So this was not our weekend at the AKC Invitational... Well at least not with Mushy :)
We had an oopsie in round two and I touched Masher .... I didn't even realize it until later. Masher ran clean, fast and hard the rest of the rounds. Hopefully we get another chance at this in the future.
Ella on the other hand had 4 clear rounds and we made it into the finals. That pretty much blew my mind. It was pretty stressful as she has been known to fly off her contacts, pop out of the weaves and we just got her teeter back not to long ago. She ran her heart out for me and she was such a good girl!!! 2011 was an eventful year for Miss Ella, Rattlesnake bite, MACH and finals at the Invitational!!!
Ella was the #1 Dalmatian and #2 in the Non-Sporting Group!!!!
Action Dog Sports is proud to sponsor a very special seminar given by Dawn Weaver from the UK!!!
6x FCI World Team Member
3x IFCS World Team Member
Seminars will be April 13-16, 2012 rain or shine
at Apex Dog Agility 41610 Oak Trail Court, Murrieta, CA 9256
Friday April 13th - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Foundation skills and Handling
Saturday April 14th - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Masters Handling
Sunday April 15th - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Masters Handling
Monday April 16th - Dawn will be available for Private Lessons
Masters Seminar working spots - 200.00 a day
Foundation Skills Seminar working spots - 150.00
Unlimited Auditing- 75.00 each day
Breakfast snacks and Lunch included
A little bit about Dawn Weaver:
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. The dogs love knowing their next direction on a course so that they can continue driving at maximum speed, not waiting for the next piece of information from the handler. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Dawn has relied on her dogs to teach her the best possible way to handle them rather than imposing her own theories on them. Every dog she has trained has got to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Some of Dawn's Agility Accomplishments:
Dawn is the only handler to have 7 Grade 7 (Advanced) dogs which also all hold Championship Tickets
Chelsea is the only dog in Great Britain to have won 15 Championship Tickets. She is also the only dog ever to have won the prestigious Olympia Final for four consecutive years. She also won the Crufts Challenge in 2011.
Puzzle is the only papillon to be an Agility Champion and has 7 Championship Tickets to his name. He has qualified for Olympia and Crufts this year. He was 3rd at Olympia and won the Crufts Singles and the British Open at Crufts 2011.
Dawn has attended 6 out of the last 7 FCI World Championships (She didn't do Finland because she didn't want to fly Puzzle). Chelsea getting a 6th & a 7th place. Sometimes attending with 2 dogs. Puzzle coming 7th in the FCI World Champs in France in the Individual Jumping Section and his team 2nd in the Team Jumping.
Dawn has also been on 3 IFCS World champ teams, winning Gold Medals with Minky (large), Freeway (large), and Puzzle (small). Chelsea winning Bronze medals.
Promise won the large Crufts Singles last year. Chelsea has previously won the Crufts Singles and the Crufts Championship and Puzzle won the Reserve cc last year. Puzzle also won the overall best small agility dog at Crufts in the Crufts Challenge in 2011.
6 of Dawn's dogs have qualified for Crufts 2012 in multiple events including the Championship, pairs, Crufts Singles, Teams and the Challenge.
Puzzle won the British Open this year and will be representing and competing for Great Britain at Crufts.
Monday Feb. 6th - Dawn will be available for Private Lessons
Masters Seminar open to 10 working spots - 200.00 a day
Unlimited Auditing- 75.00 each day and includes lunch Sat & Sun
Foundation Skills Seminar open to 12 working spots - 150.00
Saturday and Sunday includes Breakfast snacks and Lunch.
A little bit about Dawn Weaver:
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. The dogs love knowing their next direction on a course so that they can continue driving at maximum speed, not waiting for the next piece of information from the handler. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Dawn has relied on her dogs to teach her the best possible way to handle them rather than imposing her own theories on them. Every dog she has trained has got to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Some of Dawn's Agility Accomplishments:
Dawn is the only handler to have 7 Grade 7 (Advanced) dogs which also all hold Championship Tickets
Chelsea is the only dog in Great Britain to have won 14 Championship Tickets. She is also the only dog ever to have won the prestigious Olympia Final for four consecutive years.
Puzzle is the only papillon to be an Agility Champion and has 7 Championship Tickets to his name. He has qualified for Olympia and Crufts this year.
Dawn has attended 6 out of the last 7 FCI World Championships (She didn't do Finland because she didn't want to fly Puzzle). Chelsea getting a 6th & a 7th place. Sometimes attending with 2 dogs.
Dawn has also been on 3 IFCS World champ teams, winning Gold Medals with Minky (large), Freeway (large), and Puzzle (small). Chelsea winning Bronze medals.
Promise won the large Crufts Singles last year. Chelsea has previously won the Crufts Singles and the Crufts Championship and Puzzle won the Reserve cc last year. Puzzle also won the overall best small agility dog at Crufts in the Crufts Challenge this year.
All 7 of Dawn's dogs have qualified for Crufts 2011 in multiple events including the Championship, pairs, Crufts Singles, Teams and the Challenge.
Puzzle won the British Open this year and will be representing and competing for Great Britain at Crufts.
Breezer won the Masters this year at UKA by 8 seconds!
I can not say enough good things about Dawn and her training style!!! From the moment we met we just clicked - Our thoughts about agility and dogs are so very similar- It's all about the dogs!!!
Dawn had some challenging courses and drills for us to do and it was very cool to see handlers and dogs of every level do these courses!
Dawn has a very gentle and encouraging way of teaching. It was pure joy!!!!
Here is Masher running one of the courses. Thank you Elise for sending me this video.
Stunner is 9 weeks old here and this was the first time on a harness. We do this to everyone we can get to play with us and when the pup is 100% good with this we then do the next step and have people feed then pet then feed some more.
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