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Tune into to the Animal Planet broadcast will be at 8 PM Eastern Time on February 10, and again at 11 PM Eastern Time. Rebroadcast at the same times on February 13, to watch the Icelandic Sheepdogs compete with the big dogs in the AKC Agility Nationals.
Showing posts with label Agility Titles or Training Information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agility Titles or Training Information. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saturday, December 1, 2007
AKC Agility 2007 - An Icelandic Sheepdog North American First!
The Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club would like to give our congratulations to the dogs that were invited to the AKC National Agility 2007
Those Dogs and owners are Sandi Dunn with her lovely ISD Perla, and Kathryn Ananada-Owens with her very perky ISD Viva.
Those Dogs and owners are Sandi Dunn with her lovely ISD Perla, and Kathryn Ananada-Owens with her very perky ISD Viva.
To bring this closer to home in Canada, Perla is from Pineridge Kennels in B.C. and Viva is the Granddaughter of Pineridge Elska..
For full details check out
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/agility_invitational/2007/results/ALLCumByQual.pdf
For Saturday Congrats goes to Viva and Kathryn Ananada-Owens, who had a great run for a score of 100 with a time of 31.25 which earned her the score of #24 th out of 109!! in Round One.
Round Two, on Saturday Viva and Kathryn Ananada-Ownens had a wonderful run for a score of 100 with a time of 45.49
Saturday Combined Total Pointes 200 Time 76.73 To earn Place #18 out of 109!! Way to go!!!
Sunday Round 3 had a great run for a score of 100, Time, 46.04, Round 4, 100 Points with a time of 35.35 and that put her into the Finals!!
And in Finals she got a score of 100 with a time of 40.47 with means that Viva and Katheryn finished #7 out of 109
For full details check out
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/agility_invitational/2007/results/ALLCumByQual.pdf
For Saturday Congrats goes to Viva and Kathryn Ananada-Owens, who had a great run for a score of 100 with a time of 31.25 which earned her the score of #24 th out of 109!! in Round One.
Round Two, on Saturday Viva and Kathryn Ananada-Ownens had a wonderful run for a score of 100 with a time of 45.49
Saturday Combined Total Pointes 200 Time 76.73 To earn Place #18 out of 109!! Way to go!!!
Sunday Round 3 had a great run for a score of 100, Time, 46.04, Round 4, 100 Points with a time of 35.35 and that put her into the Finals!!
And in Finals she got a score of 100 with a time of 40.47 with means that Viva and Katheryn finished #7 out of 109
Viva also took FIRST place in the combined Misc and Foundation Stock all jump heights classes!
That is amazing, for the first time that Icelandics were allowed into the AKC Agility finals and to Finish #7, the girls must be floating on cloud nine.
Sandi and Perla did great as well, Sunday was clearly their day and they finished in the top 100 of the 16 inch height.
Way to go girls, what a great way to show off what the ISD's can do! in North America Agility Rings.
To see Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club article by Katheryn, please go here.
http://canadianicelandicsheepdogclub.blogspot.com/2007/03/agility-event-report-summer-issue-2006.html
That is amazing, for the first time that Icelandics were allowed into the AKC Agility finals and to Finish #7, the girls must be floating on cloud nine.
Sandi and Perla did great as well, Sunday was clearly their day and they finished in the top 100 of the 16 inch height.
Way to go girls, what a great way to show off what the ISD's can do! in North America Agility Rings.
To see Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club article by Katheryn, please go here.
http://canadianicelandicsheepdogclub.blogspot.com/2007/03/agility-event-report-summer-issue-2006.html
Monday, March 26, 2007
Agility Event Report-Summer Issue 2006
AGILITY EVENT REPORT
By Kathryn Ananda-Owens, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
On June 28, 2006, demonstrating perseverance, fortitude, and an uncanny resemblance to the Energizer BunnyÔ, Aldebaran Tisla (Viva) became the first Icelandic Sheepdog to complete the Clean Run Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge, establishing a breed record of 20.84 seconds at an event sponsored by the Agile Canines Training School in Burnsville, Minnesota.
A descendant of Canadian ISD Pineridge Elska, Viva began her agility pursuits by happy accident at a local puppy class, one that introduced elements of foundation training in order to foster trust between dog and handler. On the day the tunnel was introduced, Viva nonchalantly trotted through it, collected her treat, and immediately ran back to the opening of the tunnel, staunchly refusing to let the next puppy have its turn. Having thus declared tunnels in particular and agility in general to be her passion, she never looked back. Her first trial, a CPE event on New Year’s Day 2005, was nonetheless chosen due to the absence of weave poles in the novice standard class. How far we have come!
The Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge, conceived and sponsored by Clean Run magazine, is a competition designed to crown the fastest dogs to weave sixty weave poles in each breed or height category. It is intended to be a recreational event and not an event for which handlers specifically train. Indeed, those who actively trained for the event in Minnesota as often as not saw their dogs pop out of the weaves with only one or two poles remaining, to the collective groans of the audience. For a handler whose dog had not succeeded at weaving twelve poles as recently as January of this year, staring at ten contiguous sets of poles running the length of a soccer field was more than a little daunting. Would Viva even enter correctly? Would she make it past a dozen poles?
She did. In fact, as a team, we seemed to get a rhythm going, what with me issuing a fresh "Weave!" command with each new set of poles, and Viva exhaling audibly each time she wove left. In the silence of the indoor arena, I felt like a coxswain. With each passing pole, my respect increased for the loyalty and resolve of my teammate. She kept going, and going, and going. Somewhere in the range of forty poles, I remember thinking, "She may actually do this!" And then immediately tried to put the thought out of my head, recalling a recent trial where my body language, anticipating success, had pulled Viva out of a set of twelve poles with one to go. We finished. We finished?!? Somewhere, someone announced a new world record for Icelandic Sheepdogs.
Life is back to normal now, after an article in the local paper and a spate of is-this-the-dog-that-completed-the-sixty-weave-pole-challenge moments of brief fame at area trials. We’re working on our weave entries, since they’re not so hot, and I’ve promised Viva she won’t have to try to defend her record. Her time wasn’t extremely fast, so consider letting your furry weave-a-maniac in on the fun the next time there’s a Clean Run Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge in your neck of the woods. You too could come away with a world record! Just remember to save an extra good treat for your teammate – it’s a long way to weave.
P.S. In the weeks since Viva set the CRUWPC breed record, she subsequently became the first Icelandic Sheepdog to earn AKC titles in agility. Further news of her exploits may be found at www.agilityspaz.blogspot.com.
By Kathryn Ananda-Owens, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
On June 28, 2006, demonstrating perseverance, fortitude, and an uncanny resemblance to the Energizer BunnyÔ, Aldebaran Tisla (Viva) became the first Icelandic Sheepdog to complete the Clean Run Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge, establishing a breed record of 20.84 seconds at an event sponsored by the Agile Canines Training School in Burnsville, Minnesota.
A descendant of Canadian ISD Pineridge Elska, Viva began her agility pursuits by happy accident at a local puppy class, one that introduced elements of foundation training in order to foster trust between dog and handler. On the day the tunnel was introduced, Viva nonchalantly trotted through it, collected her treat, and immediately ran back to the opening of the tunnel, staunchly refusing to let the next puppy have its turn. Having thus declared tunnels in particular and agility in general to be her passion, she never looked back. Her first trial, a CPE event on New Year’s Day 2005, was nonetheless chosen due to the absence of weave poles in the novice standard class. How far we have come!
The Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge, conceived and sponsored by Clean Run magazine, is a competition designed to crown the fastest dogs to weave sixty weave poles in each breed or height category. It is intended to be a recreational event and not an event for which handlers specifically train. Indeed, those who actively trained for the event in Minnesota as often as not saw their dogs pop out of the weaves with only one or two poles remaining, to the collective groans of the audience. For a handler whose dog had not succeeded at weaving twelve poles as recently as January of this year, staring at ten contiguous sets of poles running the length of a soccer field was more than a little daunting. Would Viva even enter correctly? Would she make it past a dozen poles?
She did. In fact, as a team, we seemed to get a rhythm going, what with me issuing a fresh "Weave!" command with each new set of poles, and Viva exhaling audibly each time she wove left. In the silence of the indoor arena, I felt like a coxswain. With each passing pole, my respect increased for the loyalty and resolve of my teammate. She kept going, and going, and going. Somewhere in the range of forty poles, I remember thinking, "She may actually do this!" And then immediately tried to put the thought out of my head, recalling a recent trial where my body language, anticipating success, had pulled Viva out of a set of twelve poles with one to go. We finished. We finished?!? Somewhere, someone announced a new world record for Icelandic Sheepdogs.
Life is back to normal now, after an article in the local paper and a spate of is-this-the-dog-that-completed-the-sixty-weave-pole-challenge moments of brief fame at area trials. We’re working on our weave entries, since they’re not so hot, and I’ve promised Viva she won’t have to try to defend her record. Her time wasn’t extremely fast, so consider letting your furry weave-a-maniac in on the fun the next time there’s a Clean Run Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge in your neck of the woods. You too could come away with a world record! Just remember to save an extra good treat for your teammate – it’s a long way to weave.
P.S. In the weeks since Viva set the CRUWPC breed record, she subsequently became the first Icelandic Sheepdog to earn AKC titles in agility. Further news of her exploits may be found at www.agilityspaz.blogspot.com.
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