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2020 Updates- Team USA for Brazil !!

29 February 2020 by pyrwild, posted in photos, trial results, updates

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 !! 😃

PYWILD TRAINING UPDATES

Here is my current Class Schedule & Availability 📚
- 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…. 😃

One Month with Onnea

15 June 201914 August 2019 by pyrwild, posted in Onnea, training, updates

Video is in chronological order of what we’ve been up to during our first month together. Lots of serious training as you can see. 🙂

She is an absolute dream come true. Well, maybe even more incredible than I could’ve ever dreamt. I don’t know what else to say. I just love her.

I have lots of photos to share, too. But my internet situation is tricky right now and they’ll have to wait.

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

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 ❤️