WAG 'N Tales THE NEWS TEAM TABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIAL BULLETIN: Lor et Bar t ol. Paul Engemann. Sandy RAPEY. Monique Engemann.

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1 May 15, 2015 Issue No. 1 WAG 'N Tales THE NEWS TEAM Welcome to the WAG new sletter! The pur pose of this document is to help the member ship stay infor med and have a fun way to communicate. Each issue is scheduled to appear ever y other month on the 15th. To star t off the the fir st issue, w e w ould like to intr oduce you to our team: Lor et Bar t ol Paul Engemann Sandy RAPEY TABLE OF CONTENTS - New sletter Committee - Boar d Meeting Minutes - Welcome to New Member s - Susan Salo Jump Gr id Seminar Review - Featur ed Ar ticle: Puppy fitness that fits the puppy - Top Dog Agility Leagues - New in the WAG Libr ar y - New Agility Star s Monique Engemann - Intr oduction to UKI - WAG Ring Rental Etiquette & Fun Tr aining Websites Jan Sund - WAG Member & Dog Spotlight - WAG 'N Rights - titles, br ags, announcem ents, etc. Roxanne Tapaninen - WAG Happenings - Calendar of Upcoming Events - WAG Boar d Contact Info SPECIAL BULLETIN: Gener al Mem ber shi p Meet i ng: Fr iday, May 22nd at 7:30pm No Cl asses dur ing May 24t h - 30t h for Memor ial Day No Cl asses dur ing June 28t h - July 3r d for Independence Day

2 Boar d Meet ing Minut es Summar y April 14th, 2015 Boar d Appr oval s... - Rock Valley is offer ing to pay WAG member s w ho help w or k at their 2015 tr ial and is asking if this is acceptable. Boar d appr oved. - Patti Jo r equested per mission to hold a TDAA tr ial the w eekend of August 8th and 9th. Boar d appr oved. - Gail Ray asked if the 2016 Health Clinic could be scheduled for Febr uar y 21, Date is available. Boar d appr oved. - Lor et Bar tol r equested June 21, 2015 fr om 12:30 to 1:30 for a dr op-in class for Level 3 for 5 students. Boar d appr oved. - Toni Reeves r equested per mission to stor e V set equipment at WAG building. Boar d appr oved, but stor age is at Toni?s r isk of potential damage to equipment w hich she accepted. - Changes Boar d appr oved at the Febr uar y boar d meeting: - Fine for late w or ker hour shor tages has been incr eased to $10/hour - Fine for late dues has been initiated at $10 - Boar d appr oved letting BIS (Bitches In Season) in class for the next six months and w ill r eevaluate after that. Ow ner s w ill still get class cr edit if they chose not to br ing their BIS. Patti Jo w ill contact the Fun match committee for their feedback on allow ing BIS at the fun matches. MEMBERS FYI... - CPE Changes: 5th Class to be added to the July and September tr ials - Review of the Sur vey Results to be held at the next Gener al Member ship Meeting on May 22nd - Building negotiations for Genoa City was initiated w ith a letter of intent and discussions ar e in pr ogr ess. Additional facilities ar e also being looked at. Contact Toni if you have a r ecom m ended site to consider. - An incident occur r ed on Febr uar y 28 betw een tw o dogs dur ing r ing r ental. Details w ill be discussed in executive session. This incident spaw ned the development of a r ing etiquette document to be sent to member s and students. sent. - To incr ease UKC tr ial entr ies, suggestions w er e made to include UKC equipment at fun matches and to pr ovide an over view of the venue. It was decided that separ ate fun matches for UKC close to a tr ial w ould be better than tr ying to incor por ate UKC specific equipment into a r egular fun match. Joy and Bill volunteer ed to w or k on the over view and fun match activities. - Puppy class w ill be held on Sundays at 5 PM star ting w ith Session 2 in AKC tr ial entr y fee incr ease was pr oposed after r eview ing show