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PAST EVENTS
Bethel Park Community Day September 2010
Just a Walk in the Park May 2009
Results
We would like to thank
Jonie Birkinbine for coming to Pittsburgh all the way from Columbus, OH,
to be our trial photographer. If you wish to contact her, the
email address is
poodlemomphotos@gmail.com.
Picture by Poodle Mom Photos
Pictures
Everyone seemed to
enjoyed it (dogs and handlers).
We had lots of good food and raffle baskets, and a very nice
judge. The results are posted
below. The highlight of the
trial was Tom Bandi and Tiffany earning their Teacup Agile Dog
Champion (TACh) title, the highest title in Teacup.
To earn their TACh, they had to earn 10 qualifying scores in
both Standard and Games courses after earning their Standard
Superior and Games III titles.
Tom and Tiffany are the first KCTC team to earn a TACh.
Tiffany is not only an accomplished agility dog, she is also a
certified Therapy Dog and is an active member of the KCTC K-9ers. Pictured
above are Tom, wife and ardent supporter Phyllis, Tiffany, and Judge
Debbie Nosse. Picture by Rosanne Minich. 
Our October
8 - 9 Teacup trial had a record number of dogs and
handlers. Thanks to all who competed and volunteered to help.
Saturday
Sunday
Standard 1
Standard 4
Standard 2
Standard 5
Standard 3
Standard 6
Super Dog
Rabbit Express
Lucky 13
Minuet
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Our
April 2011 Teacup Agility trial was our biggest yet - 158 runs with 24
dogs!
TDAA Results
Saturday
Sunday
A big thanks goes out to all those those who manned the Keystone Canine booth at the Bethel Park Community Center on September 11th, 2010. The K-9ers also performed a Doo Wop routine for this event on the Community Day stage. Some of the volunteers include those pictured at right, Patti Degnan, Edward Moore, Caroline Chapman, Amy Sandhagen, and Phil Chapman. Othere volunteers not in the photo include Dee Farrell, Kelly Choate, Pauline Kitchen, Pattie Ennis, and Carol Kauffman (Posted 9-15-2010)
TEACCUP TRIAL OCTOBER 9 - 10, 2010
Our 4th Teacup trial was a great success. We received a lot of positive comments about our new building, and how smoothly everything went. It was particularly nice to have a separate area for crating.
According to the TDAA software, the top dogs in the trial were:
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4" - Schilling (Joan Kimmel), also best overall dog in the trial
8" - Pixie (Dee Farrell)
12" - Molly (Pete Grandillo Sr.)
Congratulations to all the dogs who won ribbons. And thank you to
all the workers who helped make the trial such a success! Our next
trial is confirmed for April 30 - May 1, 2011 (the week after
Easter).
Hope to see you there! Dan Goldberg, Pam Lewis and Amy Wustin
A big thanks goes to Wendy Loreti for the great photos!
If people want to contact Wendy for the photos, please email her at WendyLoreti@aol.com
Also, you may view Todd's photos by clicking
here
or email by
email
A Picture of All the Competitors.
Our April 2010 Teacup Trial was a big success. We had 27 dogs doing a total of 128 runs over both days. It was the first trial to use our beautiful new Teacup equipment. We also had delicious food and lots of raffle baskets. And luckily the rain held off for most of the weekend. Thanks to all our volunteers!
KCTC dogs who qualified (some more than once) include Molly (Pete Grandillo Sr.), Heidi (Sue Wray), Amber (Tom Bandi), Sadie (Lori Miller), Sadie (Emil Pohodich), Pixie (Dee Farrell), Tiffany (Tom Bandi), and Fox (Toni Yurkovic).
The top dogs at each jump height (according to TDAA) were:
4 inch: Amber, handled by Tom Bandi
8 inch: Sadie, handled by Lori Miller
12 inch: Gidget, handled by Mary Bartosh
A big thanks goes to Wendy Loreti for the great photos!
If people want to contact Wendy for the photos, please email her at WendyLoreti@aol.com
On Sunday October 4th, Keystone helped with Barktoberfest on behalf of Angel Ridge Animal Rescue at the South Park fairground field near the Museum Bldg. Thanks to all who helped.
Keystone Canine Training Club was out and about again. We were invited to set up a table at the Paws for Life Walk and Exhibition at the main track at South Park on Saturday May 6, 2009. We met a lot of very nice “dog people” and everyone had a good time. We would like to also express our thanks to the members of KCTC who helped to set up and maintain the table. Many Thanks.
The Keystone K9er’s were asked to perform one of their themed demos. They decided on the Doo Wop Theme, and it was well received by all those that were there. Susie Roberts from the Bethel Park TV show “LETS TALK TAILWAGGERS,” was there and she interviewed the K9er’s and asked if she can tape another of our demos for her show.
All in all, it was another happy day in the life of KCTC Members.
(Final Posting 4-5-2009)
Our first-ever Teacup agility trial was held March 20 – 22, and was a big success. Over 25 handlers participated, and there were almost 120 runs throughout the weekend. We started on Friday night with a seminar by our Judge, Donni Breadon, who educated us on the Teacup rules and types of courses. We then had two runs.
On Saturday and Sunday, we had four runs each day, consisting of both Standard courses and Games. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, and many competitors asked us when we would be doing this again! The event was featured in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette South edition, along with a photo. Some pictures from the trial are included below, courtesy of Joanne Kerfonta. A number of KCTC handlers and dogs participated and most did very well, earning placement ribbons, qualification ribbons, and (in some cases) new titles!
Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help clean and tidy-up the club, move the mats, direct the parking, arrange for food, raffles, and the porta-potty, help with registration and scoring, help in the ring as scribes, stewards and leash-runners, etc. They are too numerous to mention by name! We tentatively plan to have another Teacup trial at KCTC this fall.
Photos from the Trial
