, at age 10, with her pieced together hind leg, did her first agility competition ever.

Running in Colors at Bo-Gee on April 26, 2009, she managed to do everything I asked her to do, with the exception of crossing the finish line!

Her picture was taken by one of Jennifer's students, John Woolley — thank you, John!

STAR — Sylvia Martinez Cortez

Star's first USDAA trial where she obtained 2 Q's over the weekend in Starter's Gamblers.

We went to the Cocker Spaniel Nationals in Richmond, VA It was our very first AKC trial and entered in Novice A. Star did well in spite of the 104 degree heat and high humidity. She received the Highest Scoring Cocker Spaniel Novice award ribbon at the end of the event after getting a First Place Q.

STRIDER — Bunny Watson

Strider went to his first agility trial, a CPE trial in Deerfield, NH. He earned two Q's and three firsts (he missed a Q in his first run due to being a little excited) in level 1. He was a very good boy!

TASKER — Judy Belyea

Phanzone, USDAA, June:

Q'd 8 out of 9! And, won in his class at Snooker!

Wrentham, April 25:

Novice B JWW and Novice B Standard Titles

AKC XF Title
and his USDAA P1 Dog Title.

TESSIE — Trish Flanagan

North East Miniature Australian Shepherd Club trial in Westminster, Vermont, May 29, 2011: Tessie earned her C-ATCH-3!

Tessie went PERFECT this weekend, 10 runs, 10 Q's, 10 firsts, finished Level 1, got a Perfect Weekend ribbon and was HIGH IN TRIAL!!!

WEDNESDAY — Bunny Watson

This was not only her first agility trial it was her first dog show ever! She did great earning three Q's in three classes. She also placed first in standard and third in colors and jumpers. She was amazing!

Thank you Karen for all of your training! Also thanks to all of the FNT gang that were there to cheer and support!

ZOEY — Lauren Cramaer

Seastar’s Burgundy Zoey CD, RA, CGC, CL1 proudly handled by Lauren Cramer had a fantastic weekend at the CPE agility trial at Riverside Canine Center January 27-28th. Not only did she Q in all 8 runs but she received 1st place 3 times, 2nd place 3 times and 4th place 2 times. Best news is she received Trial High Score besting over 100 dogs!

Thanks to our trainer Paige and all the support we get from our classmates.