November 2011

Thanks everyone for coming to our last trial of 2011! Good to see so many happy faces again. Special thanks to our judge Dwayne Bonker for fun courses and keeping things relaxed and fun. We loved playing EGC on Friday and look forward to hosting more EGC trials at our future trials! Congrats to everyone on all your great runs and to the following for some special accomplishments:

Nicole Bailey & Luxx - Elite All-Around Award
Sam Lietz & Schatzi - Elite Superior Versatility & Triple Superior Versatility Awards, NATCH3
Chris Chapman & Chelsea – V-MEDAL3
Charles Burdick & Bubba – V-NATCH2
Sarah Fix & Jinks – Open Chances, Open Hoopers, Open Weavers titles & Open Versatility Award
Joan Oldmixon & Maggie– Novice Superior Versatility & Novice All-Around Awards
Nicole Bailey & Jinn- Novice Chances title, best agility weekend EVER (7 out of 11!)
Stephanie Reitz & Seamus– 1st Open jumpers Q!, Novice Chances title, Novice Versatility Award
Alice Harwell & Cooper - 1st Regular, Hoopers, TNG, Jumpers, & Tunnelers Qs
John Virden & Lexi – Open Regular Title
Nicole Davilii & Abbey – Open TNG title, Novice Weavers Superior title, 1000 Lifetime Points
Kali Koulmentas & Kali – Elite Tunnelers title
Pam Schiffleger & Lola – 1st ever Novice Jumpers
Diana Deadrick & Chesnee – Open Jumpers, Novice Superior Jumpers titles
Judy Windham & Jazzy – Novice Outstanding Regular title
Nicole Bailey – first time Pomeranian handler (and she can’t wait to get her own agility Pom)
Cathie Cage & Cheyenne– 1st Q ever!

April 2011

One more awesome trial in the books! Thanks and congrats to everyone who came to our April 15-17, 2011 NADAC trial! Saturday’s extremely fierce winds led to switching Saturday’s TNG with Sunday’s Tunnelers but every exhibitor happily embraced the change and went with the flow in true NADAC spirit! The weather also prompted moving Saturday’s Yappy Hour cookout to the trial secretary’s home where we celebrated the day while nervously watching news reports of tornados an hour north and south of us. Sunday was an absolutely beautiful day and much fun was had by all! Everyone looked like they were having a ton of fun and there were lots of wonderful accomplishments to celebrate!!

But first, let’s get to the Thank Yous:
• Susan Perry for being a fabulous judge and keeping the trial running, bringing such fun courses, and being so positive
• All the volunteer workers who helped the trial go smoothly! Thanks everyone, we couldn’t do it without you!
• Toms-squared: Tom Maloney-Harmon and Tom Fix for all their course building work, and everyone else who chipped in and helped get those courses ready to run quickly!
• Debi Hutchinson for conducting an awesome Extreme Games seminar on Friday—we are looking forward to trying these fun games this fall at our November trial!

Congratulations for the following awards to:
Tom Fix & Breeze: NATCH
Linda Anderson & Zia: NATCH2
Deb Baracco & Jet: NATCH3
Nicole Bailey & Luxx: V-NATCH4
Tom Maloney-Harmon & Piper: NATCH10 & V-NATCH10
Cathie Cage & Casey: NATCH22
Cathy Wyatt & Tobie: 1000 Lifetime Points
Jayne Secor & Mira: Novice Versatility
John Virden & Zoe: Novice Versatility
Kari Koulmentas & Darwin: Novice Versatility
Sarah Fix & Jinks: Novice Versatility
Scott Casino & Cali: Novice Versatility

Jayne Secor & Mira, judge Susan Perry, Deb Baracco & Jet, Cathie Cage & Casey, Nicole Bailey & Luxx, Tom Maloney-Harmon & Piper, Linda Anderson & Zia

Wow! Soooo cool to see so many awesome Elite teams in action but also to see many Novice teams earn the first of many awards to come! We’re not sure if six NATCHes earned at one trial is a record or not but we’ve never given away that many in a single trial before!!

