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Welcome to Wendy's Blog!

Wendy Beard: Mother, Dog Trainer, Agilty Competitor, AAC judge, Engineer, Photographer.

Wendy lives in Carp, Ontario, just outside Canada's capital.

Tag Archives: agility

Tyra – 9 September 2002 to 28 August 2018

So hard to write, as somehow, by writing it down it becomes real. Tyra left us on 28 August 2018, less than two weeks before her 16th birthday. She had valiantly fought bone cancer for the last two months of her life. Her spirit and determination showed through the whole time, until one day, it […]

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ATChC Ivan!

Ivan earned his MGDC, ATChC and Bronze award of Merit at ADSC on June 28th 2012. What a clever boy!

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AGMCh

On Sunday, Tyra finally got that last standard Q for her AGMX and AGMCh. Thanks to Cecilia Hersey and the Club Agilite Canin St Lazare!

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Triple Q!

Back to your regular scheduled program of Dog Agility đŸ™‚ This past weekend, we went to the St Lawrence Valley Dog Club’s first agility trial just outside of Winthrop, NY. It was a very small trial but a lot of fun. Still Ivan found something to be scared of, starting with the head-set and voice […]

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Ivan gets his Expert Jumpers Bronze Title

Yesterday at Dogz in the stinking heat – last run of the day – Ivan ran a nice clean jumpers run for his 10th Masters Q and Expert Jumpers Bronze title. Good boy, Ivan! It almost makes up for those missed a-frame contacts…..

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Steeplechase Gold

That’s 100 Qs!!!! Tyra earned number 100 at Wimberway Farms in Powassan. Jennifer Laird & I were judging at a very small but cozy trial just outside of North Bay.

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Regionals!

28-30th May was the AAC Ontario Regional Championships in Fergus, near Guelph. Tyra and Ivan both made the trip. Ivan had some nice runs – even getting the gamble twice (but over time) but the venue and PA system was a little too much for him and he melted down a couple of times. Still, […]

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New Title for Ivan

On Saturday at Morningstar in Kingston, Ivan earned his 10th Master standard Q which gave him his Expert Standard Bronze award. Good boy Ivan!

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Agility Engineer

Not me – but a girl called Jessica I discovered this while surfing around the internet, following a link from the agilitynerd blog She has a couple of good rants on there, well worth a read! http://agilityengineer.blogspot.com/search/label/Rant

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A Good Start

Our first trial of the New Year is over and already Ivan has earned himself a couple more titles. At Morningstar in Kingston this weekend he earned his Master Jumpers and Master Snooker titles! Tyra pulled off Qs in the first two standard runs of the day to earn her Gold Award of Merit (50 […]

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