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A PYRWILD Update

15 April 201914 August 2019 by pyrwild, posted in photos, training, trial results, updates

A lot of (EXCITING) stuff has happened in the last couple months.

We relocated to Eugene, OR and now live in a lovely cottage in the trees.

I am also now teaching agility full-time @ Infinity Dog Sports and am over the moon over this opportunity. I taught my first workshop last month and it was a huge success, too. I feel so in my element teaching and am quite honored to be an instructor. The community here has been so welcoming and kind. It truly is a dream come true.

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My life has 100% ‘gone to the dogs’ and I wouldn’t change a thing. I look forward to all the opportunities that will continue to come my way and all that PYRWILD education grows.

Mayhem had a super time competing last month @ the Eugene trial. He earned a Q/3rd in JWW saturday and a QQ with two first places sunday. He’s now 5 QQ’s away from his championship. I am looking forward to competing with him three days coming up this weekend again at Eugene. We’re both having lots of fun- and that’s the key and most important part to me. He’s such an incredible little dog.

I ended up pulling Zae’s World Team Tryout entry after his last competition some weekends ago. His confidence has been lacking in the trial environment and I wouldn’t want to go to a big event like that unless we could truly push and do our best. I will continue working to rebuild his confidence and focus at trials along with working on my own mental game at competitions. We’ll show ’em what we’ve got next year. 🙂

Because, without a doubt, the skills are there. The teamwork is there. The love for playing the game together is there.

Here are some extreme weave scenarios I practiced with the skipskap last week. He’s such a superstar and always surprises me with his brilliant success. And yes, these were our ‘first tries’. 🙂

We’re still settling in but enjoying living in Eugene ! The dogs and I are quite happy to be an hour from the coast. More photos from our beach adventures on Flickr.

The NEXT Teeter Tune-Ups will run the month of June – sign up early to secure your spot ! 🌟

I also offer private & individualized classrooms for those looking for coaching and instruction remotely 🤓🐾 Please Email to set up something up

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 !

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

Pacific Northwest Adventures

9 April 2018 by pyrwild, posted in photos

Was a beautiful day today so took off with the boys to the mountains. Was much needed and we had such a lovely day. Also, finally got around to using my camera and took some proper photos. 🙂

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2018 Update

28 March 2018 by pyrwild, posted in updates

In January we relocated to Oregon. A dream come true. Packed my stuff and my dogs in my little car and we made the 35hr journey with smooth sailing. The weather here is lovely and mild and the area is full of nature and amazing views. We have a big yard with lots of land and the dogs have been enjoying lots of walks.

Mayhem and Zae are entered in a trial in Albany, OR this weekend. Zae is entered in both premier runs sat/sun too. Lots of ring time ! Running in horse arenas will be a bit of a change for both dogs but longterm will be better. More space and better footing. I am super excited and looking forward to spending time with dogs and friends for the weekend.

However, the dogs haven’t seen equipment in 8+ months. With getting the stars to align in order to move for some time I was not doing agility. Not wanting to commit to entering a trial in one state when I was looking to leave to another. 🙂 And just taking a break and not taking the time to drive an hour each week to train dogs and worked instead.

So I took a day off and made the 3.5hr drive up to Salem and back just to train the dogs. Had to make sure we didn’t forget everything. 🙂 The barn is absolutely amazing with great surface sad it is so far away. Working with the dogs was really fun. Time off is always golden and of course after a lengthy break we have some skills to repolish and I have to get back in sync with handling myself. 🙂 But love these dogs ❤️

Also, stay tuned for details on PyrWild classes coming to the Medford area ! And for everyone else not in Southern Oregon, I offer plenty of remote, online learning options and help. 🙂 See Training