Practice Night

In Attendance:

Amanda/Pixel/Brit
Jolene-helper
Kim/Maggie
Roberta/Kharma
Sarah/Gyp
Liz/Cava
Judy/Maize
Tina/Jethro
Jaime/Cookie
Amanda/Izzy
Donna/Epic/Sport

Last night was for the in betweeners & newbies.
It is exciting to see these dogs come along so quickly!!! We worked with restrained recalls over the jumps as well as back chaining to the box from 1 jump, then 2, then 3, then all 4.
At the end of the night we finished with a game of scent by everyone throwing their dumbbells into the middle & 2 dogs at a time being sent out to find their own dumbbell, the dogs really enjoyed this as did the handlers :)
2 weeks to the first meet in Calgary !

This was also the last practice for Donna & her crew as they are moving to Edmonton. We will miss you all & wish you the best of luck!!! See you at the races!!

Exciting News!

With the start of a new year we sat down as a big group and discussed our options for 2012. We have some really fantastic dogs that are almost ready, so many in fact that we could split into two teams. Do we do it? Or do we stick it out as one. It was a hard decision to make, but in the end we decided to split into two.

So we've got No Nonscents (NN) "The Originals"
Pixel (height dog)
Kort
Bosley
Epic
Swift
Gyp
Jethro

And introducing Full of Nonscents (FON)
Izzie (height dog)
Crawford (height dog)
Cookie
Chase
Maggie
Brit
Karma

I am very excited that Lethbridge is able to have TWO teams. How awesome is that!!

I am planning on doing some videoing at the next few practices so I'll have some stuff to update this blog with.  In the mean time know that we are training hard.

No Nonscents will be racing in February at the AKC Show.

The Video !

Here it is....the video of our races :)

Great Night at the Races

Last night we raced right here in Lethbridge. There were only 6 teams competing but we all had such a great time !
HUGE thanks goes to Shauna who was our box loader for the first time.
Jethro & Epic competed for the first time & had clean runs!! Well done Tina & Donna!
Bosley was his typical funny self, taking his time up to the box, sometimes surveying his surroundings, but always getting his right dumbbell then racing back to the finish.
Gyp was her speedy self & was almost always right on, just a couple of tiny bobbles but is a definite asset to our team !!
Swift wowed us by not crossing the line once or barking her way around the box, what a good girl!!
Princess Pixel was her perfect little self & didn't make a mistake all night!
We had lots of funny moments as well.
In one race I made a huge mistake by not remembering where Kort's dumbbell was & told him he was right when he picked up #3, oops! I didn't even look at the number when he brought it back as I am so used to him being right, my bad!!!
The look on my teams faces when they saw me sitting on the floor hanging onto a barking bundle of a tri sheltie for an opposing team, was priceless :)
Tina's boyfriend was super nice to video the races for us, as soon as they are compiled we will post them here!
Congrats to Us! Good Job Team !!!

Last Practice

In Attendance:

Roberta/Karma
Johanne
Shauna
Jolene/Kort
Amanda/Pixel
Sarah/Gyp
Maureen/Crawford
Donna/Epic/Swift
Kim/Bosley


Last night we had our last practice before the race on Saturday. Judi Snowdon with Drummer & Donni Scott with Betty joined in on our practice. It was great to have them.
We have had a bit of a change regarding the racing dogs with Jethro stepping in for one heat. The dogs all worked well & Shauna has agreed to box load for us so we are ready!
Go No NonScents !!!

And the Racing Dogs Are....

In Attendance:

Amanda/Pixel
Johanne/Ruby
Shauna/Chase
Donna/Epic/Sport
Kim/Bosley/Maggie
Tina/Jethro
Jaime/Cookie
Sarah/Gyp
Jolene/Kort
Maureen/Crawford

Practice went well, with just a few suggestions to make our time a bit faster. Amanda picked the team that is to race in Lethbridge.

Racing are:

Pixel, Bosley & Kort, with Gyp & Epic alternating, & Cookie racing at least once to see how he does. Should be lots of fun !

Only 2 more practices until the real thing people !!!!

Wednesday Practice

In attendance:

Kim/Bosley/Maggie
Amanda
Jaime/Cookie
Sarah/Gyp
Johanne/ruby
Judy/Maize
Shauna/Chase
Donna/Epic/Sport
Maureen/Crawford
Julia/Tea
Roberta/Karma


Tonight was a bit crazy & loud:)
It is amazing to see the newbies coming along so quickly, most of them are already jumping, & fetching ! Whoo Hoo!!
The racing dogs had a bit of a rough start but finished great.
We only have a few more practices before our Lethbridge show, sooo exciting to be running at home !!!!!!!!