Brags & Wags: Sprite Working Belgian Tervuren

Brags & Trial Results - 2008

April 25: Patrice and Ghira earn their Versitility Test for Working Dogs (VPG1) title at the Wild West Dog Sport trial in Delano, CA under judge Lisa Little with scores of 86-83-95p, taking High Obedience and High in Trial!; Leslie and Quake repeat their Schutzhund 3 (SchH3) title in Vacaville, CA under judge Ann Dolan with scores of 90-95-97p, earning High Obedience, High Protection, and High in Trial.; Ken and Apache earn their USDAA Agility Dog Championship (ADCH) title in Manzanita Park, CA at the SMART trials.
March 30: Patrice and Ghira earn their Rally Advanced (RA) title at the Kern County Kennel Club trial in Bakersfield, CA, with scores of 97 (1st place), 99+ (2nd place), and 96 (1st place). She also picked up her first Rally Excellent leg with a 99 and 1st place! See Photo
March 23: Denise and the girls have a great weekend at the County Wide Dog Training Club in Petaluma, CA. Raika picked up her 2nd Novice leg with a 199.5 and High in Trial (HIT) under judge Mildred Rothrock, and her third leg and Companion Dog (CD) title with a 199.5+ and another HIT under judge Alice Peterson.; Cisu qualified in Open B under judge Alice Peterson with a 196.5 and 4th place, and in Utility B under judge Christopher Cornell with a 198 and 2nd place for three OTCH points and a UDX leg. Cisu then qualified in Open B under judge Christopher Cornell with a 196.5 and in Utility B under judge Mildred Rothrock with a 198 and 3rd place for another UDX leg.
January 1: Nancy and Thrill and Marie and Tilt quality for the AKC National Agility Championship to be held on March 28-30, 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma! Go Team Sprite!

Brags & Trial Results - 2007

December 2: Patti and Annika earn their SchH1 at the Menlo Park Schutzhund Club trial.
November 11: Mona and Cricket earn their AX and AXJ!
October 20: Marie and Tilt earn the MX and their sixth QQ to qualify for the AKC National Agility Championship, while Nancy and Thrill earn their sixth QQ to quality for the AKC Nationals also, at the Oshkosh Kennel Club agility trials under judge Laura English.
October 12-14: Anna and Pico soar to victory at the 2007 Dock Dogs National Championship in Rogers, Minnesota, winning the Super Elite division with a jump of 25'7" in miserable conditions of cold, wind, and rain (and a water temp in the 40s!). Pico also ended the competitive season as the Top Super Elite Dog.
October 6-7: A big weekend for Sprite pups and their people!; Christopher and Diva earned their IPO3 at the Southern Ontario Working Group's trial under judge Fred Maraschi with a score of 94/88/82 earning High Tracking and RHIT. Aamer and Farrah earned their IPO1 at the trial, with a score of 82/91/96 earning High Obedience, High Protection, and HIT.; Melissa and Fax earned their BH at the Rocky Mountain SchH Club trial under USA Judge Nathaniel Roque.; Amy and Score earned their Tracking Dog (TD) title at the tender age of 6.5 months at the Twin Cities Tracking Club test in River Falls, Wisconsin under judges Joan Telfer and Marge Schultz.; Marie and Tilt took home their fourth QQ in Excellent B agility, along with two placements, while Nancy and Thrill continued their winning ways with another 1st in Exc B Std at the Lakeland Dog Training Club in Cambridge, Wisconsin.
September 19: Sal Esposito and Annika receive a special commendation for their work on the International Canine Forensics team locating human remains at a historical aircraft crash site, determined to be a navy bomber that crashed in 1944.
July 22: Leslie and Quake earn their Schutzhund 1 (SchH1) under SV judge Ernest Hintz at the Peninsula Canine Corps Schutzhund Club in San Jose, CA, with a score of 96/87/97p.
June 9: Patrice and Ghira earn their CGC at the Bakersfield Obedience Training Club CGC test, under evaluation Mel Rasmussen.
May 12: Aamer and Farrah earn their BH under judge Rudy Mietzner with a perfect score, while Christopher and Diva earn their SchH2 with a score of 70-80-84.
May 1: Ultrasound confirms that Soja is expecting a moderate sized litter of puppies early June. Read more about this exciting litter
April 29-May 1: Nancy and Thrill and Marie and Tilt take the ABTC National Specialty agility trials by storm, with blazing runs and a few new titles.; Thrill finished up her Novice FAST title (FN) and earned another MXJ leg with the fastest run of Trial 2, a full 4 seconds ahead of the 2nd place dog, as well as picking up her first Open FAST title with max points (80) and time to spare.; Tilt took 1st place in Excellent Standard and earned her first Novice FAST leg in trial one. In Trial 2, she took another 1st place in Excellent Standard to earn her AX, and earned another Novice FAST leg with max points and 1st place with time to spare.
April 15: Kim and Emmy clean up at the Orange County Pet Expo Splash Dogs dock diving event. Emmy pulled off a 6' 8" jump in Super Vertical to earn 2nd place her first time out in SV, and 22'9" in the Pro Final earning another 2nd place. Emmy was also clocked with a radar gun at 33 mph!
April 8: Anna and Pico earn her novice standard agility title at the Long Island Golden Retriever Club AKC trial.
February 25: Mark and Kesa have a great weekend at the Good Dog Agility Club USDAA DAM Tournament in Tempe, Arizona, earning first placements in two Masters Standard, Masters Snooker, Team Standard, Team Jumpers, Team Snooker, Team Relay, and Grand Prix, qualifying for 2 of the 3 Games at the USDAA Nationals in Scottsdale!
February 16: Cisu and Denise pick up their fifth UDX leg at the Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club obedience trial under judges Alvarez and Pilat.
February 12: Ultrasound confirms that Raika is expecting a good sized litter of puppies at the end of March. Read more about this exciting litter.
January 20: Sprite's Full of Grace - Annika owned by Patti O'Neil earns her BH and Sprite's French Vanilla - Ghira owned by Patrice Lambourne earns her AD at the Menlo Park Schutzhund Club Trial under SV judge Friedl Heghmans.

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