entr y fees that other clubs char ge. Sever al pr oposals w er e pr esented concer ning fee str uctur es, w or ker car d values and limits. Recommendation was to discuss ideas w ith AKC committee and also to wait to make a decision until new building lease r ate finalized. - Shelly stated the next UKC tr ial is in October, the application is in and Bill Quandt is judging. Joy w ill head up having a special match w ith TDAA, UKC, CPE combined. - New r ing r ental calendar is coming. We w ill be moving fr om Yahoo Gr oups to Google Calendar to help w ith ease of use for both the r enter, as w ell as for the Ring Rental Coor dinator. If you'd like to see a complete summar y of the minutes, r efer ence them on the WAG w ebsite located, HERE. **NOTE: Use the same password as the Members Only Page on the WAGAGILITY.COM website to access the word document** WELCOME TO Our Newest MEMBERS!! JENNI FER & ROBERT DAROI S

3 SUSAN SALO DEVELOPING BALANCE, STRIDE AND SCOPE IN YOUR AGILITY DOG Author: Paul Engemann On Mar ch 26-28th 2015, my 2 year old Austr alian Shepher d, Sylvie, and I attended the Susan Salo Jump Gr id 3-day Wor kshop at Think Paw sitive. The w or kshop was available for dogs of all ages? fr om a 10 w eek old Cor gi to a 10 year old Weimar aner, and of cour se, all sizes including an Otter Hound. The mater ials focused on the six separ ate components of per for mance jumping and the impor tance of having a specific methodology in place for teaching your dog the mechanics of good jumping. Susan demonstr ated sever al Foundation Gr ids w ith w hich you and your dog then pr acticed under her watchful eye. At the foundation level, ther e is initially no motion fr om the handler. The techniques w ill either be per for med by r ecalling or sending the dog to a tar get. Susan Salo has over 35 year s of exper ience in the w or ld of show jumping as both a competitor and a pr ofessional tr ainer. She has r idden for many year s w ith some of the nation's most noted hor semen including Gene Lew is, Geor ge Mor r is, and the late Jimmy Williams. Susan br ings her extensive exper ience of combining speed w ith jumping to the spor t of dog agility. Day 1: Set-Poi nt & St r i di ng Set-point is essentially w her e the dog steps into the jump ar ea and jumps. We star ted low, and w or ked our way up to height. Height is the last thing that Susan teaches for dogs. Pr oper technique is str essed mor e impor tantly than height. Height is easy to teach if the dog has pr oper technique. To assist w ith teaching the pr oper technique, Susan tr ains the dog to jump one cup higher than their jump height. (IE: For a dog that jumps 12 inch, Susan w ould typically tr ain that dog to jump 14 inches.) Additionally, she uses an ascending extended double as w ell, so that the dogs lear n the pr oper for m to jump. An ascending extended double for a 12 inch dog was configur ed by using 2 single bar jumps that w er e spr ead out to let the dog elongate over the jump. The fir st jump in the configur ation w ould be set at 10 inches, w hile the second jump w ould be set at 12 inches. The str iding dr ills w er e all str aight str ides w ith the bar s always set at 6 inches for the big dogs, 2 inches for the small dogs. Continued on the next page... PUPPY FITNESS With a number of new puppies joining our r anks and star ting to funnel into the agility r ing, it is always appr opr iate to r emind our selves of the age appr opr iate guidelines for pr oper exer cise of puppies. This ar ticle pr ovides loads of w onder ful infor mation about a gr ow ing puppy and how to best exer cise them w ithout causing too much fatigue or injur y. To r ead the full ar ticle and r eceive a fr ee Puppy Exer cising Char t, CLICK HERE.

