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2008 - 2010 Buddy News
2010 Buddy News!
CHAMPIONS!!
On July 9th, 2010, “The Fast and the Furry
Us” composed of (from left to right) Kathy Quigley &
Roxie, Michael & Jule with Jody Brengan & Cocoa beat the
heat of 93 degrees at the July USDAA Regional
competition and WON FIRST PLACE out of 33 DAM (Dog
Agility Masters) teams!!
DEMONSTRATIONS 2010!
August 9th & 10th, at the
Stanwood Camano Fair for the 5th year in a
row, Every-Buddy’s Agility Fun
and their friends and students put on several
demonstrations over the course of the weekend, as well
as gave out dog topic handouts. What fun we had as can
be seen by the smiling faces of BOTH the dogs and
handlers, not to mention the public! The President of
the Fairboard stopped by at every demonstration and at
the end of the Fair came by to tell us how great all the
demonstrations were from the accompanying educational
talks given to the fast and fun Agility teams! We are
already looking forward to next year already. Thank you
to all who participated, old friends from other
facilities and students and friends from Every-Buddy’s!
2009 NEWS
Michael's DAM Team, "Maybe Elma, Huh?" wins the Silver
Medal
at
the December USDAA trial!
Team Members (left to right)
Kathy Sheeran & Bug, Michael & Jule and Jody Brengan &
Cocoa are understandably excited! YAY, Team!
More fun than a box of PUPPIES!
Come Join Us on July 25th from 10 to 3 at the
Crestwoods Park in Kirkland, Washington!! For more info,
contact us!
Agility Coming to the Stanwood Camano
Fair Again!
Every-Buddy’s Agility Fun! will
be entertaining the 2009 fair-goers again! This year’s
demonstrations will take place on Saturday and Sunday only.
They will feature National teams and Student Teams showing
their different skill levels on the path to becoming
competitive agility teams.
Come to the Fair on Saturday or Sunday to visit with
Michael and Heather and their friends and students to find
out more about this fun dog sport! The schedule of the times
for the demos will be posted in the paper local paper or
contact Heather for more information!
We are pleased to announced that two fuzzy buddy’s
owned by the same people, Scott Imlay and his wife, Kelli,
earned their NADAC NATCHs on February 14th and 15th!
Scott ran both dogs, PJ & Jade, to success, first with a
VERY difficult Chances run on Saturday with PJ and then
followed it with Jade’s terrific
Regular run on Sunday to complete both their NATCHs! We are
jazzed! Both dogs are rescue dogs and it is a true
testimonial to Scott’s patience
and kindness that they have risen to be the wonderful
agility dogs that they are! As you can tell from the photos,
getting set up for the photo for TWO NATCHs is a lot harder
than setting up for one!
2008 Buddy
News
We were out of the country working on a real estate
project for several weeks, but still managed to
“get
some things done” here at Every-Buddy’s!
Youngest Buddy BANDIT Debuts!
We were pleased and excited as Bandit had his first trial
experiences this year at both NADAC and USDAA trials. He
entered in only a few runs in each trial and showed that he
was VERY fast and had some of those “young dog behaviors” as
he and Michael have been getting calibrated. As the year
went on, he did better and better. On the one day of
trialing we did at the ZAP Thanksgiving NADAC trial he
earned 4 first place Q ’s
in one day! In January 09, he earned his USDAA Starters
Jumpers Title (with 2nd places) and has one more
run for his Standard Title as well. In addition he placed 2nd
& Q’d
in Snooker, Gamblers and another Jumpers run! Flying
FINE!
Sadie, our oldest and first Agility Border Collie, had
her final run at the Mega Dog ’s
trial in May. She has been a WONDERFUL agility dog, having
earned all the big titles over her 10 plus year in agility
in USDAA and NADAC both. They broke the mold when she was
made and it was with tears that I watched her last run on
May 25, 2008. It was fitting that she earned lst place that
day, too! She still gets to play a bit around the field
here, but is retired from competition.