Other Accomplishments
Cathy Wyatt & Rosie: Elite Tunnelers & Open Hoopers titles
Christine Donovan & Grady: Outstanding Novice Hoopers
Christine Donovan & Lucia: Elite Jumpers title, Outstanding Open Hoopers, Superior Open TnG
Deb Baracco & Cash: debut and first Q ever in Jumpers!!
Diana Deadrick & Chesnee: Outstanding Novice Jumpers & Tunnelers (WOO HOO, great job hon!!)
Jayne Secor & Mira: Outstanding Novice Weavers title
Lauren Vaughn & Dazzle: Novice Superior Tunnelers title
Linda Anderson & Zia: first ever successful bonus line (in Elite Jumpers)
Lisa Godfrey & Lacey: Open Regular & Chances titles
Mariah Mordecai & Aspen: 1st Elite Weavers Q in a while and first ever perfect day (5/5)
Sarah Fix & Jinks: Outstanding Novice Weavers, Tunnelers & Jumpers
Stephanie Reitz & Seamus: 1st Weavers Q ever in his least favorite class, Novice TnG title

We also want to congratulate our April birthday friends Chris Chapman and John Virden! At the same time, we also celebrated the long awaited release of Chris’ WINNING Wino Agility DVD (ROFL!!). See the DVD box liner here.

Finally, we love to hear when new-to-NADAC exhibitors tell us much fun they had and how amazed they are at the skills of NADAC teams compared to what they see in other venues, and, most importantly, how they are looking forward to coming to one of our future NADAC trials. There probably isn’t a better compliment to be earned and we are just so happy that we have NADAC to play in—huge THANKS to all of you for making our trials such a success and for showing how great NADAC is!!

February 2011

What a blast!! LOTS of fun at our February 2011 trial! It turned into a beautiful weekend to play agility, starting off with low 40s Saturday morning but moving in the mid50s. Sunday was an almost too warm 70+.

We started off the weekend on Friday with a fantastic seminar with Paula Goss who brought her keen eye, engaging humor, and wonderfully positive instruction and guidance. Thank you Paula—we are so fortunate to have the opportunity to benefit from your wisdom and insights (and our dogs thank you too!).

Pam Smith was a super fun judge who has the knack of finding brilliance in each and every run. Thank you so much Pam for doing such an awesome job, for being so supportive, cheering for each and every competitor, and for bringing us such fun courses to run! Speaking of courses, thank you Tom Maloney-Harmon and Tom Fix for course building all weekend.

Other special thanks go to: Chris Chapman & Joan Oldmixon for setting up and coordinating trial hospitality as well as our raffles, Rita Phoenix for having us at her wonderful trial site, Don Chapman for being grill master at Yappy Hour, and Sherry Walters for doing such a nice and efficient job at the score table. And of course, special thanks to all our volunteers who pitched in to help the trial run smoothly.

Once again, Saturday Yappy Hour was awesome and great fun was had by all!!! Grilled chicken and shrimp, chicken wings, pasta salads, baked beans, Smith Island cake, and more made a great apri-agility feast! We broke out the fire pit to help fight off the chilly wind and to sing happy birthday to our February birthday friends: Lisa Bonker, Lisa Godfrey, Debi Hutchinson, & Reggie Snell. Happy birthday guys and we hope you enjoyed the cake!!!

