July 2021 50×70 Fast and Fun Results

The first month of the Summer Season is complete. Here are the results for the 50×70 Fast & Fun League. Six clubs have reported results for this league.

We have been using “historical” courses for a while now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This season, though, started with some NEW courses. I have asked our competitors to turn up the dial on their creative talents and design courses for everyone to play. While they were getting started, I designed this month’s courses so that we could compete on some new ones as promised.

The courses were initially inspired by the letter “E” from Nancy Gyse’s book Alphabet Drills, published in 2011 by Clean Run. I set up the letter for my beginner and intermediate students using different numbering based on each student’s skill. Interestingly, as I looked up the publication date for this blog, I flipped to the letter “E” and saw that she had also changed the exercise by adding a tunnel. You know what they say about brilliant minds!

If anyone would like to design courses for the league, let me know!!!

The efforts of dogs playing in July earn Lifetime Performance Points (LPP) based on the entire field of dogs who have competed on the course. The LPP is a measure of rank based on how they placed in relation to all the other dogs.

50×70 Fast and Fun July 2021 Results

The July 2021 50×70 Fast & Fun league was a numbered course designed Melissa Wallace. A Numbered Course is scored Time, Plus Faults.

Results

Follow this link to view individual performance by dogs and their handlers. Most of these are graced with a YouTube link:

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Top Dog

The Top Dog of all the clubs reporting in July is yet again Gracie from the first-place team, Agility Dream Dogs out of Albion, New York. Gracie, a Border Collie handled by Gary McCarthy, finished this course with zero faults in 31.08 seconds.

First-Place Team – 233 LPP

The first-place team in July is Agility Dream Dogs out of Albion, New York. The top scoring dog was Gracie, a Border Collie handled by Gary McCarthy, finished this course with zero faults in 31.08 seconds.

Second-Place Team – 174 LPP

K9cation out of Hudson, Colorado was our second-place team. Jasper, a Chocolate Labrador handled by Shana Goodwin, once again took the top this month for this team. They finished the course with zero faults in 33.59 seconds:

Third-Place Team – 171 LPP

The All Breed Training Club of Akron in Tallmadge, Ohio was our third-place team. Savvy the Toller once again took took top honors for the club. Handled by handled by Cindy Fink, they completed the course with zero faults in 35.12 seconds.

Fourth-Place Team – 160 LPP

From Ontario, Canada, PAWS4FUN took fourth-place. Ridley, a Miniature Schnauzer handled by Sheila Smail, finished the course with zero faults in 50.27 seconds.

Spotlight Dog of the Month

Our spotlight dog of the month is from PAWS4FUN. Bree, an All Canadian handled by Rachel Denny, finished the course with zero faults in 78.09 seconds.

August 50×70 Masters League

New teams are always welcome to join us for IDAL play. You can join any of our ongoing leagues. The course for August is totally new and designed by Mike Hughson. The August 2021 International Dog Agility League games and courses have been published here:

August 2021 IDAL League Courses

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Questions comments & snide remarks should be directed to Melissa Wallace at pagc.live@gmail.com.All payments for the IDAL should be directed to this page: https://www.ultimuttds.com/payment-processing. Bud Houston’s Book of Games is available for purchase at https://www.ultimuttds.com/product-page/houston-s-book-of-agility-games. All proceeds from the sale will go to Bud.

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July 2021 36×85 Fast and Fun Results

The first month of the Summer Season is complete. This post is for the results of the 36×85 Fast & Fun League. Four clubs have reported results for this League. Clicker Pets in Mexico rejoined us this month! I am so happy to see us be International again!

We have been using “historical” courses for a while now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This season, though, started with some NEW courses. I have asked our competitors to turn up the dial on their creative talents and design courses for everyone to play. While they were getting started, I designed this month’s courses so that we could compete on some new ones as promised.

The courses were initially inspired by the letter “E” from Nancy Gyse’s book Alphabet Drills, published in 2011 by Clean Run. I set up the letter for my beginner and intermediate students using different numbering based on each student’s skill. Interestingly, as I looked up the publication date for this blog, I flipped to the letter “E” and saw that she had also changed the exercise by adding a tunnel. You know what they say about brilliant minds!

