My long awaited first litter will be this fall ! My first litter has been a looong time coming & this combo has been several years in the making ! The planning started in 2020, both Pipas and Onnea have passed their health testing with flying colors in the meantime & I have imported frozen semen from France for the breeding. I am very excited about this combo !! Onnea is an excellent bitch who is very dear to my heart & Pipas is a handsome, open young male with two very talented parents. His mom competes in agility & his dad competed in French ring, herding & agility.
Both poil long and face rase type are expected from this combo. Very traditional in type. Puppies will be black or harlequin. Please see the Litters page for additional information this litter & my breeding.
The beautiful & talented future mother… 💘
In other news, Zae has earned his Open Obedience title (CDX) and earned his last leg with a WIN in the Open A class !! So proud of him. There are only a small handful of Pyrsheps who have earned this title.
Zae is very close to this Pyrshep Verstatility MASTERS award ! The highest award through our breed club… and we still have plenty of titles on our ‘to-do list’ 😵 He truly is an exceptional dog who is extraordinary at everything he does. I am beyond proud of him. 💕
Whew, what a year !! But we survived & a lot of good came out of it despite everything.
Originally, I had lots of big goals for 2020 that we were working hard towards. Including, traveling to Brazil for the Americas y Carribe on Team USA with Zae. I also had full intentions of attending World Team Tryouts and earning a spot to be on Team USA to compete at the Agility World Championships. Obviously, all those events got cancelled.
So, we were forced to take a step back from our big competition goals for the year and instead took the opportunity to try many new things we wouldn’t have pursued otherwise. I am quite grateful for all the new endeavors & activities we experienced in 2020. & for all the learning and growth that came in the past year.
Zae’s 2020 Accomplishments
Zae turned 6 years old in December. We had a really fun year together. Our bond continues to strengthen & I really think it was our best year yet. I’m so proud of him !!!
-earned his Novice, Intermediate, Advanced & Performer Trick Dog titles
-earned his NASDA Lost Item Online Level 1 & 2 (first pyrshep to earn a NASDA scentwork title)
–earned his Dog Parkour PKQT Level 1 title
-earned his AKC Rally Novice title with scores of 95, 100 & 99
-qualified for AKC’s 2021 Agility National Championship
-earned his Master Agility Champion title (MACH)
-started training in tracking
-qualified for AKC’s 2021 WTT
-earned his AKC Rally Intermediate title with scores of 70, 99 & 99 (handler errors for points off)
-qualified for AKC’s 2021 Rally National Championship
Onnea’s 2020 Accomplishments
Onnea grew up beautifully & has started her ‘big dog’ jiliity trainings. She had quite a few accomplishments last year, and at not even 2 years old !! What a bright future we’ll have together. I just adore my little raccoon.
-competed at the Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship 2020 (at 11 months old)
-earned her NASDA Lost Item Online Level 1, 2, 3 & Master Championship
-earned her AKC Trick Dog Novice, Intermediate & Advanced titles
-had her agility debut & since earned 3 legs
-started training in tracking
-earned her first Rally Novice leg with a score of 97
-invited to NASDA’s Invitationals for being a top 10 qualifying dog in 2020
-awarded NASDA’s Best of Breed as the top competing Pyrshep in 2020
PYRWILD Updates
At the end of summer, we relocated to a great new arena in the area. Temporarily, until the perfect property comes along and those big plans come into fruition. 😉 Meanwhile, I stay very busy with all my awesome students each week & am so grateful for each and everyone one of them !! I love what I do – and yes, I am still taking on new students ! I am happy to help you towards any sport or training goals you may have ! Please see the Training page & email me. 🙂
This summer, we hosted two different ACT 1 tests @ PYRWILD. ACT is a pre-novice AKC agility title. At the first test in July, 5 out of 7 students tested earned their ACT 1 title. Four of those teams were ‘Novice A’, aka had never earned an agility title on any dog before. At the second test in September, 5 of the 7 teams tested earned their ACT 1 title (all Novice A teams). So cool !! I am so very proud of each of you.
Also, now I am a certified ACT evaluator !! Going forward, there will be more ACT 1 & 2 titling opportunities @ PYRWILD for students !!
& l’ve purchased a new set of equipment that will be coming in from Europe !! Super excited. Will be top of the line stuff that is the same equipment seen at big, international events & is super safe for the dogs. Currently counting down the days until it arrives to Oregon. 🙂
Mayhem & Stormy Updates
Mayhem went back to home to WI to live with my dad early last year. As hard as the decision was, it was for the best & now all parties are as happy as could be. Mayhem is back with his favorite person and is happily living as an only dog & heathen. The dynamic in my household has had a big positive shift since he left & really strengthened the bond between me and Zae. After a cross country trip to escape the wildfires here, we all got to visit in September & that was really nice.
Stormy turned 12 in March and was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. It was very sad and unexpected news. But luckily, she is doing just fine since. She is still the best girl & enjoys some hikes with the rest of us here and there when the weather is mild. She is truly such a special dog to me & I look forward to enjoying many, many more days together. Without her, there wouldn’t be any of this !! 💜
Breeding
Zae is available as a stud to approved bitches. I look forward to the Zae-babies that come into the world eventually. They’ll be really talented & cool. If you’re interested in a pyrshep from me at some point check out my Breeding Plans & Litters – it’s never too early get in contact & on my list !! 🙂
Online Classes
The next session of Teeter Tune-Ups will be sometime in summer. Perfect for those needing to revamp, or ‘tune-up’ their teeter & for those looking to build a strong teeter from the start.
