2009 GSPCA National Specialty Events

2009-05-11T21:26:00.002-04:00

Heidi (BISS Ch. Panamint's Bound for Glory) enjoying the hotel accommodations at the NSS – nothing like making yourself at home – completely!!

2009-05-09T22:25:00.002-04:00

just a note of thanks and congrats for a job very well done to the entire "web team"! I was not able to attend the National this year, but the speed with which the results have been going up is amazing. I have enjoyed "watching" the National from NM!

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Michelle L. Baran
Los Alamos, NM
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Classes

2009-05-09T22:24:00.004-04:00

Classes

2009-05-09T22:21:00.002-04:00

Classes

2009-05-09T22:19:00.002-04:00

Top 25

2009-05-08T23:40:00.002-04:00

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! See more Top 25: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Top 25

2009-05-08T23:35:00.004-04:00

Top 25

2009-05-08T23:25:00.002-04:00

Alli is the highest ranked Master Hunter GSP in history! Looks like she's happy about that!

Sweepstakes Day

2009-05-08T23:01:00.000-04:00

Puppy Sweepstakes winners Weststar’s Wild And Romping Annie Of Coronet & CH West Star Seamus Gunnar McB standing for Judge Char's comments

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! They photographed all day! Visit their Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Sweepstakes Day

2009-05-08T22:58:00.000-04:00

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! They photographed all day! Visit their Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Sweepstakes Day

2009-05-08T22:55:00.000-04:00

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! They photographed all day! Visit their Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Sweepstakes Day

2009-05-08T22:40:00.002-04:00

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! They photographed all day! Visit their Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Photos from Futurity

2009-05-07T23:10:00.004-04:00

Best in Futurity - LegacyK Hotwired Analyze This ~ Dawson

Best of Opposite Sex in Futurity - Springrun’s Color Me A Dream ~ Kat

Kat

Kat & Dawson standing for Judge Patty's comments

Many thanks to Dominic & Lynn Pettinato for the photos! They photographed all day! Visit their Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25563331@N03/

Futurity Day

2009-05-07T23:08:00.002-04:00

Futurity Day

2009-05-07T23:06:00.001-04:00

Note from Brandi, Who Can't Make It To NSS

2009-05-07T11:49:00.001-04:00

I miss you all!! I can't stand not being there, especially since I really thought I would be there up until about 2 weeks ago. This is also the 10th year for my Remis's memorial plaque for Best Junior - I would love to be there to present it to the winner. Remis would say it's ok though, I'm sure. And Denver of all places. I'll be there in about a month during my non- direct trek to Alaska for summer research adventures, prior to beginning my Ph.D. at Clemson University this coming Fall (thus, I've got a really tight budget right now!).

If anyone sees Leita Estes, please thank her - she has stepped up and is going to oversee the Juniors events for me. In fact, it may be appropriate to embarrass her with an announcement! And of course, thanks to Valerie Nunes-Atkinson for giving the juniors seminar again this year (this is year 9 or 10 I believe- thanks Val!).

Please relay to any Juniors (and parents, etc.), that I am still in need of committee members to help facilitate the projects I've proposed to the board last June and this past January. They can contact me by phone or e-mail- or letter if they choose.

I am also sending JS stats to date for 2009 for posting on the GSPCA web site! I'll have those tonight or tomorrow.

I hope you all get the Rocky Mountain High and have a great NSS!!! Take some extra time and go up to Estes Park and go over Trail Ridge Drive if you have a couple of hours. I've even visited with a GSP along that route in a previous trip through there.

Brandi
GSPCA Juniors Committee Chair

Obedience

2009-05-06T19:29:00.009-04:00

Razzie ~ HIT today!

Keenan

Jake

Belle

Flash

Halo

Thank you to Lynn Pettinato for the photos!

Click for full catalog results!

Safe Travels, Everyone!

2009-05-05T21:50:00.000-04:00

Lauren, Elizabeth, Yvonne and Valerie on our adventure to the Nationals!

Tracking

2009-05-05T15:49:00.005-04:00

Thanks to Marty Cornell for the photo!

Out of the 12 dogs tracking today there were three GSPs and two of them passed the Tracking Dog Test:

Mayde Crk's Storm Savior RN TD handled by Jeanine Wright -- was first up and passed with flying colors. This is an impressive GSP that was a rescue dog and has found the perfect home :-)

CH Voyager's Windstorm TD handled by Karen Rooks Nauer was second up and also passed with a great demonstration of GSP tracking capabilities. The picture is of these two fine GSPs.

The third dog to pass the TD test was a Basset Hound handled by friend Carol Makowski -- it was great to see another pass occur at the GSPCA tracking test as local compatitors took advantage of the slots not filled by GSPs.

The fourth dog in the TD made it to the last turn but couldn't find the glove -- a Bulldog.

In the TDX (Tracking Dog Excellent) test no dogs passed. One GSP was entered.

