HAPPY 2014!!!! Oh Wait

Howdy everyone!

I'm just not really sure what happened to the rest of 2013 and this first quarter (give or take) of 2014.  If you're not already on the Facebook page, you should be.  Its definitely where the action is for DogJoy and when what is happening.  I'm working on getting the website more functional but for now, Facebook has been the best for our scheduling outside of Barn Hunt (although you can get some Barn Hunt updates there too).

Which brings me to - BARN HUNT!  We had our testing phase with several willing volunteers (thanks Misty, Adrienne, and Rebecca!) and even had our first Intro class that ended two weeks ago.  Tonight starts Session 2 with TWO classes and both are full so that's really exciting.  We will be adding more hay bales and more tubes in the coming weeks as well. 

For dog accomplishments, from the top of my head, I know the following has occurred:

• Adrienne is working on her RAE with Major (has two legs already) and he made his debut in Open obedience.  Forbes is her new puppy and has been working on conformation, rally, obedience foundations.  He made his rally debut this past weekend and earned a great 94 and 1st place on a time tie!  The next day he was back to being a silly puppy lol!  Forbes is also pointed in UKC Conformation and has shown in AKC conformation.
• Misty has been working Nori and Jasper in AKC/UKC conformation and Nori is rocking as Misty's Owner Handler dog.  They are currently ranked #5 in their breed, so congrats to them!  Jasper also earned some Novice Rally legs and Remi has been showing as well and doing great.  Keep it up lady!
• Cora's dog Teddy has come a LONG way since they first started as a fear aggressive/highly reactive dog and I couldn't be prouder of them both.  Now they are working on some basic agility, obedience, and trick things before they leave us in May for their new home in Houston. We will miss you!
• Susan and Jasmine have been working on their trick dog title and earned the Intermediate level recently!  Onward to the Advanced! Additionally, they have started some agility and LOVE it.  Jasmine also thinks the hay bales in the barn hunt building are the best jungle gym EVER!
• Crick, Forbes, and Lyric all finished the first Intro Barn Hunt class successfully!
• Rebecca and the lovely Violet made their Rally Novice debut and did great!  They are starting Barn Hunt after being our very happy rat hunters during the test phase! Rebecca is also owned by Welshie #2, Loki, who is cute as a bug and going to start terrorizing Barn Hunt shortly!
  
• Beth debuted Georgie and Cole in Novice obedience and Beginner Novice obedience and the dogs had a blast and performed great with some serious distractions!  Cole, Sutton, and Gracie hit the agility shows recently and earned various legs towards multiple titles!  Beth has also added a new puppy addition, Eos, a German Shepherd Dog.
  

I'd also like to say thank you thank you to all the times you've referred people to DogJoy.  I'm getting a lot of interest in Barn Hunt which is insanely awesome but I'm also getting a great surge of people wanting obedience training as well!  It's very flattering and I'm so appreciative of this hobby that's helped so many of you :)

We will be holding a Barn Hunt fun match later in the summer and then organizing our first recognized Barn Hunt trial in early November!  All exciting things!

Thanks guys and see you soon!  NOW GO TRAIN! :)