If anyone would like to design courses for the league, let me know!!!

The efforts of dogs playing in July earn Lifetime Performance Points (LPP) based on the entire field of dogs who have competed on the course. The LPP is a measure of rank based on how they placed in relation to all the other dogs.

36×85 Fast and Fun July 2021 Results

The July 2021 60×90 Fast & Fun league was a Numbered Course designed by Melissa Wallace.

A numbered course is scored Time, Plus Faults.

Results

Follow the links below to view individual performances by dogs and their handlers. Most of these are graced with a YouTube link:

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Top Dog

The Top Dog of all the clubs reporting in July is from the first-place team, Dirty Dogs Agility League out of Parker, Colorado. Nell, a Border Collie, was handled by Meg Armstrong. They took the lead in the club and the league this month with zero faults in 27.81 seconds.

First-Place Team – LPP 239

The first-place team in July was Dirty Dogs Agility out of Parker, Colorado. The top scoring dog was Nell, a Border Collie, handled by Meg Armstrong. They took the lead in the club and the league this month with zero faults in 27.81 seconds.

Second-Place Team – LPP 135

PAWS4FUN from Ontario, Canada took second place. Dune, a Labrador handled by Catherine Woolham, got the top spot finishing the course with 0 faults in 38.81 seconds:

Third-Place Team – LPP 46

K9Cation was disadvantaged again this month by not having their full compliment running. With one dog reporting, the team took third place. Their Top Dog was once again Jasper, a Chocolate Lab handled by Shana Goodwin. They completed the course with 0 faults in 30.34 seconds.

Fourth-Place Team – LPP 17

Clicker Pets in Jalisco, Mexico took fourth place. This was disadvantaged this month by only having three dogs running. The Team LPP is determined by adding the scores of the top five dogs. Their Top Dog was Daisy, a Terrier Mix handled by Nicki Roberts. They completed the course with 0 faults in 62 seconds.

Spotlight Dog of the Month

Our spotlight dog of the month is Sunshine, a Shih Tzu. Sunshine is a very pretty dog capably handled by Lauren Sanchez-Suzman representing Dirty Dogs Agility League out of Parker, Colorado. They completed the course with 0 faults in 44.6 seconds:

August 36×85 Fast & Fun League

We continue our summer season with a courses.

New teams are always welcome to join us for IDAL play. You are welcome to join any of our ongoing leagues. The August 2021 International Dog Agility League games and courses have been published here:

August 2021 IDAL League Courses

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Questions comments & snide remarks should be directed to Melissa Wallace at pagc.live@gmail.com.All payments for the IDAL should be directed to this page: https://www.ultimuttds.com/payment-processing. Bud Houston’s Book of Games is available for purchase at https://www.ultimuttds.com/product-page/houston-s-book-of-agility-games. All proceeds from the sale will go to Bud.

July 2021 60×90 Masters Results

The first month of the Summer Season is complete. This post is for the results of the 60×90 Masters League. Only two clubs were able to run this month. Summertime presents lots of scheduling issues for many of the clubs. One of our clubs is also relocating! Don’t worry; they will be back as soon as they can!

We have been using “historical” courses for a while now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This season, though, started with some NEW courses. I have asked our competitors to turn up the dial on their creative talents and design courses for everyone to play. While they were getting started, I designed this month’s courses so that we could compete on some new ones as promised.

The courses were initially inspired by the letter “E” from Nancy Gyse’s book Alphabet Drills, published in 2011 by Clean Run. I set up the letter for my beginner and intermediate students using different numbering based on each student’s skill. Interestingly, as I looked up the publication date for this blog, I flipped to the letter “E” and saw that she had also changed the exercise by adding a tunnel. You know what they say about brilliant minds!

If anyone would like to design courses for the league, let me know!!!

The efforts of dogs playing in July earn Lifetime Performance Points (LPP) based on the entire field of dogs who have competed on the course. The LPP is a measure of rank based on how they placed in relation to all the other dogs.

60×90 Masters July 2021 Results

The July 2021 60×90 Masters league was a numbered course designed by yours truly, Melissa Wallace. The course is scored Time, Plus Faults.

