A TAIL OF TWO TRIALS

February was a busy month at LCDA with back-to-back trials: The Intro Trial on the 22nd and our 3-day trial (including Team events on Friday) on the 27th, 28th, and March 1st.

Thanks to our FABULOUS judges, Rebecca Schnulle for the Intro Trial and Evelyn Roberts for the 3-day event.

We had LOADS of titles earned at the 3-day trial, but no club photos for the weekend since the Pupparazzi was celebrating his birthday! Below this list of titles are some photos from the Intro Trial.

FEBRUARY TRIAL TITLES

Margaret Mills and Knox: Starters Performance Jumpers

Pat Sells (via Steve Routh) and Pan: Starters Performance Jumpers
Lisa Nurminen and Madison: Starters Gamblers
Vanessa Routh and Bogey: Starters Performance Gamblers
Anna Blanton and Hype: Starters Standard AND Agility Dog
Ken Walker and Mattie: Starters Jumpers AND Starters Gamblers
Wanda Usher and Sailor: Starters Jumpers, Starters Snooker, AND Starters Gamblers
Caroline Hunt and Magnus: Advanced Relay
Rudy Kruek and Orso: Advanced Performance Standard
Cindy Floyd and Thor: Advanced Gambler
Linda Freed and Ferrari: Advanced Gambler
Vanessa Routh and Bogey: Advanced Performance Snooker
Julie Neer and Panda: Advanced Performance Jumper
Elaine Hawes and Fergus: Advanced Standard AND Advanced Agility Dog
Ann Ferrell and Dot: Advanced Standard AND Advanced Agility Dog
Alexis Chapman and Zumba: Advanced Standard AND Advanced Agility Dog
Merritt Speagle and Jeopardy: Advanced Standard AND Advanced Agility Dog
Christine Vinciguerra and Rusty:  Performance Jumper Master
Randy Hunter and Cutter: Relay Master
Fred Parker and Spring: Jumper Master
Janet Thibault and Badger: Master Performance Gambler
Ruth Correia and Cheer: Jumper Master
Erin Queen and Jefferson: Jumper Champion AND Tournament Champion - Bronze
Rebecca Schnulle and Koby: Master Jumper, Relay Champion, Standard Champion, AND Agility Dog Champion
Ann Ferrell and Sophie: Master Performance Standard, Performance Jumper Champion, Performance Snooker Champion, AND Performance Agility Dog Champion


CONGRATULATIONS to you all, and we hope to see you back at the next trial:  April 11-12, 2015.  Test schedule available on our website and at USDAA.com


Here are a few of the pics from the Intro Trial. A great time was definitely had by all! You can see all of the pics at the club's FLICKR site HERE.  As always, a big thank you to Matt Drobnik for all the great pictures.

 

Judge's Briefing

 

 

Janet and Twisp


 



Kim and Level

Cindy and Tripp

Lupin



Sue and Brodie
















 

New Titles from Our January 2015 Trial

We had an outstanding weekend for LCDA's January trial--good weather, great competitors and dogs, and an amazing judge, Francisco "Paco" Berjon. Along with all of our usual fun, we had lots of exceptional runs and lots of new titles earned!

The weekend started with smiles and tears of joy as we rolled out our new special jumps honoring those LCDA dogs and handlers who have earned their ADCHs and PDCHs: Courtney and Sandy, Lori and Matilda, Randy with Justice and Circe, Anne and Hunley, and Wanda and Surfer Boy.

Commemorative Jumps for our proud ADCH and PDCH dogs and handlers!
l to r: Courtney/Sandy, Lori/Matilda, Randy/Justice and Circe,
Anne/Hunley, and Wanda/Surfer Boy.

Thank you to everyone who came out and played with their dogs, volunteered your time, and helped to make the weekend a success!  

Special congrats to those earning titles at the trial:

Wanda Usher and Sailor: Starters Standard AND Agility Dog

Mary Evans and Spring: Starters Jumpers, Starters Gamblers, Starters Relay, Starters Standard, AND Agility Dog

 

Sailor and Spring with all their trial bling!

 

Vanessa Routh and Bogey: Advanced Performance Jumpers
Diane Rutledge and Parker: Advanced Performance Relay
Karen McCray and Goldie: Advanced Performance Jumpers AND Advanced Performance Relay



Karen with Goldie and Diane with Parker:
What an Advanced Performance Relay Team!

 

Christine Vinciguerra and Rusty:  Performance Gambler Master
Randy Hunter and Cutter: Gambler Master
Elizabeth Ampleford and Kat: Relay Master
Courtney Holscher and Leila: Jumper Master
Alexis Chapman and Hula: Snooker Master
Alexis Chapman and Zumba: Gambler Master
Ruth Correia and Cheer: Relay Master AND Standard Agility Master

Christine and Rusty, Performance Gambler Masters!

Rebecca Schnulle and Koby: Gamblers Champion
Mimi Fountan and Joker: Gamblers Champion Silver
Lauren Hansen and Darci: Performance Snooker Champion Gold

 

To see more photos of our dogs and handlers from this and other LCDA trials and events, head over to our FLICKR page or Facebook Lowcountry Dog AgilityPics page.

 

Hope to see you all back at the next trial:  February 27-March 1, 2015.  Test schedule available on our LCDA website and at USDAA.com

Run-thrus and Trial Etiquette

There's a great post at the "Miles and Emma" blog with some tips and suggested etiquette for "fun matches," a slightly-more-formal event than our run-thrus, but not a trial. This is a great list for people new to agility, run-thrus, and trialing, and a nice reminder of good manners for those of us who may have become too comfortable and cavalier about our weekly run-thrus (I apologize to EVERYONE for violating #10--often.)

http://www.milesandemma.com/

While this is directed at participation in fun-matches, these are all good-practice for actual trials, too, because even though it may look like this:

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcdapics/8069080009/in/set-72157631725481832

we really want all of our agility events to run as smoothly as possible!