AKC Invitational Invite!

Trillian (Buck x Boca) and Katrina Parkinson recently received an invite to participate in the 2022 AKC Agility Invitational as the #1 ranked Aussie in AKC preferred agility. This is a huge accomplishment, and a testament to the excellence and consistency of the team as well as the persistence and commitment to trial.

Congrats, Trillian and Katrina!

Silly treat catching photos

Last weekend we enjoyed the company of several friends and their dogs. We all had a good time working through the mechanics of treat-catching photos. Here are some of the hilarious outtakes or successes (hard to tell the difference!) from those sessions.

AGCH Trillian and MACH Elektra

On July 1, 2022, sisters Trillian and Elektra earned championships within minutes of each other! Dave and Elektra got QQ # 20 to finish Elektra’s Master Agility Championship (MACH), making a trip to Westminster 2023 a possibility.

Katrina and Trillian earned Trillian’s Agility Grand Championship (AGCH) with a final JWW leg. Both dogs finished on courses designed by Ken Boyd, with Laura Finco judging the JWW class.

Trillian is one of the few dogs to earn a Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) - Diamond from USDAA and an AKC Agility Grand Championship!

Ken Boyd, Judge, with Dave Grubel and MACH Elektra and Katrina Parkinson and AGCH Trillian

This photo was taken 6 years prior at the same park, when the pups were 10 months old.

Happy Birthday to the Happy Hops litter!

The Happy Hops litter is one year old today!

Here’s Dave’s video of their first 8 weeks and their first year. It’s a bit longer than our usual video, but there was so much fun content we couldn’t cut it down any further.

Enjoy meeting these young adults:

  1. Chiron (formerly Red/Dr. Rudi) and Sandra Tung

  2. SHINE (formerly Grey/Cashmere) and Sandra Bater

  3. Nugget (formerly Purple/still Nugget!) and Jim and Deb Langley

  4. Quasar (formerly Black/Galaxy) and Katrina Parkinson

  5. Johnny (formerly Green/Mosaic) and Kim Lohman

  6. Tempo (formerly Orange/Amarillo) and Erika Maurer

  7. Fusion (formerly Blue/Simcoe) and Ann Grimes

Thanks to everyone for submitting photos and videos, and especially to Chris Kittredge Photography for the group photos!