A big CONGRATULATIONS to Janiel Bodiford and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Bentley, for earning their AKC MACH title on Sunday at the DFWESSA trial!!!
This team has come such a very long way from when they first started training at PAWS a few years ago. I confess I’ve pushed Janiel pretty hard to get out of her comfort zone with her dogs. She resisted doing lead-out pivots, rear crossing the weaves, leaving her dogs to get into position for a front cross. In short, she wanted to micro-manage her dogs like we all do, especially with our first agility dogs. I’ve challenged Janiel to trust her dogs and try new things. What she found is that her dogs got faster, and Bentley started getting more MACH points per run than Janiel ever imagined he was capable of. And, so, with Sunday’s two beautiful runs, Bentley finished his MACH, a title that requires 20 Double Q’s and 750 speed points.
Congratulations again to a great team! Way to go, Janiel & Bentley!!!
In addition to Janiel’s big accomplishment this past weekend, PAWSters traveled to different areas for different agility venues and came home with some nice results!
AKC Trial – McKinney (Oct. 7-9)
Janiel Bodiford & Bentley (Cavalier)
- Excellent B JWW. . .Q
- Excellent B Standard. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .DQ. . .MACH TITLE!!!
Janiel Bodiford & Bailee (Cavalier)
- Excellent A Standard. . .2nd Place. . .Q
Sydney Burton & Roxie (Sheltie)
- Time 2 Beat. . .Q
Cathy Bender & Jimmy (Vizsla)
- Excellent B Standard. . .1st Place. . .Q
- Excellent B Standard. . .4th Place. . .Q
Sue Baird & Dash (Cavalier)
- Excellent B Standard. . .Q
- Excellent B Standard. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .DQ
- Excellent B Standard. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .DQ
Sherry Comegys & Tani (All-American)
- Excellent B Standard-Preferred. . .4th Place. . .Q
Cindy Zangrilli & Jackson (Sheltie)
- Time 2 Beat. . .Q
- Novice A JWW. . .2nd Place. . .Q
Susan Shipp & Rush (Border Collie)
- Open Standard. . .OA TITLE!!!
- Open Jumpers. . .4th Place. . .Q
- Open Jumpers. . .1st Place. . .OAJ TITLE!!!
Debbie Spence & Cameron (Sheltie)
- Time 2 Beat. . .1st Place. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .Q
- Time 2 Beat. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .Q
- Time 2 Beat. . .Q
- Excellent B JWW. . .Q
- Excellent B Standard. . .4th Place. . .DQ
Debbie Spence & Senna (Border Collie)
- Excellent B JWW. . .Q
- Excellent B Standard. . .DQ
Debbie Spence & Braedan (Border Collie)
- Time 2 Beat. . .Q
NADAC Trial – MacGregor (Oct. 8-9)
Dave Fulenwider & Toby (Dachshund)
- Novice Jumpers. . .1st Place. . .Q
- Novice Tunnelers. . .2nd Place. . .Q
Kathleen Coleman & Trudy (Min. Pin)
- Novice Jumpers. . .3rd Place. . .Q
- Novice Tunnelers. . .1st Place. . .Q
Chris Castelli & Annie (Border Collie)*
- Elite Regular – Veterans. . .2nd Place. . .Q
- Elite Jumpers – Veterans. . .2nd Place. . .Q
- Elite Jumpers – Veterans. . .3rd Place. . .Q
- Elite Chances – Veterans. . .Q
- Elite Tunnelers. . .1st Place. . .Q
- Elite Tunnelers. . .2nd Place. . .Q
*Owned by Nancy Hawley
Chris Castelli & Troy (Border Collie)
- Novice Tunnelers. . .3rd Place. . .Q
ASCA Trial – Rendon (Oct. 8-9)
Steffany Jay & Percy (Aussie)
- Open Jumpers. . .1st Place. . .Q
Steffany Jay & Cash (Aussie)
- Novice Gamblers. . .2nd Place. . .Q
- Novice Jumpers. . .1st Place. . .Q