The VST was the GSPCA's very first one offered for titling, and no GSPs were entered. This is the rarest of all primary AKC titles with the lowest pass rate in any venue. It is rare to see a VST pass. We were fortunate to have a front seat as Karen Rooks Nauer handled our Dachshund "Zin" to a PASS in the VST, also earning her Champion Tracker designation. This was only the 188th dog ever to pass a VST of any breed, and only the 5th Dachshund -- now CT CH Bardale's Dave's Favorite Whine :-)

The tracking test was a great success and was driven by friends Tana Rugg and Lynn Kaemmerer -- putting on a wonder display of GSP capabiilties and offering a full trio of tests to be filled by our local community. Our thanks for the GSPCA for allowing us to host this Third ever NSS Tracking test and our congrats to all the dogs passing!

Dave
David Nauer

Agility Day 3

2009-05-04T23:56:00.001-04:00

I did not take any pictures to post at todays trial -- however the same GSPs who had run on the weekend pictured earlier were still there. Today's courses by Judge Beth Godwin were incredible -- they had flow, distance, and the kind of challenges that are appropriate for a breed of our size and strength. My thanks to her for presenting the us with these wonderful courses. Despite a weekend where across all GSPs entered we recorded only 6 Qs, today was different. We doubled the entire weekend total today, recording 12 Qs across the 9 classes offered!!!!

Things started out on a down note as Stacy and Livie ran first in Excellent B, performing a flawless course. Unfortunately the entire crowd and Stacy started celebrating about 0.5 seconds early as Livie failed the final obstacle of the course, dropping the bar on a single bar jump, failing the run. This theme carried forward throughout the entire Excellent and Open standard classes were zero Qs were recorded. Fortunately the Novice Handlers came through:

Nancy Ward and CH Newpoint Southwind Let It Snow RAE JH finished a perfect 100 with a time of 63.93 for first place in Novice B.

Susan Maltby (from Colorado Springs!) and HPS Good Golly Miss Molly finished with a 95 and a time of 59.15 for second place in Novice B

FAST allowed the competitors to choose their courses and we had a much higher Q rate.

Sandra McDonald and Berlin's Bonus Points v Hawkeye CDX RE NA finished First in Novice B FAST with a score of 61 and time of 31.42.

Marscha Hubbs and CH Marvel's Imagine the Palace CDX AX OAJ finished Second in Novice B FAST with a score of 57 and a time of 23.40

In Novice FAST Preferred 20" Holly Faught and CH Onapoint's Me Myself and I CD RAE NA NAJ NAP NJP NF finished first with a time of 26.55 and score of 57.

In Open FAST 24" Susan Maltby finished First with Image of Cocoa Brown OA AXJ NF with a score of 55 and time of 31.56

In Open FAST 20" Jeri Fishack and Minnie the Mooch CD RE MX MXJ OF finished first with a score of 61 and time of 32.67

In Excellent B FAST 20" Jeri Fischak and Stills Heaven Cent CD RE MX MXJ XF finished first with a score of 62 and time of 27.13

Judge Godwin's JWW courses were very flowy and had several tunnel performances to the delight of our GSP competitors.

In Novice B 24" Nancy Ward and CH Newpoint Southwind Let it Snow RAE JH finished first with a score of 90 and time of 35.94

In Excellent B 20" Jeri Fishack and Stills Heaven Cent CD RE MX MXJ XF finished first with a time of 28.54 (and a score of 100)

In Excellent B 24" Stacy Moss and MACH Sharpmtn's OU Live to Play XF finished first with a time of 30.04 (and a score of 100)

In Excellent B 20" Preferred Dianne Nokes and Never Rayne on my Parade CDX RN AX AXP AXJ OJP finished first with a time of 41.00 (and a score of 100)

I'd like to post more, but have to prepare my Trial Chairman's report tonight since I'm going up to Denver tomorrow night and need to get some sleep for the tracking test. I do not know if I'll be able to post further until I get up in Denver, and I won't be able to load pictures until I return to Colorado Springs -- so enjoy the news as it comes in!

Thanks!

Dave

David Nauer
GSPCA 2009 NSS Agility Trial Chairman

Agility Day 2

2009-05-03T21:56:00.003-04:00

Beth Godwin presented an incredible set of Standard courses today but our GSPs didn't do as well as the Colorado Community. I thought it was a course with flow and fairness and allowed our large striding dogs to move out. As the morning wore on GSP after GSP fell to a simple mistake or a "fun run" without a Q. But we were fortunate to have at least one Q when Nancy Wards CH Newpoint Southwind Let it Snow RAE JH managed a 100 with a time of 59.07 and a Second Place in Novice B. That was it for Standard.

The JWW course appeared difficult to me but in reality a rather high Q rate was recorded for this class. I asked Judge Beth Godwin about this and she pointed out the dogs "line" was away from the most difficult options, so although the course looked tough, it ran much cleaner. We again had a single qualifier with Sandy McDonald's Berlin's Bonuse Points v Hawkeye CDX RE NA managed a Second Place in Novice B JWW with some time faults and a score of 96 at 42.94 seconds.

This was a great day with a lot of cheering and happiness. Although only two GSPs qualified throughout the entire day, our competitors had fun competing, sharing stories, and cheering on my local community which exhibited their normal extraoridnary skills in this sport.