& I have a new online learning opportunity, PYRWILD Online is an ongoing, follow-along class that follows both my in-person teaching & my own agility training with my dogs. Each month there will be 1-2 course sets with many nested courses and challenges & variations to work through and master on one set up. A really fun, online learning community !! PYRWILD Online is the perfect way to work with me remotely & really dive-in and learn.
In 2021, I continue to be grateful for all that’s been & continue to look forward to all that is yet to come with much gratitude. Thank you to everyone who was a part of our year.
It was supposed to be a very big year for Zae-zae…. to pursue all the goals we’ve worked so hard for and dreamt of for years. Unfortunately, with the pandemic, our trip on Team USA to Brazil for AyC has been cancelled/postponed to April 2021.. I hope the there will be opportunity for us to still attend later on.
World Team Tryouts has also been postponed for the time being, along with the actual World Team Championships that was supposed to be in Estonia this year. We had been intending on heading to Minnesota to do our best, lay down some nice runs and hopefully earn a spot on the team.
Zae is very close to his Master Agility Championship title (MACH) and thought he would have earned it by now.. but not so much with all the agility trials around the world being cancelled 😱We are tentatively (if it happens/doesn’t get cancelled) entered in a trial at the end of June which will hopefully get us closer to those last 4 QQs.
We also had plans for several seminars with high-level international folks which have been cancelled. Which is a bummer, as I am always looking to continue learning and better myself. It would also been Onnea’s first seminars. Instead, we had more time to spend at home refining skills, building new ones, and trying out new activities together. 🙂
On the bright-side, during the quarantine, Zae was able to earn several titles. Including his NASDA Lost Item Online Retrieval Level 1 & 2, his AKC Trick Dog Titles from Beginner to Advanced and a COVID Parkour title.
Onnea achieved her NASDA Lost Item Online Retrieval 1, 2, 3 & Master Championship (MLIOCH) along with earning her Lost Item Recovery 1. O is such a cool and talented young lady ! I am sure this just the first of many achievements for her.
My Pyrsheps are the only ones to have ever earned any NASDA scentwork titles, so that is very cool !
PYRWILD in-person classes had been shut down for several months in compliance with the governor stay at home orders. As of last week, we have resumed 1 on 1 type lessons as a part of our ‘new normal’. We are SO happy to be back with all of our students. Have missed everyone so much !! 💜
For anyone looking to begin agility, or just put a nice sports foundation on their dog, are welcome to contact me about starting up lessons. We can work on anything you’d like, from simple engagement, training games, obedience skills, or all the way to high-level sports. 🐾
In other exciting news, my online class Teeter Tune-Ups will be beginning a new session June 22nd. 🏆 TTT provides comprehensive teeter foundations & proofing/perfecting for dogs learning AND for dogs who could use some tuning-up to their performance. Along with invaluable feedback and experienced guidance. TTT now also includes an ongoing ‘puppy diary’ as Onnea learns her teeter skills. Hope to see you in class ! Registration is open now. 🌟
We ditched our AKC Nationals plan and instead graciously accepted an invite to join Team USA for the Americas y Carribe event March 26-29th in Brazil !! 🎉🇺🇸 AyC is an FCI event that is like the European Open but for the Americas. We are really looking forward to this exciting opportunity !
Zae also qualified for World Team Tryouts last weekend and we will be heading to Minnesota in May to do our best and hopefully earn a spot on the world team ! 😱🇺🇸
We’ve been working hard, pushing ourselves and continuing to learn lots ! From practicing on courses from big international events, to scoping out and setting up/running courses from judges we will see in Brazil and attending seminars to learn and grow other from successful international competitors. The learning never stops and we can always continue to get better and better. I love continuing to learn and better myself so I can continue to offer the best to my lovely students.
We also attended the ISC cup up in Mulino in January. The judge was world renowned Tamas Traj from Hungary- who will also be a judge this year at our USA world team tryouts ! Was a lot of fun to run his courses… and at an AKC trial !! Was such a cool event with a fun group ! I look forward to ISC events continuing to show up- they are exactly what USA agility needs. 🎉
In February, Onnea turned a year old !! We celebrated the day Feb 19th with a fun run here and fundraising for Zae’s trip. A good time was had by all. ❤️ It’s hard to believe. And hard to imagine life without her. She is such a special and cool dog. I love her sooo much !!
We also had a New Years Day fun run to ring in the new year with agility, fun and friends. Here are some photos from the event. Full gallery on Flickr.
We have lots of exciting stuff planned for 2020 and already it’s becoming a year to remember !! 😃
I do have some openings in a Tues PM class for advanced teams
There will be new Foundation 1 class starting in April- currently I have one spot open
If you’re interested in beginning agility- please send me an email and we’ll work to get you started or added to a waiting list for a future beginning class 🐾
Stay tuned for two new and exciting online learning opportunities coming to PYRWILD…. 😃
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