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Monica Jones was named UKC's 2009 Total Junior Award winner!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:07:00 -0600

What an accomplishment!!! Great job Monica and Carsten!!!!!

Town and Country Agility and Rally team member, Monica Jones, was named UKC's 2009 Total Junior Award winner!

The Total Junior Award recognizes the Total Junior Members who have successfully trained and participated with their dogs in multiple UKC Dog Events Programs. To be eligible for this award, a participant must earn points from the UKC licensed Junior Showmanship classes and at least two of the following performance events: Agility, Dog Sport, Obedience and/or Weight Pull. Points for this award may be accumulated from all eligible events and classes. However, if point totals from any single event exceed 60 percent of the Junior Members total combined points, the Junior Member is disqualified from being eligible for this award. All Junior members eligible for the award will then be ranked by their Total points earned to determine the Total Junior Award winner.The Total Junior award is aligned with the UKC Total Dog™ philosophy of “Our Dogs Do Stuff” and rewards the Junior Member's substantial involvement in a variety of events

Monica finished in the Top 10 in her Region in Junior Showmanship, Agility and Weight Pull and will therefore be invited to compete in all 3 of these events in July at the International Dog Show in Richmond,

Indiana. This event, called Premier, is the UKC version of AKC's Westminster. Additionally, her dog Carsten, finished on the UKC Year End All Star list as: tied for first in his division for Terrier Racing - Steeple and was #2 in Terrier Racing - Flat. She will receive her Total Junior Award at this event.

Grainger sets a new weight pull best!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:07:00 -0600

Feb. 4-5 Weight Pull in Atlanta, GA - Grainger picked up another 10x leg and a 15x leg - setting a new "personal" best at 17.8 times his own body weight - pulling 1825 pounds on a wheeled cart (on carpet)!

Grainger is a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, owned and handled by Town and Country instructor, Laura Bullock.

Revs earns his Rally Excellent (RE) Title!!!!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:38:00 -0600

Congratulations to instructor Patty Van Sicklen and her boy Revs!

Revs earned his third RE leg in Greenville on Sunday. He got leg #2 on Friday with a second place and leg #3 on Sunday with 1^st place. He didn't compete on Saturday.

Way to go Patty and Revs!!!

Congrats Penny and Dale!

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:06:00 -0600

Penny Leigh and Dale McElrath’s Flat-coated Retriever, Angus, won Best Adult in Match at Saturday’s AKC Canine Experience in Raleigh. Angus is 20 months old and has 12 points towards his conformation championship but he is waiting until after this year’s Flat-coat national specialty to finish the title.
Congrats Penny, Dale and Angus!

Town and Country teams excel at DKC Rally Trial!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:27:00 -0600

Friday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 4th place!

Saturday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 2nd place (and to our surprise, Otis jumped the broad jump with no problems! Way to go!!!)

Saturday - Alyssa and Lacy-Jane got an RN leg and 2nd place at their first trial!

Remy wins big at little dog agility!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:54:00 -0600

Remy wins big at TDAA (Teacup Dog Agility Association) trial in Fredricksburg, Va!
He was awarded 17 ribbons - 4 first place, 2 second place and 1 third place and 3 titles : TBAD (Teacup Beginner Agile Dog), TG1 and TG2 (Teacup Games), plus Q's for each!!

To Qualify in TDAA, the run has to be perfectly clean - even for beginners, so I am super proud! Those ribbons represent a lot of clean runs!!

Here's a start line high-five! You just had to know that would be a blue ribbon run!

High-five photos by Jim Poor (www.jimpoor.com)

Weekend Dogshow news!!!!

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:59:00 -0600

Congrats to Town and Country Trainers, Laura Bullock and Penny Leigh and to students Joe and Beth Sweeney!!

Laura's dog Grainger received his 2^nd leg toward his Rally Advanced title and Tucker was awarded his 2^nd and 3^rd legs of his Novice Obedience title (now has his CD). He got third place on Saturday and second place on Sunday!

Penny’s Banquo flat-coats won winners bitch, winners dog, and best of breed on Saturday! A complete sweep! ...and WD, BOW, and BOB on Sunday. Her bitch was reserve on Sunday.

Joe Sweeney’s Banquo flat-coat, Murphy, (handled by Penny's husband Dale McElrath) went WD both days to finish his conformation championship – Murphy has gone undefeated for the past five straight shows he has been entered in.