Congratulations to everyone for all for runs and moments of greatness (and the not-so-great ones too)! Special brags:
Brandy Walters & Angel: Novice Jumpers & Novice Hoopers titles
Brandy Walters & Whisper: Elite Tunnelers & Open Hoopers titles
Cathie Wyatt & Tobie: Elite Hoopers title
Chris Chapman & Chelsea: Outstanding Elite Weavers title
Joan Oldmixon & Maggie: Outstanding Novice Hoopers title
John Virden & Zoe: first Open Jumpers Q
Judy Windham & Jazzy: Outstanding Novice Regular title
Julia Foust & Joy: first title (Novice Jumpers)
Kali Koulmentas & Darwin: Novice Chances
Karen Merriman & Sammi: Novice Regular title
Kari Koulmentas & Kali: first Elite title (Regular), Elite Jumpers Q
Kathy Stuewe & Molly: Elite Tunnelers title
Lauren Vaughn & Dazzle: first Novice Chances Q
Linda Anderson & Ezri: Outstanding Open Touch-n-Go
Lisa Godfrey & Sadie B: first Novice Chances Q
Mariah Mordecai & Aspen: EAC, HP-O
Natalee Yates & Hollee: Outstanding Novice Hoopers title
Natalee Yates & Pennee: Open Hoopers title
Nicole Davilli & Abby: Novice Hoopers, Novice Touch-n-Go title
Sam Lietz & Shatzi: first Elite Hoopers Q
Sarah Fix & Fire: NATCH5
Sarah Fix & Jinks: first title (Novice Chances)
Stephanie Reitz & Seamus: Novice Jumpers title
Susan Blue & Zorro: first title (Novice Jumpers)

And finally my personal favorite: Diana Deadrick & Chesnee, a perfect 3 for 3 weekend and earning their first ever title in Jumpers!!! Luv ya hon!!!
 See the video of their run by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/user/chesapeakek9?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/H7MAc9oIDMY 

Photos are uploaded and ready to view at http://www.facebook.com/l/34f27/cander9267.zenfolio.com use coupon code NADAC11 on any Nadac album and receive a 20% discount, coupon good through March 31st

November 2010

Thanks everyone who came to our Fall trial! What a fantastic weekend! Some of the highlights: smiling and happy competitors everywhere (both two and four legged), awesome judge Karin Bell, plenty of fun and challenging courses, AWESOME Yappy Hour cookout on Saturday night, birthday cake for November birthdays, and a special appearance by the rock band KISS to deliver some birthday cheer!!

The weekend started with a wonderful handling seminar conducted by Debi Hutchinson. All participants had a blast, learned some great new stuff, laughed and had a super time. Thank you Debi for sharing your knowledge, experience, wit, and enthusiasm. We definitely will bring Debi back for more great insights!

Karin Bell was a fantastic judge. So many competitors commented on how positive and pleasant Karin was and how she helped them enjoy the trial. Thanks Karin for the fun courses and we look forward to seeing you again sometime!

Happy Birthday to trial competitors Brandy Walters, Cathie Cage, Kari Koulmentas, and Nicole Bailey! We celebrated their November birthdays on Saturday with a cool cake. In addition, KISS made a special appearance to personally wish Nicole a very special birthday!! LOL

Thanks also to everyone who helped make the trial go by working in the ring, lending a hand when needed, or contributing yummy food to Yappy Hour. Special thanks to chief course builder Tom Moloney-Harmon, Chris Chapman & Diana Deadrick for coordinating Trial Hospitality, Rita Phoenix for letting us host trials at her wonderful site, Debi Hutchinson for driving the judge to/from the hotel each night, and to Nicole Davilli for all the work she did in her first ever trial.

Yappy Hour cookout was again a huge success on Saturday evening. Thanks to Don Chapman for coming down and grilling food and to Sam Lietz for bringing the fire pit. A great way to end a trial day with good food, drinks, and lots of laughs!

Don’t forget to check out the great trial pics from Linda Anderson (http://cander9267.zenfolio.com) and Mark Vandenwauver (http://markvandenwauverphoto.smugmug.com/Animals) !

Lastly, here’s a list of cool stuff that people did and put on the Brag Board:

