Congratulations to all our students on their accomplishments...

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!

Cash has finished both his MX and his  MXJ in recent months. Cash is Brenmar Money in My Pocket  MX, MXJ, RN, CD, HT, NAP, NJP, CGC

We had alot of fun at the Eskie Nationals. Becca & Koury did very well that day and through out the weekend. 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. Whoo hooo!!!!!! We are all tired out. Did I mention I sprained my ankle!

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. 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!

Phanzone, USDAA, June — Q'd 8 out of 9! And, won in his class at Snooker! Wrentham, April 25th — Tasker earned both his Novice B JWW and Novice B Standard titles. He has also earned two Open JWW legs the past two weekends in Wrentham as well.

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.

Karen! Unbelievable news — 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!!! Check out the attached photo. Midway through Sunday I realized she was on her way to a perfect weekend. She finished her Level 1 title in a traditional Jackpot! I never thought she'd get the distance but she's a thoughtful little thing and she put it all together. She had to do tunnel>jump>tire>table. The tire and table were maybe 5 feet from the line. Her contacts are suburb. I actually did a front cross on the downside of the A-frame because I said "hit it" and she did and "wait" and she did that too! I just wanted to stand there and admire it a while. Her start line stays? A complete dream. You know those people who can put there dog in the start line stay while the ring crew is setting bars? And stand five feet away from the dog? Yeah, that's what we were able to do. With every run her confidence increased a little more. So it's the last run of the day on Sunday... to that point she'd had nine runs, Q'd and took first in every single one. (There were only a couple of Level 1 16" regular dogs and sometimes she was the only one, but I didn't tell her that.) All of a sudden it hit me and I got really nervous. I felt like a pitcher who has a perfect game going entering the 9th inning. I thought, "I hope she doesn't poop, or I don't forget the course, or that any of the 5,000 things that Sailor and I have experienced happen right now." Anyway, I put her in the start line stay, she sits as usual and all of a sudden breaks and runs around me! I panic _ she's never done that before. She hadn't gone over the first jump so the time didn't start. I turned and saw that a bird had flown down and landed in the ring maybe 15 feet away and she was running toward it. I started calling her back in the high-pitched tone of voice not heard since the early days of "Sailor! Sailor! Here! For the love of God Sailor!" She came right back and as she was the judge said, "Handler, please reset your dog." So she was letting me take my time to get her set up again! I thought that was really nice, but I was so discombobulated by that point that the run wasn't pretty at all... I was so nervous! But you know what? She did it!  After it was official I went in to get my ribbon and my God it's gorgeous. I'm just so proud of my little one. After they gave it to me the trial secretary said, "Hang on a minute _ Miss Tessie has another ribbon!" Then they handed me this three-foot-long extravaganza of ribbon for High In Trial! I almost cried.  So I am attacting a photo of my girl on her once-in-a-lifetime weekend.  Multiple people asked where I got her and admired her start line stays and contacts. I told them how you coached us through the fundamentals from the very beginning and that we've really worked them consistently. What amazed me was how much more confident she got as the days went on. By Sunday she actually started looking ahead to the next obstacle. I felt like she wasn't staring at me looking worried like she did at Bo-Gee. She is remarkably calm. I have not forgotten my Yellow Fellow. Mr. Sailor went 5 for 10 so we're down to 7 for the C-ATCH. Considering how tight the turns were and how many opportunities there were for off courses I was pleased we did as well as that.  So that's our weekend in a nutshell. I am so proud of that little puppy. (Sailor was underwhelmed and said, "yeah, but let's see if she can do that when she gets to Level 5.") Woo-hoo! Trisha Spring Rock's Sailor CGC, TDI, CL-4 Sweet Pea Flanagan CGC, TDI, CL-1 Tessie Flanagan CL-1

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! Wednesday went to the same CPE trial. 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!

All Dogs Gym, CPE – January 11, 2009 Judy and Mike Regan's 11 year old Livey earns her C-ATCH title!

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!

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.

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.

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

The event was Breeze Thru Agility's CPE trial in  Brattleboro, Vermont 11/24 and 11/25. 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. Thanks, Trisha Flanagan & Sailor

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.

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

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

Alvin went from Novice Preferred to PAX in  less than 1 year.  He's now closing in on PAX 3 (60 QQ's  in Preferred Excellent).  Alvin is the first and only dalmatian to  earn any PAX title. Alvin is the first Dalmatian to earn three AKC titles – CH, OTCH, and MACH! THANK YOU, KAREN!!!!!

He was the #2 dalmatian in AKC agility in 2007.  In 2008 he was #1!

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.  Krypto likes Jackpot and sometimes high drama. Last weekend the traditional gamble was tunnel-jump-tire-table. The challenge was that the tunnel entrance was on the far side of the temptingly fun A-frame, which stood inside the gamble box but was not part of the gamble.  During the judge's briefing, we learned that a dog could take without penalty (or points) any non-gamble obstacle (like that A-frame) as long as the dog had not yet taken any gamble obstacles.  When the gamble whistle blew, Krypto was ideally situated on a clear line for the gamble tunnel beyond the A-frame.  Silly overconfident me, happy daredevil Krypto, who doesn't care for the A-frame, flew up the A-frame (surely because my body language told her to). I brought her around to start the gamble, and thought we'd miss the gamble time but we should try.  On the second attempt to begin the gamble, Krypto did dart into the tunnel. As she emerged I flicked my hand to indicate the rest of the sequence, and she jetted so fast that I only noticed her paws dance on the table as she deplaned into the exit area. The judge had called the Jackpot scoring so we had succeeded in the gamble. Her time? Sweet, dainty princess Krypto had completed the gamble (beginning with a superfluous A-frame added for fun) with 0.9 seconds to spare! This weekend the Jackpot gamble was to avoid a nearby tunnel and go out to the teeter beyond, which Krypto happily did, this time free of drama. Thank you, princess!!

Charlie has finally done it. He has his AKC NAJ title and has another leg towards his NF and NS titles after earning three blue ribbons and a red for his four Qualifying runs in Topsfield on September 7th and 8th. I didn't have to say "Charles" even once.

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.

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.

CPE 2009 Nationals — Two trophies: High in Standard for Specialist Level 2 and 3rd Place in Games, Specialist 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. Ava flew over the finish line of Colors at So-Bad in Granby, MA and earned her 2,000 Point Level Award, and a glorious enormous ribbon with rosettes and tassels.