Even Wild Child Xena, turning 9, earned a title this
year: USDAA Gamblers Master! Still spinning her way through
the course, she has a fun time…between time outs for
injuries. She ’s
back at it again in 2009, although we now have her entered
in Veteran’s
level where she runs in the 16inch classes---appropriate for
a dog that’s
9.
Jule, our Rescue Redhead, as we call her, had another
super year! Even though we didn ’t
trial as much as in 2007, due to being out of the country,
she still did consistently well and earned her way to the
NADAC Championships. We are pleased that they placed in
several of the runs at Champs where she made her way into
the Finals round. There were some great teams at
Championships that are both fast and accurate and we are
proud that she managed her way into the Finals at 7+ years
old! YAY, Jule!
In addition, Jule earned her Snooker Champion Title in
USDAA on top of her Agility Dog Champion title of 2007!
Michael and Jule are placing well consistently with
qualifying runs and Super Q ’s
in USDAA Snooker, proving that you can do distance work in
NADAC and do close work in USDAA and do well in both
venues.
In addition, she has earned her Gamblers Champion,
Standard Champion and Jumper ’s
Champion titles! AND her Tournament Master Bronze!.....We
are very pleased with our Rescue Redhead’s
Scary Smart willingness to hone her skills and do her best.
We are excited to announce:
Jody & Cocoa earned their NATCH at the CAT Columbia Cup!
We are VERY proud of their fast progress! Yes, Virginia,
there is a correlation between how much you practice
and how fast you progress!!
Demonstrations at the Stanwood Camano Fair a SUCCESS one
more time!
One more year, we were pleased to entertain Fair-goers
for 3 days with Cloud ’s
Canine and their 4H group, Camano Canines!
Along with the more experienced dogs,
young dogs, Bandit and Guinness helped,
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as did youth Peter Lawson & brother Jeremy ’s
Michette
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We welcomed the Phippard pack for the first time: Pie,
the Redbone Coon Hound and Laika, the cattle dog!
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In addition, all were entertained by National Obedience
winner, Diesel, handled by Judi Voris, an top level
obedience handler! What fun it was to see the best be
handled by the best!
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Finally, we were glad to have National Freestyle Winner
and Instructor, Corinne Lawson, bring her wonderful retired
Agility dog, Genevieve, to show us how you can do a great
job doing Freestyle even though you are no longer able to do
Agility. It was a very special treat!
 
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We thank all Every-Buddy students that participated in
the 3 day event as well as friends of Every-Buddy ’s
who came from afar to help. It was another successful year
at the Stanwood Camano Fair: The BEST lil’
Fair in the West!
2008 Welcomed 3 students onto the Agility Field for the
First Time:
Meg Guinn with her dog, Chibi, in their first runs at
their first trial! Whatta natural!
In addition, Aaron Abrahamson and his dog Leo debuted in
NADAC this year, as did “sister” Elsa handled by Jenny
McInnis!
 
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NADAC Championships Again!
We are pleased to have been able to attend the 2008
Championships while it was on this side of the country, as
it will be in Tennessee in 2009. We had a great showing of
folks from the Pacific Northwest and are pleased that so
many of them did well.
Further, we are pleased to report that one more year,
Jule and Michael earned their way into the finals, one of
only 7 dogs in their jump height! YAY, Michael and Jule!
New Buddy Arrives!
Jody welcomes a new fuzzhead to her pack! Hillcrest ’s
Throwin’
the First Punch “Rocky” ! Cocoa thinks she should have done
something about him before she fell in love with him!
RAT Scallions WINS lst place!!
Jule and 2 EB student ’s
dogs, Jade owned by Scott Imlay and Cocoa owned by Jody
Brengan as well as RAT member, Laura Slusher’s
dog, Rave participated in “League” this year. League is
played at several different sites throughout Washington &
Oregon with teams of 4 dogs. This year there were over 50
teams entered. We are super pleased to announce that after 7
weeks of competition on 14 different courses, RAT Scallions
earned lst place in League!
For 2006 Buddy News click here
For 2007 Buddy News click here
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