July 27 - Dog Sports Centre's CDDA Disc Dog Trial

The TNT boys head to their last CDDA disc trial of the summer in Caledon ON. It was a great day for weather and lots of people out having fun.

Ripley has 2 great rounds coming away with a score of 44, 2nd place and his final NSD Q earning his Basic Disc Dog (BDD) Title. He also comes in 3rd in Furthest Catch.

Baxter rocks in the Advanced Single Disc division earning a total of 54 points taking 1st place and an ASD Q.

Baxter also plays in the fun game "Monster Disc". His eyes lit up when he saw the size of this disc and he had a good time trying to catch it :)

July 19 & 20 - Morningstar's AAC Agility Trial

Peso and Andrea head east to Kingston for Morningstar's AAC Agility Trial. They have some great rounds and come away with their 2nd Masters Standard Q! Unfortunately the rain was too much on Sunday so they passed on a couple of runs. Peso is now down to 8 more Q's to ATChC!!

July 19 - Dog Days of Scugog

The TNT boys head to Port Perry ON to compete in the Skyhoundz Disc Trial. Rick rocked with both Ripley and Baxter in the Distance and Accuracy class tying each other for 1st place! The boys had to do a tie-breaker where they had 1 chance to catch the longest throw. Ripley was first and had a beautiful catch just over the 40 yard line. Baxter was next and Rick let that disc rip, it was going great with Baxter tracking it perfect but then with the help of a soft wind, it went over the 60 yard mark and the fence!! Poor Baxter didn't get a chance to try and catch the disc.

So Ripley took home a beautiful gold medal and Baxter the silver. Pretty good being 1st and 2nd though out of a huge field of dogs.

Ripley also tried his paw in an official Dock Dogs competition. In the first wave he came in 4th place and earns his first Novice Q with a jump of 8'4". In the second wave he was pretty tired and had one bad throw of his toy from me so had a jump just under 6'. He came away with another Novice Q though, so overall he had a blast and did quite well for his first time. We will definitely look for more opportunities to play this game :)

OTEA Student Martin & Zipper also compete in the Skyhoundz Disc trial. This is their first disc trial and he does great! This is going to be another great disc dog :)

July 5 & 6 - OTEA's CDDA Disc Trial and Seminars

Shona, Rick, Ripley and Baxter headed east to Ottawa ON to host a CDDA Disc trial and the Katherine Ferger Seminar. The weekend was a scorcher to say the least but the trials ran smoothly and everyone had a great time. Katherine's seminars were awesome (Ripley learned lots in the Freestyle 101!)

Ripley came home with 1st place in Saturday's Furthest Catch competition with a catch of 164'1". He also gets 2 NSD Q's and a 2nd place in NSD on Sunday with a whopping 52 points! He also earns his Disc Dog (DD) Title for accumulating 100 points.

Baxter also has a great weekend. He comes away with 2 Advanced Single Disc Q's earning his Advanced Disc Dog (ADD) Title. He was 1st place in Sunday's Advanced Single Disc competition with a perfect 8 for 8 catches and an amazing total of 61 points!!!

July 5 & 6 - The Agility Connections AAC Agility Trial

Andrea and Peso head to Kingston ON for TAC's AAC Agility trial. They have a great weekend and ran all his classes well. He comes away with a Masters Gamble Super Q, a Masters Jumper Q and a Steeplechase Q. He is on countdown to his Steeplechase title with only 2 more to go!!


OTEA Student Michel and Roni were also in Kingston. They have a great Advanced Standard run earning their 1st Advanced Q!