4 SUSAN SALO DEVELOPING BALANCE, STRIDE AND SCOPE IN YOUR AGILITY DOG Continued... Height was not impor tant in this exer cise as the jumps w er e set 3 feet apar t w ith a minimum of 5 jumps in the gr id. This exer cise taught the dog both collection and to bounce over each bar. Day 2: Sl i ces, Set-Poi nt, & St r i di ng The str iding exer cises w er e differ ent this time ar ound, w e r emoved jump 4, so that dogs w ould need to take a str ide befor e jumping. We star ted the distance betw een Jump 3 and 4 at 15 feet, and then moved it out to a max of 19 feet and then moved it closer again. After each successful r epetition, the distance w ould be adjusted. Again, these bar s w er e all low? for the big dogs, jumps 1 thr ough 3 w er e set at 6 inches and the last jump was set at 8 or 12 inches. You can eventually move the last jump to height, but the goal is str iding not height. The second exer cise of the day was slices both to the left and then r ight sides. This was done w ith thr ee jumps. The bar placements in this example is for a big dog - the fir st jump was set to 6 inches, the second was set to 16 inches, and the last jump set at 6 inches. Ther e was 6 foot spacing placed betw een each of the jumps and w e set the dogs back about 3 feet fr om the fir st jump. The jumps of the gr id w er e offset fr om each other at about 18 to 24 inches. (Click HERE for sam ple video.) Day 3: Bend Wor k In this exer cise, 5 Jumps w er e used to assist the dogs to bend both to the r ight and left. Jumps wer e all set on an angle and the bar s set at 6 inches dow n to the 4 inch cup on the inside of the jump. The spacing was about 6 feet fr om the middle of each jump to the middle of the next jump on an ar c. The goal is for the dog to take the jumps tightly. (Click HERE for sample video) In this video you can see the layout of the gr id. The second gr id of the day was similar to the fir st day of the seminar w her e w e had 5 jumps in a r ow ; how ever, in this ver sion Susan had incr easing distances betw een each bar. (IE: Fir st jump, then 6 feet; second jump, then 7 feet; thir d jump, then 8 feet; four th Bar, then 9 feet to the last bar.) This gr id taught var ious distances betw een the bar s and the dogs w er e not supposed to str ide betw een them. It was to teach to single and double bounce ver sus str iding betw een jumps. For the puppies, Susan used a distance fr om 5 to 8 feet betw een jumps. This dr ill is intended to be per for med after the bend w or k to lengthen the muscles fr om being so tight after the bend w or k, her e they can extend them. In Sum m ar y Susan offer s a unique per spective and know ledge of the mechanical aspects of jumping w hich, w hen pr oper ly applied, can cr eate muscle memor y and balance for the canine athlete. Not to be confused w ith handling seminar s, her lessons and w or kshops focus entir ely on the dog? building better jumping skills and instilling mor e confidence and speed. Tr aining w ith Susan is an oppor tunity to develop your "eye" and w itness dogs lear ning about balance, str iding, and scope until jumping becomes effor tless for them. Over all, it was a gr eat exper ience for a younger dog just star ting to jump and w ill definitely help in the futur e of under standing and implementing jumping skills. My only dow nside was that w e didn?t get into handler motion, w hich is w her e my dog cur r ently str uggles. How ever, I now have the tools to keep her looking ahead and can w or k a lot of the movement on my ow n w ith the set point and str iding dr ills. For those w onder ing, the cor gi didn?t see a bar the w hole w eekend, he used jump bumps for ever ything - small bumps for str iding and the lar ge bump for simulating height. Want t o l ear n mor e about Susan Sal o's t echniques? Refer ence her Jump Gr id Wor kbooks and other mater ials located on the Cl ean Run w ebsite.

