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Dot Schider and Doris Petracco write: A Jason son Burdigan's Color My World finished May 25th. The following weekend littermate Burdigan's in Living Color finished at the SCWTC of Greater St Louis Specialty weekend. He was Winners Dog at the Specialty and at a companion show. Jason now has a total of 9 champions towards a ROM title

Lori Holdren is pleased to announce that her Labrador Retriever, Rogue, earned her Starters Gamblers title at the Canine Capers USDAA trial in Perry, GA. She also earned her second Starters Jumpers leg and her first Starters Snooker leg.

Marcia Mitchell reports that her boy Cappy finished his MACH2 June 1st in Novi Michigan with 4 glorious runs for the weekend and a QQ on Sunday. .Almost looked like one of those really awesome dogs one sees run. It's hard to believe what he can do with such a slow handler. Her baby Echo, often called Twit, also had a good weekend as she finished her Open titles in Standard and in JWW so that now she'll be running in Excellent like her big brother. Mom is happy that she won't have to remember multiple level courses again nor have to cope with conflicts caused by dogs running in different levels. However she still sasses me all around the courses and loses time turning around to tell me to hurry up. Her distance motivation isn't as good as Cappy's yet. She's pretty good though for a dog who isn't yet 2. I have to keep my eye on her as everybody seems to want to take her home with them.

Karen Skoyek writes: At the Memorial Day AKC agility trial in Palmetto, Aiden placed first in excellent standard preferred, earning his Excellent standard preferred title. This completes Aiden's first agility season in earning novice, open, and excellent titles in both AKC standard and jumpers. In West Palm this month, Aiden got his 10th RAE leg, placing first in both Advanced and Excellent Rally classes. This achievement completed Aiden's Rally Advanced Excellent title. Finally, at IPOC, Aiden earned two CDX legs and placed first in Open A obedience on Sunday.

Dog>Gone Flyball had a fabulous time at a recent flyball tournament in Orlando - a super venue with really cold A/C and lots of racing! Dog>Gone Freight Train finished second and third for the weekend. This team consisted of club members Jeff Wilkes with Shadow and Zipper, Christine Heckman with Mattie, Nancy Murphy with Sydney, and Sue Carpenter with Deoge. Dog>Gone Express also scored a second and a third place during the weekend with SOTC members Christine Heckman with Mattie, Jeff Wilkes with Zipper and Shadow, Sue Carpenter with Deoge and Nancy Murphy with Noche. All three teams were supported by our fantastic boxloaders Michael Jennings, Nettie Ibold and Galen Groff! A third team, Dog>Gone Quick, faced fierce competition in the Multi Division. Scoring lots of points, but much lower placements were Nettie Ibold with Kelby, Stacy Groff with Jazz, Karen Skoyek with Aiden, Nancy Murphy with Noche, and Galen Groff with Gizmo. We were thrilled to have two of our dogs reach significant titles during the weekend: Jeff Wilkes' BC Zipper earned his Flyball Dog Champion - Gold with 2500 points and Nancy Murphy's GSD Noche got his FLyball Masters title with 5000 points.

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The AKC recently announced the USA's 2008 Agility World Team members. Our own Karen Holik and Sizzle made the team again! The 2008 Agility World Champions are being held in Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 26-28, 2008.

Nancy Griffin writes: On May 3, my Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Cassie, won Winner's Bitch at the Garden State All Terrier Club Show in New Jersey. This completed the requirements for the title of Champion!

Barb Baron writes: In three trials, my Sheltie Press got his CD, CDX, RN, RA and one leg in RE. My Sheltie Benni, got Two CDX legs, RN and RA. My Papillon Tassel, got her RN and RA. In agility this winter Benni finished his XF, MXJ and Natch titles. Press finished his AKC Open Jumpers, Excellent Standard, Open Fast, USDAA Starters, Nadac Open regular.
That makes them:
Benni - Dalgarnoch Front Runner CD, RN, RA, MXJ, AX, XF, Natch, AAD, (Canadian titles) CD. ATCHc, AGX
Press - Plail's Pony Express - CDX, RA, AX, OAJ, OF, AD, OAC, (Canadian titles) AADc, AGI
Tassel - Newtopaz Demitassel - CD, RA, MX, MXJ, EAC, EJC, ECC, MAD, (Canadian titles) CD, ATCHc
It has been one heck of a winter for us this year. I am so proud of them all.

Lori Holdren is pleased to announce that Splash, her English Springer Spaniel, earned his USDAA Agility Dog and Starter's Standard title in Marietta, GA. He also earned his Advanced Snooker title and now is Suebel's Ocean Tribute, OAJ, OF, OA, NGC, NAC, SR, SS, SJ, AG, SSA, AD, AS, CGC, TT. Lori Holdren is also pleased to announce that Rogue, her Labrador Retriever, at the same USDAA trial, earned two Starters Gamblers legs, one Starters Jumpers leg, one Starters Standard Leg and one Starters Pairs leg, all with placements. This was her first USDAA trial.

Jeffery Andrew is back home with several new dog-related certifications under his belt! He is happy to announce that he has a new website to share with the club that lists all of the services he now offers. Please visit his new website.

Lori Holdren is pleased to announce that her English Springer Spaniel, Splash, earned his USDAA Advanced Gamblers title at the Pals & Paws trial on March 18. She is also pleased to announce that her chocolate Labrador Retriever, Rogue, earned her first Novice Standard, JWW and FAST legs at the SOTC trial with two first places and a third. This was her first trial!

Lisa Graham is pleased to announce that her Golden, Riley, has achieved the following titles: Novice Agility, Novice Agility Jumpers, and Open FAST. He also has two legs in Open Standard, one leg in Open Jumpers, and will move up to Excellent FAST in our next trial.

Lisa Graham's newest agility Golden, Riley, has already made her proud. He has competed in only 3 agility trials, and already has 2 Novice JWW legs, 1 Novice Standard leg and 1 Novice FAST leg. And the best part? Each run was a 1st place!

Galen and Stacy Groff's mixed-breed rescue, Gizmo, earned her Flyball Dog title in Deland. Florida on 1/20/08! This was a long awaited title for Gizmo. Giz was an extremely shy dog when adopted, and thanks to classes at SOTC she has come out of her shell and made her first successful runs in Deland.