Our morning started with rain but cleared to blue skies where the majectic Pikes Peak, over 40 miles away, broke through with a bright white vista across the western horizon. As the day wore on the clouds moved back in and we had heavy rain during much of the late afternoon -- very unusual for Colorado (it is normally snow :-) )!!

I must say that our club presented itself well to the regional competitors -- time after time I would hear comments about the athletic GSPs, how strong they are, how enthusiastic they are, and how driven they are. We were bombarded by small birds in the afternoon, including a full out point by one of our Novice A competitors to the delight of the local agility community.

Again our ribbons were commented on, and the efficiency of the trial resulting from my trial committes hard work throughout the day. I peraonlly had a great time and am proud of the face the GSPCA presented here -- we did well folks!

Tomorrow is GSP only day and I had competitor after competitor with other breeds offer to help at our Monday trial -- isn't agility great.

I'm looking forward to Judge Beth Godwin's courses tomorrow, including the FAST class which we did not offer at the all-breed trials. It should be another fantastic day.

I'm hoping the crappy weather hangs around through Tuesday for the tracking dogs (this moist cloud cover is perfect for tracking) and that we have the clouds disappear and the sun return for the main NSS events starting on Wednesday.

I'll report on tomorrow's trial in the evening tomorrow. Now I'm going to download some pictures for the PerformanceGSPs list and for Missy -- will be blogging with you tomorrow night!

Dave

David Nauer

GSPCA 2009 NSS Agility Trial Chairman

Agility Day 2

2009-05-03T21:40:00.002-04:00

Beth Godwin -- Our Judge for Sunday and Monday

Our only MACH GSP at the NSS this year -- Stacy Moss and Livie -- doing the Weaves in Excellent B JWW

Last Years BOB winner Dev and Nancy Ward running the Excellent JWW course!

Local Competitor Diane Nokes and Rayne performing a Jump in Excellent JWW

Jeri Fishack shows the skills of distance handling at the weaves!

Agility Day 2

2009-05-03T21:34:00.002-04:00

Local Competitor Susan Maltby and her solid liver GSP Cocoa (Image of Cocoa Brown OA AXJ NF) on course in Excellent JWW!

Jeri Fishak finishing the course !!

Local Denver competitor Marscha Hubbs and Blitzen trying to decide on whether the tunnel is the right place to go (it isn't) :-)

Agility Day 1

2009-05-02T23:55:00.000-04:00

What a great day of Agility. The weather in Colorado right now is very cold and wet -- we had moist rain most of the day -- hard to believe we are high altitude arid -- no mountains, only grey and wet with temperatures in the low 40s. For me and the dog a great temperature -- I went most of the day without a jacket and just a GSPCA rescue t-shirt on.

The Moss' had a portable heater they used and our Texas crew was bundled up like we had below zero temperatures.

Dev -- the 2008 NSS BOB winner -- had a chute malfuction where the chute separated from the barrel -- although Nancy looked a little shaken, Dev was not bothered by the incident - -what a great temperament!

Stacy had two great runs for a QQ today.

Judge Debby Funk gave us challenging courses that were fun to run -- the standard course had great flow although it had several challenges that caught many folks.

GSPs Qualifying today:

Stacy Moss and MACH Sharpmtn's OU Live to Play XF -- FIRST PLACE 100 42.79 Excellent B Std 24"

Jeri Fishack and Stills Heaven Cent CD RE MX MXJ XF -- Qualified 100 31.76 Excellent B JWW 20"

Stacy Moss and MACH Sharpmtn's OU Live to Play XF -- Second Place 100 32.06 Excellent B JWW 24"

Susan Maltby and Image of Cocoa Brown OA AXJ NF -- Fourth Place 100 35.97 Excellent B JWW

It is possible I missed someone, so my apologies if I did - it is hard to go through a full catalog, especially tonight.

More to come tomorrow --

Dave

David Nauer

GSPCA NSS 2009 Agility Chairman

Agility Day 1

2009-05-02T23:54:00.000-04:00

Judge Debby Funk measuring the course.

Agility Day 1

2009-05-02T23:49:00.000-04:00

Latigo Trails Standard Excellent Ring layout with competitor on course

Jan Hasart and Piper (CH Robin Crest Piper Sonoma CD RAE JH NAP NJP) at the table

What cold??? Nancy Ward and Holly Faught's Mother (not sure of her name!) bundled up in the arena!

Agility Day 1 ~ Last Year's National Specialty BOB Winner

2009-05-02T23:18:00.000-04:00

Last year's Best of Breed winner on course with Nancy Ward handling Dev -- CH Ehrenvogel Daredevil VCD2 RAE JH OAP OJP OF OFP

Agility Day 1

2009-05-02T23:11:00.000-04:00

Sandy McDonald bundled up in the arena.

Agility ~ May 1, 2009

2009-05-01T20:46:00.000-04:00

Setting up for the agility trial ~ Jeri Fishak, David Nauer, Nancy Ward, Holly Faught, Sandy McDonald (sitting), Stacy Moss, and Jeff Moss.