5 TOP SECRET!! NATIONAL DOG AGILITY LEAGUE Author: M onique Engemann Top Dog - Nat i onal Dog Agi l i t y League Catch the new tr end coming to an agility club near you. This new tr end is defined as an?agility League?? w hich best simulates a bow ling league. The concept is to incor por ate teams of par ticipants w hich r un a specific cour se ever y w eek, month, or w hatever time the set of teams ar e able to meet! What ar e t he gener al r ul es? To play you must r egister your dog w ith Top Dog, and your dog must be at least 12 months old to star t playing; how ever, keeping in mind the potential obstacles involved in that month?s cour se setup? w eaves, contacts, etc. that the dog may or may not be r eady or able to per for m. League Agility has the follow ing jump heights? 4?, 8?, 12?, 16?, and 20?? any dogs measur ing over 20? w ould r un in the 20? jump height. The gener al concept is that a cour se is r un and scor ed similar to USDAA?s Steeplechase? a dog is scor ed based on total time to complete the cour se, w ith any faults acquir ed being added to the cour se time (IE: Dog completes the cour se in 29 seconds but had an off cour se 5 second fault? the total time w ould be 29 seconds + 5 seconds = 34 total seconds). Didn?t like your fir st attempt? Top Dog also allow s you to call a Mulligan! What is a Mulligan? Basically, a do over. Depending on your league, you have the option to r edo your fir st attempt for a better scor e! Also, the cour ses ar e not only Steeplechase. Ther e ar e other games and cour ses that can be played such as Snooker, Jumper s, etc. depending on the challenge that month. Can you Ti t l e? Yes! In addition to just having fun w ith your fr iends and fur r y par tner, NDAL also has a titling pr ogr am. Her e is a list of some of the titles you could ear n: - Top Dog Beginner (TDB) - Top Dog Inter m ediate (TDI) - Top Dog Super ior (TDS) What ar e t he cost s? To r egister your dog, it is cur r ently a one-time $10 per dog fee to Top Dog. The cost to play w ould depend on the amount the club w ould char ge. For example, the tr aining center might char ge $16 a dog for an eight w eek league. This w ould cover a league secr etar y fee and TDAP r ecor ding fees. Want to l ear n m or e? Her e ar e some r efer ences to help under stand mor e about league play, how to get star ted, and gener al r ules that follow as both a par ticipant or a host club: CLICK HERE for mor e infor mation! What 's New at t he WAG Li br ar y? - Jumping w ith Motion - by Susan Salo - Fun Fast and Fabulous Weaves - by Silvia Tr kman - Tr aining Solutions for Weave Poles and Pr oofing Exer cise - by Rachel Sander s - Success w ith One Jump - by Susan Gar r ett Recom m ended DVD & Book - DVD: How to Massage Your dog - by Mar ia Duthie - BOOK: The Healthy Way to Str etch Your Dog - by Sasha & Ashley Foster Rem i nder - Check-In Book s or DVDs you have check ed out! WAG LIBRARY Want to check out a Book or DVD? Simply fill out a car d and place it in the small black file box located on the libr ar y shelf in the WAG office. Have a Book or DVD you'd l i k e added to t he Li br ar y? Or one you'd l i k e to r ecom m end on t he Newsl et ter? Contact Roxanne Tapani hnr t ap@com cast.net to have it featur ed in our next issue!

6 Int r oducing... WAG'S NEWEST AGILITY STARS! AUSTIN & KATIE WAG's Mar ch, 2015 AKC Tr ial They Qualified in their JW W classes! KASEY & DENISE MORJAL WAG's Mar ch, 2015 AKC Tr ial They Qualified in their STD class! LEAH & JENNIFER STEVENS Car Dun Al's May, 2015 AKC Tr ial They Qualified in their STD class! MOON & LORET WAG's Mar ch, 2015 AKC Tr ial They had a lot of fun and some w onder ful moments! SLICK & JOYCE WAG's Mar ch, 2015 AKC Tr ial They Qualified in their JWW class! HAVE A DEBUT YOU'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE? Contact Moni que Engem l ovei sbl ueasb@gm ai l.com to be featur ed in our next issue!