Nicole Bailey & Luxx: Versatility NATCH3, 2 Elite Weavers Qs in one weekend (woot!!)
Chris Chapman & Chelsea: Elite Versatility Award, 2500 Lifetime Points Award, Elite Outstanding Touch-n-Go title, Elite Weavers and miraculous & totally unbelievable Q in Elite Chances
Patty Kimball & Kori: Open Triple Superior, Open Superior Versatility, Open All-Around, 2500 Lifetime Points Awards, Open Superior Chances & Elite Hoopers titles
Anna Macanga & Josey: Novice Versatility Award
Wes Mollard & Tadgh: Novice Versatility Award, Open Weavers & Novice Tunnelers titles
Brandy Walters & Angel: Open Regular & Novice Hoopers titles
Brandy Walters & Whisper: Open Jumpers, Ellite Tunnelers & Elite Weavers titles
Cathy Wyatt & Rosie: Open Regular title (and Rosie ignored the cat and got a Q)
Cathy Wyatt & Tobie: Elite Regular & Elite Jumpers titles
Clayton & Cathie Cage: 20pt Elite Tunnelers Q with an 8.06 YPS!! (Damn freak dog!!)
Janet Crist & Harmony: 1st Q ever
Jayne Secor & Mira: 1st Regular Q and 1st title ever in Novice Tunnelers
Kari Koulmentas & Darwin: Novice Tunnelers title
Lauren Vaughn & Dazzle: Dazzle’s fist title – Novice Hoopers
Linda Anderson & Ezri: Open Superior Tunnelers & Open Outstanding Weavers titles
Mariah Mordecai & Aspen: 1st Elite Chances Q
Sam Lietz & Schatzi: Elite Weavers title
Sarah Fix & Fire: 15pt Elite Jumpers Q
Sarah Fix & Jinks: debut and 1st Q ever
Stephanie Reitz & Seamus: Novice Outstanding Hoopers & Novice Outstanding Tunnelers titles

April 2010

Thanks everyone who came to play at our April 2010 NADAC trial. We had a blast with (mostly) awesome weather, some really cool courses to run, great judge, and an awesome after-trial Yappy Hour and picnic (officiated by Joslyn the SchutzenPom!). It was great to see so many friends again and we were happy to have a few new ones! Special thanks to all our workers for their efforts and to our fantastic judge Dwyane Bonker!

Don't forget to visit the web sites of our show photographers Linda Anderson (http://cander9267.zenfoli.com) and Mark Vandenwauver (http://web.me.com/vandenwauver/Mark_Vandenwauver_Photography/Pets/Pets.html).

Congratulations everyone for all their achievements! Here are some special brags from the bragboard:

Julia Foust & Joy: 1st Q 1st place Ever Tunnelers
Chris Chapman & Maggie: Novice Outstanding Chances and Touch-n-Go, Novice Superior Hoopers, Open Jumpers
Stephanie Reitz & Seamus: Novice Hoopers and Tunnelers
Chris Chapman & Chelsea: Open Outstanding Hoopers
Christine Donovan & Grady: Novice Hoopers and first Chances Q
Bonnie Boger & Hogan: Novice Regular and Hoopers
Natalee Yates& Hollee: Novice Hoopers
John Virden & Zoe: Novice Weavers and Hoopers
Katie Yeager & Cosmo: O-NAC, O-NJC, O-TG-N
Pam Schiffleger & Zephyr: Elite Outstanding Jumpers, Open Superior TnG
Lisa Godfrey & Sadie B.: 1st Weavers Q ever!
Reggie Snell & Aries: Novice Jumpers
Sam Lietz & Schatzi: Open Jumpers
Anita Ramsey & Wind: Elite Touch-n-Go
Natalee Yates & Pennee: Elite Jumpers
Mariah Mordecai & Aspen: Open Chances, EAC, O-EJC
Christine Donovan & Lucia: Novice Superior Chances, Novice Superior Versatility, Novice All-Around
Kari Koulmentas & Kali: Open TnG, Open Chances
Kari Koulmentas & Darwin: Novice TnG
Rene Beagle & Rebel: 1st trial, 1st Tunnelers Q
Judy Windham & Jazzy: Novice Jumpers title (and won the NQ Raffle!)
Eric Secor & Dudley: Elite Chances title after 1 year!!!
Lisa Godfrey & Lacey: Novice All-Around
Scott Casino & Joslyn the SchutzenPom: debut run and Q in Hoopers; 5/6 Qs for the weekend
 

Christine Donovan & Lucia: Novice Superior Versatility and Novice All-Around

 

Lisa Godfrey & Lacey: Novice All-Around

 

February 2010

Thanks everyone for entering the trial! It was great seeing many familiar faces as well as lots of new ones. We think this was one of our best trials and judging by all the smiles on those faces, many of you did too! We also want to thank our awesome judge Ron Young for all of his hard work that helped make this trial so great! Thanks Ron and we hope to have you back again soon!

