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Thank You 2018, Hello 2019

5 January 20194 February 2019 by pyrwild, posted in trial results, updates

2018 was such a cool year- even if it was far from easy. From following my dreams and moving cross country and having my own agility field to train and teach at to Zae turning 4 and qualifying for World team tryouts… PYRWILD continues to grow and have opportunities I could only dream of. 🙂
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We had our last trial of 2018 and it was probably Zae’s best competition performance wise overall. Really great moments and speed in the ring with him. He earned QQ #8 along with his masters agility title (MX) and novice fast title (NF). 1st and 2nd in T2B and some beautiful premier standard NQ’s.

It was the boston terrier club trial too so Stormy got to come out of retirement for a run each day and Mayhem got to run too. I had been taking a break from trialing Mayhem so I could mentally focus on Zae but T2B each day was perfect to enter. Stormy hadn’t trialed in over 3 years and we don’t practice for her soundness. Both dogs did really super. Stormy loved every second of it and Mayhem even earned 1st place.

I am so grateful for all we got to compete this year and the fun times we had. Along with the beautiful places we’ve got to experience for hiking and agility. Zae and I have also become a stronger team and continue to understand each other better and better each trial. I continue to learn and become better with this little dog ! We’ve also kindly been welcomed into the agility community here in Oregon and continue to meet cool new friends. 🙂

Thank you to everyone who was part of our year. Thank you for all the love and support and a huge thank you to all my amazing students for giving me the opportunity teach and honor of working with them. ❤️ Looking forward to all the amazing moments and opportunities 2019 brings !

TEETER TUNE-UPS starts Jan 17th !! for more information and to sign up – click here

To Book Jessica for seminars, workshops, training days for 2019 please Email ! 💌

Happy 4th Birthday Zae !

23 December 20182 February 2019 by pyrwild, posted in trial results, updates

Crazy to believe my little skipskap is already four years old ! It was his birthday dec 19th. What a special little dog he is- I am so glad he decided to be mine. 🙂

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Does 4 years old mean it’s time for puppies ? 🙂

Zae has really transformed a lot in the last year and we’ve really begun to strengthen as a team. We have two days of competing this weekend up in Washington and am looking forward ! He’s been doing super in training and I am feeling quite inspired. 🙂 Counting down to tryouts…

Video from our last trial earlier this month.

And a video from our trial in Eugene last month- both Mayhem and Zae did super !!

Teeter Tune-Ups begins Jan 17th ! For more information and to register for class click here 🙂

The Agility Resource & Community is coming soon…😱click here

I am now booking for 2019 seminar and workshop dates 📆 please Contact Me with interest ❤️

Zae Qualified for WTT 2019 !!

20 November 20182 February 2019 by pyrwild, posted in trial results, updates

Feels so unreal ! AWC has always been my dream and biggest goal since I started competing in agility in 2009. Something that always felt very far in the future or out of reach. We’re not there, yet. But we’re closer.

Qualifying for and attending tryouts (in May !) is a major dream come true in itself- to have gotten this far feels incredible. And with my little dog who some years ago I didn’t even think would end up doing any agility. 🙂 We kept at it and never gave up. Dreaming turned into little steps and planning as we keep unfolding towards our path. The beauty is in the journey and continuing to live out our dreams is such a cool feeling !

Today’s message truly is Never Give Up and Keep Dreaming ❤️ If you keep going, even taking baby steps, you’ll end up somewhere. 🙂

I am so thankful for these special dogs and the lives we get to live together each day.

Also, coming soon is the Agility Resource & Community. ARC is the ultimate handler resource for training, competing and collaborating. Exciting stuff !!

End of Summer Update

30 September 20184 November 2018 by pyrwild, posted in photos, trial results, updates

I have been slacking on posting updates here. It is so much easier to keep our Instagram updated. 😛

We did some competitions this summer and feeling more ‘back in the swing’ after our huge break and moving. Zae has earned more scores towards tryouts. Mayhem is chasing 7 QQ’s for his MACH still (with over well over 900 points currently). I believe we will have two more competitions this year.

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Thank you Terry Tuttle for all the great images !

The video is from a 4 day trial last month . I am still having some ups and downs in the ring with Zae and learning to handle and connect with him best. But am continuing to note and build on the nice parts. 🙂

Another video, with both dogs, from a 4 day trial in California can be seen here. Was such a fun trial outdoors with mild weather and a lovely drive down the coast there.

It has been a very hot summer and the last two months or so have been extremely smokey from the wildfires cooping us in a bit. The skies have cleared since (yay !) and the temperature is beginning to drop. I am looking forward to training more come fall. My field is continuing to come together nicely and is so cool to have.

We go hiking and into nature any chance possible. 🙂 The lakes are dried now but enjoyed some swimming too.

More of my photos can be seen on Flickr

I have now offered Teeter Tune-Ups three times and it has been such a fun class to teach ! Students from nine different countries have now been a part of this course- I cannot believe it !! 😀 So cool, and I am so honored to be able to teach online. I want to send a huge thank you to all my students past, present and future for this opportunity ! ❤️

PYRWILD has also secured sponsorship from two very cool Finish companies: AgiNotes and Nutrolin. AgiNotes is an app, or online service, which is designed by agility competitors for agility competitors ! It is a cool database to store trainings, competition results, course maps, comments, things to work on, points of weakness, etc and even has graphs and other visuals. Nutrolin is a human-grade fatty oil supplement company for active dogs. My dogs are on the Sport blend and also get Skin&Coat. The dogs LOVE the oils on their food and I have also noticed their fur is soo shiny and feels so soft. I am so excited to be supported by these cool companies- thank you ! ❤️