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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

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 ❤️

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 ! ❤️

Nancy Gyes Seminar

6 June 2018 by pyrwild, posted in updates

I can get a bit lazy handling my own dogs- especially after such a long hiatus like we took ! :o) It’s not that we don’t do okay- we just don’t do our best. I was looking forward to this seminar to whip my handling back into shape. It did that and more ! Was the eye opener that I was needing.

Sometimes I still think of Zae as my young, lackadaisical dog who would trot and go around barless jumps. He isn’t. I’ve put so much work into him and the progress he’s made has been unbelievable ! Working with Nancy helped me realize that I need to be a better teammate for Zae as the dog he is now so we can continue to grow as a team. ❤️

Private lessons are now available at my field in Medford. If there is enough interest, I’ll also run a weekly class. See Training and Contact Me. 😊