7 AN INTRODUCTION TO... Author: Loret Bartol About UK Agi l i t y Inter nat i onal UK Agility Inter national is r un by Gr eg and Laur a Der r ett. Gr eg and Laur a founded UK Agility in England in UK Agility has thousands of member s in Gr eat Br itain. The number of show s held under UK Agility r ules is gr ow ing each year w ith tr ials being held near ly ever y w eekend thr oughout the UK. Because of the gr ow th and inter est in the Eur opean style cour ses, Gr eg and Laur a intr oduced UK Agility Inter national to Nor th Amer ica! The Mission of UK Agility Inter national (UKI) is to pr ovide agility dog competitions that ar e designed w ith all competitor s in mind; enabling all dogs to achieve a level of success, w hile pr omoting high standar ds in competing, tr aining and judging of agility dogs. UKI has been developed to pr omote the gr ow th of agility w ith the thought of safety and fun for ever y dog. In addition, UKI encour ages the advancement in tr aining using r ewar d based tr aining methods. This not only helps to foster a better pet and handler connection, but also suppor ts the atmospher e of a r elaxed and fr iendly envir onment for dogs, family and spectator s. Local UKI Tr ial s 6/20-6/21 - Lucky Dog --- Plainfield, IL 6/27-6/28 - Agility At the Far m --- Campton Hills, IL 7/11-7/12 - Lucky Dog --- Plainfield, IL 8/29-8/30 - Lucky Dog --- Plainfield, IL 9/19-9/20 - Flint Cr eek Dogs --- Antioch, IL How Do I Get St ar ted? Register at w w w.uk agi l i t yi nter nat i onal.com Or dow nload a paper r egistr ation fr om any entr y for m or UKI's w eb site. Once you ar e r egister ed you w ill have an account w hich allow s you to enter any UKI tr ial. This again can either be done online or by dow nloading an entr y for m and mailing it in. What ar e t he di f fer ent Divi si ons? Ther e ar e 4 levels at w hich to pr ogr ess thr ough. If your dog has not competed at other venues at the time of r egister ing w ith UKI, he w ill star t in Beginner s. Check the tr ansfer table for the equivalent level if your dog has competed elsew her e. Use the highest STANDARD AGILITY level/title. You must also use the highest STANDARD AGILITY level if com peting in m ultiple venues. UKI has r egular jump heights at 8", 12", 16", 20", 22", and 26", as w ell as a Nur ser y and Select pr ogr am w hich allow s a 4" jump height. Nur ser y is a class for young dogs betw een the age of 15 and 18 months wanting to compete. Select is for dogs needing to jump one w hole jump height low er than their measur ed height. Ot her Fun Fact s about UKI - Tr aining is allow ed w ith non-audible toy (NFC) - Tr y befor e you buy option - Similar game classes as AKC, USDAA, & CPE - Online r egistr ation and entr ies available Inter ested? Want to k now m or e? Use the links below to pr ovide mor e details about how to r egister and how to star t competing in the new est agility venue in the ar ea! UKI Website: w w w.uk agi l i t yi nter nat i onal.com UKI Quick Star t Guide: CLICK HERE Click HERE for a video fr om the 2014 UKI US Open!

8 WAG RENTAL ETIQUETTE SOME COMMON ETIQUETTE GUIDELINES The WAG building is open for anyone to come in and out at any time. When you ar e r enting, you ar e r enting the r ing not the entir e building. At times ther e w ill be business that needs to be conducted w hile you ar e ther e. It is r ecommended w hen you ar r ive to leave your dog(s) in the car and look thr ough the window in the door or stick your head in to make sur e it's safe for you to enter. This also aler ts the cur r ent r enter that you ar e her e and w ill be enter ing the building. Some dogs ar e r eactive to other dogs or people and may char ge w hoever is coming in. Some dogs ar e over ly fr iendly and may r ace to the door to gr eet someone coming in. If you have your dog(s) w ith you, it could becom e a volatile or unstable situation. If you ar e t he r enter and it is about five minutes befor e your time ends and you know ther e is someone coming in after you, please be awar e the next per son w ill be ar r iving and enter ing the building. FUN RING RENTAL Tr aining Ideas Bad dog Agil it y Bad Dog Agility pr ovides lots of gr eat infor mation and PODcasts on handling, skill building, and gr eat fr ee infor mation you can lever age w hen w or king w ith your dog. Agil it y Ner d Steve Schwar z, the or iginal Agility Ner d, also pr ovides lots of gr eat infor mation on handling, skill building, and gr eat fr ee infor mation. Whether you ar e enter ing or leaving the building, please make sur e you shut the door tight. The door doesn't always latch pr oper ly, and on w indy days it can blow the door open making a gr eat