Team Beth Sweeney and Chance took 1st in Standard and 2nd in Jumpers at Vizsla Nationals held in October! They also competed in Rally Advanced and were awarded 1st place which earned Chance his RA Title.

Town and Country has big weekend in Concord!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:46:00 -0600

From the weekend in Concord, NC:

Penny and June: June earned her Open Jumpers title by qualifying both days - with a first place and a second place - in a very large competitive 20-inch class. Additionally, June earned her RA in 3 straight trials this weekend - all with scores in the 90s!

Joe Sweeney's dog Murphy went Winners Dog all 3 days and now as 13 points towards his conformation championship.

Laura and Grainger: Grainger earned an RA leg (score of 95, second place)

Laura and Tucker: Tucker earned a leg towards his Companion Dog (CD) obedience title, fourth place

Kay and Jesse: Jesse qualified with a 181.5 at the Corgi obedience match on Friday

Congrats Grainger!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:40:00 -0600

(CH Sawmill River’s Grainger McKey RN WWD CGC)

Brags from the weekend at Swissypalooza – Instructor Laura Bullock's dog, Grainger, won most weight pulled and most weight pulled by body weight BOTH nights of the weight pull (Friday and Saturday) and got two 15x (meaning he pulled over 15 times his own body weight) legs towards his excellent weight pull title. He only needed to pull 10x to get legs towards his working weight pull title, but he pulled so fast that Laura kept him in. Once he got to 1585 pounds, she brought him out. She said he could have done more, but there was no reason to keep pushing him. He pulled about 240 pounds more than the next closest dog!

Congratulations Puppy and Shadow!!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:25:00 -0600

Puppy and Shadow competed at the Sheltie Special last weekend and earned their 2^nd and 3^rd legs for their Rally Novice titles! Puppy got scores of 98 and 96 and Shadow got scores of 89 and 85. They also got first place (out of two competitors) in Novice Pairs – what fun! See the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuM-ZO8Kbw

Click here to go to their page for more photos and info!

Way to go Patty and Revs!

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0500

Ch. Solocha Rev'd Up At Kasiq, RA won first place in Rally Excellent A at the Siberian Husky Club of America's National Specialty!!! Way to go team!

Way to go Patty and Revs!

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0500

Ch. Solocha Rev'd Up At Kasiq, RA won first place in Rally Excellent A at the Siberian Husky Club of America's National Specialty!!! Way to go team!

Penny Leigh and her super-duper flyball dogs!

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:02:00 -0500

Brett and June update from Penny:

We competed in the NAFA Flyball Championships in Indianapolis this past weekend with our team Fur Fun - and Brett's team won the Veterans division on Sunday!
In addition, June's team won the Division 1-D on Saturday and qualified for the Finals on Sunday by clocking a time of 16.24 seconds. The top 16 fastest times on Saturday qualified for the finals and we entered the championships on Sunday as the 11th seed. Although we got knocked out of the championship rounds by those 15.something second teams, we were very proud and excited to make it that far at our first trip to the nationals. June ran great as the anchor dog on her team and turned in some 3.8 and 3.9 second heats.

Joe and Murphy take second place in their first agility trial!!!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:27:00 -0500

Joe and Murphy scored a 100 on JWW and took second place at the Durham Kennel Club AKC agility trial! WOW!!!!! Congrats to a GREAT team! Click here to go to Murphy's page.

Ella awarded CGC!!!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:19:00 -0500

Congratulations on your CGC Ella!

Way to go!!!

Click here to go to Ella's page.

September Brags!!!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:50:00 -0500

We have lots of brags from Town and Country for September so far!
You already heard about Miss Marlow. Attached is a picture of her.

Here are our other brags:

Patty and Fargo completed his Rally Novice title in Pinehurst this weekend! Way to go!

Ali and Betty completed her Rally Excellent title in Pinehurst on Saturday! Ali and Betty are only the third team out of Town and Country to earn an RE!

Dot & Carmel competed in the Autumn Winds UKC trial September 12th & 13th. Carmel received her AGI and AGII titles. Dot got one more leg towards her UGRACH2 on Saturday along with a High Triple Qualifier and High Combined Score awards but was not feeling well on Sunday.

From Labor Day...
Joe and Murphy completed their Rally Novice title! Congrats to this great team!

My Remy got 2 legs toward his RE!!! Yipppeeee!

