At the Ruffin’ It C-WAGS trial, Coffee (Blazin’s Quenched By Caffeine) and three other dogs earned the ARF rally title. It’s a rally class that combines agility and freestyle in a rally course. The trial location was Periland in Knoxville, MD.

Azula, CH Grousemoor Blue Flame A Blazin CGC, finished her Championship at 13 months with 3 majors, 3 Best of Breed Owner Handlers, 2 Owner Handled Group 3's, a Supported Best Of Opposite Sex over 6 specials for 5 points and a Supported Best Puppy in Sweepstakes. After learning what showing was in her 1st show, Azula went Winners 7 out of 8 with 1 Reserve. Azula is owned and loved by Dawn, Marty, Colin, Bryce and her breeder Helen Szostak.

On Dec 18-19, Calder finished up the year adding 2 more titles to his name. At the SVKC agility trial in Reva, VA, Saturday he earned his first ever agility title NJP and then, on Sunday, finished up his NAP. Calder is Quillquest Yin Yang and Darkwater.

Coffee (Blazin’s Quenched By Caffeine) finished her Level 3 Handler title in CPE agility and debuted in Level 5 at the Periland trial in Knoxville, MD. That same weekend, we received notice she earned her third leg for her BN-V.

Twist, GCH Athercroft Kama Siouxtra, won the breed over some excellent competition on the Sunday of the supported Weekend.

Tito, Fishercreek Athercroft Jackson Five, was BOS in the sweeps on Sat and was awarded Winners Dog for his first 2 points!

Both are owned by Ruth Marsh and Dee Turkelson

Baby girl, Athercroft Taco Dirty to Me 'Dizzy', was awarded a 4-6 month puppy group 1 at the Doswell VA show on Saturday. She then followed that up with a puppy group 4 the next day! Dizzy is owned by Ruth Marsh and Dee Turkelson.

Blazin's Quite the Handsome Rascal's year, so far:

AKC:

In AKC, Quinn earned just two titles, but one of them was a lot of work starting from absolute zero just eight months ago!

Dock Diving Senior Division Excellent (May)
CH conformation championship (October)

NACSW:

In National Association of Canine Scent Work competition, Quinn earned seven titles:

NW2 (FEB)
L1V (Vehicle Element) (MAY)
NW3-E (NW3 Element, Exterior) (JUNE)
NW3-V (NW3 Element, Vehicles) (OCTOBER)
NW3 (OCTOBER)
NW3 #2 (OCTOBER)
NW3-I (NW3 Element, Interiors) (OCTOBER)

Only one more NW3 title to go for Elite.

The Blazin' Q litter owners group has been a real treat to be a part of. The brothers and sisters see each other often and really enjoy summer outings at the pool together. They are great ambassadors for the breed.

Storm and I took a break from obedience and dove into field this year. After a rough start, failing in our first test, October 16th, Storm did a wonderful job. She finished her SH title November 7th, in a total of 5 tests. Training for senior was a big learning curve for me, but with the help of our CRFCRC friends we did it! I am very proud of this girl, she earned her UDX, OM2 and Senior this year!

At the PVGRC FAST Cat trials, Emma (Victory's M CDX RE SH MHU CGCA TKP BCAT), and her younger YaYa sister, Sarge (Victory's Staff Sergeant BCAT), both earned their BCAT titles and successfully retired from FAST Cat!!

Timberblacs North Star JH WC CGC, Stella, became a Junior Hunter at the Susquehana Retriever Club's Hunt Test. This girl gave me a run for my money (and a couple of donations to other clubs!) before we finally got it together on water and passed her 4th JH leg. A great team effort from my training friends to get us through some bumps in the road. Watching Stella's progression made it all worthwhile!