escape for a dog w ho decides to r un. This applies anytime you ar e at WAG w hether for r ing r ental, classes, tr ials, etc. Please look ar ound befor e you leave to make sur e your dog did not have an accident that you ar e not awar e of. If your dog has had an accident and you clean it up, please put the clean up items away and dispose of the mess outside. Ther e have been a number of times clean up supplies ar e left elsew her e in the building along w ith the bagged mess. No one should have to finish putting away the items or thr ow ing away the mess because you for got. It is also har d for the next per son to find clean up items if they ar e not put back w her e they belong. If you have moved equipment and / or put mor e equipment on the floor you must put it back dur ing your r ental time, not after war ds w hile the next r enter is star ting their time. For example, if you r ented the r ing fr om 3-4pm and you moved equipment or put extr a equipment on the floor, you must put it back befor e the end of your hour by 4pm. Rem em ber i t i s your r esponsi bi l i t y to check to see i f t her e i s som eone af ter you. No matter how much later someone is coming after you, please do not tur n off the lights and make sur e you lock all the door s. If anyone has any questions please feel fr ee to the boar d at WAG_Boar d@wagagi l i t y.com. d.com ONeMIND Dogs OneMind Dogs pr ovides a lot of gr eat skill building and pr oofing techniques that can be pr acticed. OneMind Dogs have some fr ee ar ticles; how ever, a subscr iption is needed for access to all mater ials they offer. w w.onem inddogs.com/ Dog Agil it y videos Although the focus is on teams per for ming agility, ther e ar e some videos loaded to this site w ith tr aining techniques that ar e fr ee and pr ovide gr eat skill building exer cises. HAVE A WEBSITE YOU WOULD RECOMMEND? If you have a tr aining w ebsite that you'd like to shar e w ith the member ship, please contact Moni que Engem l ovei sbl ueasb@gm ai l.com to be featur ed in our next issue!

9 AND THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON... HANDLER: RENEE M ENINI SANDY RAPEY (SR): Renee, w hat types of dogs have you had and w hat types of tr aining have you done? RENEE: I?ve had labs (Whiskey) and Ber nese Mountain dogs (Bailey and Mor gan*all at the Rainbow Br idge). I cur r ently ow n Skyy and Pepper, a yellow and a black lab r espectively. I?ve done obedience, r ally, dock diving, tr ick, hunting, car ting and tr acking tr aining, and of cour se now, agility. SR: When and how did you come into the agility w or ld? RENEE: I got Bailey, my Ber nese Mtn. dog in 1999 and began obedience. I toyed ar ound w ith agility in the backyar d. Ar ound 2001, a fr iend (**hey Donna Cor doba!!) suggested I tr y competing in a fun match at WAG. It was her e that I discover ed I had a lot mor e to lear n about agility and became a member of WAG in I?m now a member, a student and an instr uctor w ith WAG. SR: Now you ow n Skyy 8 y.o and Pepper, 2 y.o. Wher e ar e you at w ith competing w ith Skyy and Pepper? RENEE: Skyy has titles in UKC, AKC, CPE, obedience, r ally, companion and tr ick. Pepper had titles in UKC, CPE and got her tr ick dog title at 6 months old! SR: 6 months is impr essive! After tr aining and competing w ith Skyy for 6 year s befor e getting Pepper, w ould you say tr aining is easier w ith Pepper? RENEE: Yes, because you lear n and gain mor e know ledge about the dog tr aining in differ ent ar enas, and then tr ansfer all of that know ledge to the new dog. Pepper was definitely easier to tr ain because I had mor e know ledge and exper ience on tr aining! SR: So its intr iguing to me as to w hy you acquir ed another dog, and w hy another lab? RENEE: When I decided I wanted a second dog, I knew that I wanted a dog that had high dr ive and deter mination like Skyy had, so I wanted another puppy fr om the same br eeder (Thank you Toni Reeves). I knew that I was going to be able to handle the challenge because of ever ything I lear ned tr aining Skyy. And I am still lear ning! SR: As a tr ainer, w hat w ould you say is your biggest challenge? RENEE: Lear ning the differ ent styles of dogs. By that I mean, I str ive to pr ovide the best infor mation for tr aining techniques that w ill w or k best for a specific br eed. SR: Whats new in your agility w or ld? RENEE: I r ecently joined an?agility league?w hich is in the pr ocess of r olling out, hopefully acr oss the US. It w ill give player s an oppor tunity to compete w ith other teams, r egar dless of geogr aphic location. I think it w ill be a lot of fun and of cour se, Skyy and Pepper ar e excited to have mor e r ing time too!