Results

Follow the links to view individual performances by dogs and their handlers. Most of these are graced with a YouTube link:

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Top Dog

The Top Dog of all the clubs reporting in July is from the first-place team, K9 Powersports out of Grand Junction, Colorado. Keiji, a Papillon handled by Geof Teare, took first place this month. They finished this course with zero faults in 34.1 seconds.

First-Place Team – 79 LPP

The first-place team in July was K9 Powersports out of Grand Junction, Colorado. Keiji, a Papillon handled by Geof Teare, took first place this month. They finished this course with zero faults in 34.1 seconds.

Second-Place Team – 76 LPP

POTC Thunder Pawz out of Brimfield, Illinois was our second-place team this month. Binx, another Papillono, took their top spot. Binx is handled by Barbara Scanlon. They finished this course with 0 faults in 35.89 seconds.

WOW! Team Tiny But Mighty took the top spots this month! Congrats to these handlers!

Spotlight Dog of the Month

Our spotlight dog of the month is Waco running for K9 Powersports out of Grand Junction, Colorado. Waco, a Belgian Sheepdog, is handled by Jim Farmer. They completed the course with 5 faults in 53.37 seconds. That was some great handling. I LOVE the distance and layering of those weaves!!!!

August 60×90 Masters League

New teams are always welcomed to join us for IDAL league play. You are welcome to join any of our ongoing leagues. The August 2021 International Dog Agility League games and courses have been published here:

August 2021 IDAL League Courses

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Questions comments & snide remarks should be directed to Melissa Wallace at pagc.live@gmail.com.All payments for the IDAL should be directed to this page: https://www.ultimuttds.com/payment-processing. Bud Houston’s Book of Games is available for purchase at https://www.ultimuttds.com/product-page/houston-s-book-of-agility-games. All proceeds from the sale will go to Bud.

August 2021 IDAL League Courses

The following courses are for August 2021 IDAL play. This month we are running new courses. The course layout was designed by Mike Hughson with the 60×90 being entirely his concept. One team asked for a contact for this month, so I chose this design from his three submissions to the FB Course Design Group. I modified his concept only by removing the dogwalk and teeter and flipping the location of a tunnel to get a square approach to the A-frame. I finessed distances since he sketched his courses while away from his computer. I then modified the design to get the 50×70 and 36×85 courses. The courses are nested based on the tunnel in the bottom right corner of the map. This should make things easier for clubs wanting to run more than one league. The courses look fun and challenging. I will have to set them up in my building with TDAA distances. With a heat index of 114, there is no way I can play outside.

If you would like to design courses for the league or learn how to design courses, give me a shout. I will add you to our group.

In addition to PAWS4FUN, Clicker Pets in Mexico is now rejoining us. I am so happy to see our international teams starting to come back.

50×70 Fast & Fun

The August 2021 50×70 Fast & Fun league game is a Numbered Course, designed by Mike Hughson and Melissa Wallace. Follow the numbers, keep the bars up, and hit the yellow.

60×90 Masters

The August 2021 60×90 Masters league is also a numbered course designed by Mike Hughson. A Numbered Course is scored Time, Plus Faults.

36X85 Fast & Fun

The August 2021 36×85 Fast & Fun league is a numbered course designed by Mike Hughson and Melissa Wallace. A Numbered Course is scored Time, Plus Faults.

An Open Invitation to New Players

New clubs and individuals are always welcome to join us and play these courses. Download the scorekeeping worksheet below. Contact the League Secretary to help with the details at pagc.live@gmail.com.   

The 50×70 Fast & Fun League is intended to allow the dog to work at full extension with modest handling challenges.

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The 60×90 Masters League focuses on advanced handling challenges.

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The 36×85 Fast & Fun League is intended to allow the dog to work at full extension with modest handling challenges.

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Existing league franchises will be emailed their scorekeeping worksheets set up with their current rosters. If you would like multiple scoresheets, just let me know.

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Questions, comments, snide remarks, and feedback go to Melissa Wallace, IDAL Secretary, at pagc.live@gmail.com.