Marlow- Back in Action!!!!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:44:00 -0500

After an extended absence from training classes and the show ring due to an injury Marlow went to the North Central Whippet Specialty weekend of shows in MN and was WB for her second 5 point major. This is her second 5 point major in the show ring!
Way to go Marlow!

Check out Marlow's page by clicking here.

Monica and Carsten do very well in UKC Conformation!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:38:00 -0500

Carsten Update from Kathy:
in the first show Carsten was a VERY good boy and won his
Champion class (one leg - of 5 needed - towards his Grand Champion/
Finish), Best of Breed and 4th in group which I was VERY
pleasantly surprised about. In his second show, he was
very naughty, very done with Conformation and did not
place.

Monica showed someone elses American Hairless Terrier in Juniors
and got a 2nd in Open Junior for S1, and 1st in S2 and her first Best of Juniors.
whoo hoo!!

Click here to go to their page!

Way to go guys!

Town and Country agility instructors perform at RailHawks half-time show!

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:58:00 -0500

No, not as part of the RailHawks dance team, but with their dogs during AKC night at the Carolina RailHawks game! Thanks to our friends and students who came out to cheer us on! Thanks to Dr. Timothy Carter for these wonderful photos! Thanks to the AKC and the Railhawks for this fun opportunity! RailHawks win 3-0!! Yay RailHawks!

Awaiting their turn from the side-lines, Penny and Pam discuss joining the RailHawks Dance Team but decide the costumes look too uncomfortable!

Penny and Brett run first!

It's a smart dog that will grab his lead from the field without losing stride and complete the course! It was the lead that knocked the bar- not the dog!!

Yay, it's Remy's turn! Start line "rev-up"...

That was FUN!

Grainger and Oakley do well at trial!

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:38:00 -0500

Town and Country trainer, Laura Bullock, and her furbabies did very well this weekend!

Note from Laura:

Grainger finished on Saturday as BOW with another 5-pt major!
I'm so excited... my first show dog, my first Champion (owner-handled all the way).
He got a cheeseburger (which I made him split with his sister, Oakley) on Saturday. Since I cannot show him in BOB (AKC rules) I didn't show him on Sunday, and he was jumping up and down ringside wanting to go in.
Oakley made her debut and didn't get excused from the ring, so that was my goal! She's doing great - a little overwhelmed with the show environment - especially in Greenville, where the show is really loud like Atlanta. So, my kids did very well this weekend!

Town and Country Canine Learning Center - Latest Blog Entries

Monica Jones was named UKC's 2009 Total Junior Award winner!

Grainger sets a new weight pull best!

Revs earns his Rally Excellent (RE) Title!!!!

Congrats Penny and Dale!

Town and Country teams excel at DKC Rally Trial!

Friday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 4th place!Saturday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 2nd place (and to our surprise, Otis jumped the broad jump with no problems! Way to go!!!)Saturday - Alyssa and Lacy-Jane got an RN leg and 2nd place at their first trial!￼￼￼

Remy wins big at little dog agility!

Weekend Dogshow news!!!!

Town and Country has big weekend in Concord!

From the weekend in Concord, NC: Penny and June: June earned her Open Jumpers title by qualifying both days - with a first place and a second place - in a very large competitive 20-inch class. Additionally, June earned her RA in 3 straight trials this weekend - all with scores in the 90s!

Congrats Grainger!

Congratulations Puppy and Shadow!!

Way to go Patty and Revs!

Way to go Patty and Revs!

Penny Leigh and her super-duper flyball dogs!

Joe and Murphy take second place in their first agility trial!!!

Ella awarded CGC!!!

September Brags!!!

Marlow- Back in Action!!!!

Monica and Carsten do very well in UKC Conformation!

Town and Country agility instructors perform at RailHawks half-time show!

Grainger and Oakley do well at trial!

Friday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 4th place!

Saturday - Jenn and Otis got an RA leg and 2nd place (and to our surprise, Otis jumped the broad jump with no problems! Way to go!!!)

Saturday - Alyssa and Lacy-Jane got an RN leg and 2nd place at their first trial!

From the weekend in Concord, NC:

Penny and June: June earned her Open Jumpers title by qualifying both days - with a first place and a second place - in a very large competitive 20-inch class. Additionally, June earned her RA in 3 straight trials this weekend - all with scores in the 90s!