10 AND THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON... DOGS: SKYY & PEPPER M ENINI SR: Skyy, I?ve watched you r un at sever al CPE and UKC tr ials, and you look like you ar e having a blast. You?r e super fast and jump?skyy?high. What do you think your biggest challenge is in the agility r ing? SKYY: Well I have a slow mom. I?m super fast. And tr y as she might, my mom cannot keep up w ith me. When I slow dow n so she can catch up, I knock dow n these w hite tubular pipes. I love my mom, but she needs to pick up the pace. SR: You have played the CPE games. Which one is your favor ite and w hy? SKYY: I love Fullhouse. I r un and r un and r un, and it r eally doesn?t seem to matter w her e I go or w hat I do, I just r eally get to have fun. Ther e is a per son in the r ing, I think her name is Judge. Judge is yelling out number s, w hich I r eally don?t under stand, but I think it has to do w ith my good looks as I conquer the obstacles. Ear s flapping is usually 1 pt. If the per son sees me smiling, I usually hear a 3, so I tr y ver y har d to ensur e I?m smiling w hen she looks at me, or w hen I r un past her. Super high jumping is usually w hen I hear 5, so I do super high jumping a lot! My highest scor e on a Fullhouse r un was 52! I jumped r eally r eally high many times that r un. It was aw esome. Like best time evar!(52 points could be 52 jumps, 17 tunnels / tir es or 10 contacts!!! INSANE!) SR: Pepper, w hat do you enjoy competing or tr aining in most? PEPPER: I like the hunting tr aining and competitions. I like agility, but not as much as Skyy. Skyy?s like an addict. I just do it cuz its fun, but hunting is r eally my thing. SR: Skyy, one last question: w hat is your absolute thing to do? SKYY: Hanging w ith my mom. I ow n the coolest per son in the w or ld. No matter w her e w e ar e, or w hat w e ar e doing, my hear t is happiest w hen I?m w ith her. I w uv her! DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT? If you or your dog w ould like to be in the spotlight, please contact Sandy Sandy_Kel l sn.com to be featur ed in our next issue!

11 WAG 'N RIGHTS NEW Agil it y TITLES f r om Januar y 2015 THROUGH MAY 2015 [AKC Tit l es] WHERE WAG COMES TO BRAG... Ripley & Jan Sund NJP ear ned in Mar ch WAG WAG HAPPENINGS May 22ND Member ship 7:30PM May 23r d Come out to the May Fun Match DOOR OPEN AT 8:30am RUNS START AT 9:00am GATE ENTRIES CLOSE 11:00am Indy & Shelley Ventur a NA ear ned in Mar ch WAG Flubbzy & Jeff Smith MJB ear ned in Mar ch WAG w ith the 25th Jumper s Q! Ranga & Joy Sonsalla NA ear ned in Mar ch WAG Mackenzie & Lar r y Schuldt AX and AXJ ear ned in Apr il Car DunAl [ASCA Tit l es] Sier r a & Monique Engemann JS-O ear ned Apr il ARFASC [CPE Tit l es] Sier r a & Monique Engemann C-ATCH2 ear ned Januar y WAG Polly & Nancy Jor gensen C-ATCH ear ned Febr uar y RACE Agility Tr iple & Jan Sund CTL3-F ear ned Febr uar y RACE Agility Sylvie & Paul Engem ann CL1-R ear ned Apr il Paw s In Motion Tr iple & Jan Sund CTL3-H ear ned Apr il FunDog Agility Indy & Shelley Ventur a CL-2 ear ned in May WAG June 6t h WAG CPE Tr ial - June 6th-7th WAG, Spr ing Gr ove, IL Judge: Jacquelyn Or icko June 8t h Session 3 of Classes Begin JUNE 12t h Boar d 7:30PM JUNE 27t h Come out to the June Fun Match DOOR OPEN AT 8:30am RUNS START AT 9:00am GATE ENTRIES CLOSE 11:00am JULY 17t h Member ship 7:30PM JULY 18t h Come out to the July Fun Match DOOR OPEN AT 8:30am RUNS START AT 9:00am GATE ENTRIES CLOSE 11:00am [TDAA Tit l es] Jazzy & Linda Schwar tz TBAD and TG1 ear ned Apr il WAG Car ly & Jan Sund TBAD ear ned Apr il WAG [UKC Tit l es] Sier r a & Monique E. UACHX ear ned Mar ch WAG DO YOU HAVE A BRAG? If you have a title, br ag, announcement, milestone, etc. that you'd like to shar e w ith the member ship, please contact Jan sundow n@m c.net to be featur ed in our next issue!