We especially want to thank all our fantastic volunteer workers. Without you, the trial could not have been the success that it was! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And remember to use your Trial Bucks to discount your entries to our future trials.

Once again, visit Linda Anderson's on-line photo gallery for trial pics: http://cander9267.zenfolio.com/ You can purchase a variety of items with your dog's photo on them; use coupon code NADAC2010 for a discount. Thanks Linda!

Brags!
Congratulations to the following teams for their accomplishments:

Casey & Cathie Cage: V-NATCH #13!!!
Zephyr & Pam Schiffleger: Superior Novice Chances title, Novice Triple Superior, Novice All Around, Novice Superior Versatility
Zia & Linda Anderson: Outstanding Open Weavers, Novice All-Around Award
Pennee & Natalee Yates: Elite Tunnelers
Aspen & Mariah Moredecai: Open Weavers
Kail & Kari Koulmentas: Open Regular title
Chelsea & Chris Chapman: Superior Open Jumpers, Outstanding Open Regular, Open Hoopers, Open Touch-n-Go
Indi & Frank Liberto: Open Tunnelers & Open Jumpers titles
Schatzi & Sam Lietz: First Qs in Open Weavers, Hoopers & Chances
Patti & Frank Liberto: Novice Jumpers title
Darwin & Kari Koulmentas: Novice Jumpers and Novice Regular titles
Aries & Reggie Snell: NAC
Seamus & Stephanie Reitz: 2nd ever trial; Q and 1st in Regular, Q & 1st in Touch-n-Go, Q and 2nd in Hoopers
Jazzy & Judy Wyndham: First Q in Novice Regular, first title in Novice Regular
Sadie B & Lisa Godfrey: 1st Q Jumpers
Spencer & Sue Diveley: 1st Q ever! Novice Tunnelers
Holly & Katie Yeager: 1st trial and 1st Q (Tunnelers)
Rosie & Cathy Wyatt: 1st trial and 1st Q!
Sam & Bill Goldston: 1st trial and 1st Q!!
Emily Lu has a new man (Scott Whittington)!!
Cali & Scott Casino: 4 Es in Novice Regular WOOHOO! (Contacts? What contacts?)

October 2009

Tails Up Agility would like to thank everyone who came to our October 2009 NADAC trial. We had a great time and hope that you did too. BIG THANKS to those who volunteered to help keep the trial running as quickly as possible; we needed every last one of you! We also want to thank our judge Dee Falk for some fun courses and being cheerful and upbeat in spite of the uncooperative weather. Special thanks also to Bob Parsons for scribing and timing almost every class in the trial even though he was suffering from a cold, Sherry Walters & John Bishop the scoring team who entered all the scores into the computer and even printed out score labels this trial, and Deborah Lankford for stewarding all our great volunteers and making sure everyone got their drawings from the worker lottery.

Don't forget to visit Linda Anderson's on-line photo gallery of pictures from the trial: http://cander9267.zenfolio.com/ You can purchase a variety of items with your dog's photo on them. Thank you Linda for dealing with the cold and rain.

Brags!
Congratulations to the following teams for their accomplishments:
Billy Bob & Beka Long – Q and 1st place in Novice Jumpers
Maggie & Chris Chapman – 1st ever Chances Q & Outstanding Novice Hoopers title
Tobie & Catherine Wyatt – Novice Jumpers & Novice Weavers titles; 1st Open Q
Seamus & Stephanie Reitz – 1st Q ever, earned in Tunnelers & 2nd place
Angel & Brandy Walters – 1st ever title & she finished a course with her tail up!
Cosmo & Katie Yeager – Outstanding Novice Tunnelers title
Harley & Patty Cooper – Novice Regular Q in 1st place!
Hogan & Bonnie Boger – Earned a Q after 2 knee surgeries
Cali & Scott Casino – 1st ever Weavers Q (Cali has always believed that Weavers is a waste of a good Tunnelers course!)