Our Last Dog Show for the Year?

Maybe...., our dogs Max and Keesha will miss the year end dog show again at the Kennel Club. Little chance to get our last Local Medals for this year in Obedience, Agility and Jumpers. But we do have plans to organise our next USDAA Titling Event in December so watch out for it.


Meantime, we are prepping for our trip to the US with our dogs. Starting off with Alan Tay's Seminar this weekend. Alan came down on Sunday especially to watch the Agility and Jumpers trials. We have some interesting reviews about it. Anyways Keesha swept the Novice Agility and Jumpers Trials Championship with a single round each (no more 2 try chances and pick the best time, like the last few trials) also getting her JD title finally after absence from the Local Agility scene for totalling almost a year. Max loss by 0.22secs time fault with his clear round in Open Jumpers that is the first time he has a time fault which really tickle us. But to win back, he got his Open Obedience Championship Title again by participating this time with the new change in the Obedience Rules again that took effect in June 2008, well done my boy! We have been putting off our Baby Benji's training in Obedience and Agility for quite a bit now, it is time to put more concentration on him. Although he Qed to go to the Grand Prix Quarterfinals in the US this year, we will not be taking him there as we feel he is not ready for the long distance travel as he can be a nervous rack in his crate and we need to work on that before he can travel that far.

While doing the Sit Stay and Down Stay exercises off site some of us were just talking about the changes in the new rules and the wasted cost of buying our wooden and metal Utility scented articles all the way from the states. We bought 3 sets about 2 years back for USD600 plus not included shipping cost(@1.68 xchange rate) by the way they are up for sale if anyone is interested. One was saying at least we manage to use it while his was "New". hee hee. I suggested doing a dog show demo with them at least it will not go to waste.

With our busy weeks, we were glad we manage to 'steal' some quality bits of time here and there to train our dogs. Training is one thing, we also have to make sure our dogs are healthy and strong both Physically and Mentally same for us humans. But regularly you will hear of our (humans) complaints of aches and pains in Chinese you call them 'jiu sang' (old pain) coming back.

Talk about busy!@ We totally forgot to load up the pictures of our 3rd USDAA Trials and also videos! Arggghhh!! We are so so late. Apologies! Will try to load them up as soon as we can guys!

What does Dog Agility and the Olympics have in common?

Answer:




It is amazing what technology is nowadays. For pin point accuracy: Dartfish software is used in the Olympics and any other sports that requires detailed information on performance, movements, posture, direction, comparisons etc. No more guesswork when training. This is so cool! I believe our sports team here is Singapore is also using Dartfish during training.



Alan Tay who own Dartfish for Dog Agility has flown here to introduce to us how Dartfish has helped him and his dog improve in their Agility Performances and helped him and his students in their training. It is one supercool software but it does come with a price.

Alan Tay who lives in Colorado, has a Beautiful 100 by 100ft Agility Field in his ranch for his own training with his dogs and for his students. He owns Powerpups School for Dog Agility. We were very happy to have met him at the Cynosports Games last year while we were competing! You know the feeling of meeting a fellow Singaporean in a foreign country. Alan's very tech savvy and it will be a great boost to us with his knowledge in Agility training and competitions. Alan's holding an Agility Clinic next weekend and he allows 8 working spots for the 2 days only so 3 more spaces left. Unlimited Audit spaces are available!

(Correction as of todate is 1 working spot remain and unlimited Audit spaces!)


http://www.geocities.com/the_pups/AlanTayAgilitySeminar.html



We welcome Alan to Singapore and wish him an enjoyable stay here!

Singapore World Team heading to Cynosport World Games 2008!

Singapore World Team heading to Cynosport World Games 2008!

It is confirmed, we have a team of six dogs and handlers heading to the Most Prestigous Dog Agility World Championships in Cynosport World Games 2008 at Scottsdale Arizona USA.

Team Captain - Mr Dexter Sim

Three Teams of 16" dogs
- Ms Shanice Tan and her Shetland Sheepdog, NOVA
- Ms Jazzmine Ng and her Shetland Sheepdog, PRINCE &
- Ms Elsa Soo and her Mini Schanzuer, WHISKY

Three Teams of 22" dogs
- Mr Kenneth Chen and his Border Collie, KAISER
- Ms Debra Sim and her Australian Shepherd, KEESHA &
- Mr Dexter Sim and his Border Collie, MAX.

Our teams have qualified for the Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Championships, US$ 10K Dog Agility Steeplechase World Championships and Dog Agility Masters, Three Dog Team World Championships.

In order to fill you guys with the complete information, we have the following teams qualified for the Cynosport World Games 2008 in Singapore. Here they are;

1) Shanice Tan with her Shetland Sheepdog NOVA,

2) Jazzmine Ng with her Shetland Sheepdog PRINCE,

3) Elsa Soo with her Mini Schnazuer WHISKY,

4) Edmund Chan with his Border Collie HERBIE,

5) Dexter Sim with his Border Collie BENJI,

6) Christine Ang with her Border Collie MICKY,

7) Kenneth Chen with his Border Collie KAISER,

8) Debra Sim with her Australian Shepherd KEESHA, &

9) Dexter Sim with his Border Collie MAX.

Congrats to all our local qualifiers, you have indeed make Singapore proud!

3RD USDAA INTERNATIONAL DOG AGILITY SANCTIONED TRIALS 5TH/6TH JULY 2008!

Tournament Qualifiers

Group Photo

We've yet another successful USDAA International Dog Agility Sanctioned Trials last weekends on 05/06 July 2008 at West Coast Park Dog Run. Enclosed are the results for your information.

We have 4 Qs in our Performance 1 Agility and 4 Qs in our Starters Jumpers Titling Programmes. As for the Tournament Class, we've 6 Qs for the Three Dog Team Masters Agility Class and 6 are eligible to compete in the World Championships in Scottsdale Arizona this OCT'08. Well done Guys!

I must said, we are all very blessed. Thanked God for the great weather. Rains and breeze were given to help us and your dogs to adjust to the harsh weather.

We want to thank our Judges Kenneth Chen, Debra Sim, Dexter Sim, Christine Ang and Vincent John for their professionalism that enable our trials to be operated in such smooth fashion. We also want to thank our sponsors.... Eagle Pack and PetsCity and Supported by National Park Board.

Not forgetting our volunteers......Anderson, Gail, Nicole, Yulin, Karma, TK, Agnes, Alvin and all who lend their hands. Without you, this events will not be successful.

Thanks to all who turn up for these events and I hope you have enjoyed this Great Sport of Dog Agility.

FCI Dog Agility World Championships 2008!

Remember Toshi? Well he did it again! 3 days ago, he won 1st in the FCI Selection test for Japan representatives! He is going to Helsinki, Finland this year for the World Championships with Queen Bee, his female BC. We are all very excited for him! It was only last year he was number 11th in the World Rankings. Way to go Toshi! Way to go Queen Bee!