12 WAG FLASH MOB WAG 'N RIGHTS OTHER Tit l es & BRAGS Januar y 2015 THROUGH MAY 2015 Keeper & Pat Casey 3r d Place in the Standar d Pr efer r ed the WAG Mar ch AKC Tr ial! Er ik Bate [AGE 9] UKC National Top Agility Qualifier. Ranked 21st. Invitation to Jr. Nationals! Ritz & Joy Sonsalla Ear ned her CH title at 17 months old [Ranga's daughter ]! Pepper & Renee M enini Received the HIT awar d at the WAG UKC tr ial in Januar y! Ranga & Joy Sonsalla Received the HIT awar d at the WAG UKC tr ial in Mar ch! Flubbzy & Jeff Smith Q'd 5 of 6 r uns at the WAG Mar ch AKC tr ial ear ning Double Qs 12 & 13! Jazzy & Linda Schwar tz Ear ned 6 Qs at their fir st TDAA tr ial! Ian & Patti Jo Yuswak Ear ned his AKC championship on Januar y 25th w ith 3 major s! Belle & Roxanne Tapaninen Achieved their 2nd NW3 Title and Element Titles for Container s and Vehicles in nosew or k! They w er e also High In Tr ial, w ith 1st Places in Vehicles, Exter ior s, and 2nd in Container s Addit ional Announcement s / mil est ones Pat Casey's Keeper tur ned 13 year s old on Mar ch 3r d, 2015 and was possibly the oldest competing dog at the WAG AKC Tr ial in Mar ch! Shelley Ventur a's Indy tur ned 5 year s old on Apr il 11th, 2015! Lar r y Schuldt's Mackenzie tur ned 3 year 's old on 4/26 w ith new AKC titles!

13 WAG Boar d Cont act Inf or mat ion WAG_BOARD@WAGAGILITY.COM Pr esident PATTI JO YUSWAK Tr easur er SHELLY W EEKS Vice Pr esident JOY SONSALLA Dir ect or DIANA ANTLITZ Secr et ar y M ARY VANDERBLOOM EN Dir ect or DIANE KUBY Dir ect or Dir ect or Dir ect or JIM PAYNE JEFF SM ITH M ONIQUE ENGEM ANN Have a stor y, ar ticle, or photo you'd like to see posted on the new sletter? Or w ould you like to be apar t of our New sletter Committee? Contact Moni que Engem l ovei sbl ueasb@gm ai l.com to become a member of our New s Team or to pr ovide your comments and feedback! WAG Commit t ee Leads Adver t ising & Publ icit y PAM KRISTOFF CPE & UKC Tr ial s SHELLY W EEKS Member ship JULIE JANKE Sundr ies KRISTI DE LEGGE AKC JUDGES JIM PAYNE Cr at e Monit or ELAINE STUBY Newsl et t er MONIQUE ENGEMANN SUNSHINE JOY SONSALLA AKC Tr ial s DIANA ANTLITZ FUN Mat ches PAT CASEY Of f ice Manager CATHY THRASHER TRAINING DIANA ANTLITZ AKC Food Ser vice HEATHER GREEN Jobs Coor dinat or LISA DOANE Pol icy & PROCEDURES DIANA ANTLITZ CPE & UKC Food Ser v ice LISA DOANE Buil ding M AGGIE ARSENEAU Libr ar y ROXANNE TAPANIAN Ring Rent al M ARY VANDERBLOOM EN Webmast er PAUL ENGEM ANN CLASS REGISTRATION DIANE KUBY CLEANING DONNA CORDOBA Equipment Maint enance RENEE M ENINI JEFF SMITH Seminar s DONNA CORDOBA TDAA Tr ial s & Food PATTI JO YUSWAK JAN SUND