Good Neighbor Dog Obedience Club, Inc.

PO BOX 42
Abington, PA 19001
ph: 215-745-1003

Brags

Many Different Breeds, Many Varied Disciplines and LOTS of Talent!

2009 Brags

 

Camille Robinson and her Sheltie, Duncan, earned their 1st AKC Open leg at Gloucester County Kennel Club in Buena, NJ.  In Camille’s words, “We had a rough time.   He ended up qualifying with a score of 186 …and he got first place.” 

Duncan got his 2nd Open leg at the Penn Treaty KC show in Oakes, PA, with a score of 191 and earned 2nd place

Camille Robinson and her Sheltie, Duncan, have attained their AKC CD title, as follows: 9/10/09 @ Pocono Mountain Kennel Club  His score was 193 and he took 3rd Place; 2nd Leg was on 9/11/09 @ Pocono Mountain KC - his score was 196 ½ and he took 2nd Place. In this trial, he lost ½ pt. for barking and unfortunately, lost a run off for 1st Place.  Leg # 3 was attained on 9/20/09 @ Valley Forge Kennel Club, -his score was 197 and he took 1st Place! (Ed. Note: notice how he improved both his score and placement with each trial?!) Duncan got his CD in 3 straight trials!!  In addition, at the Interstate Shetland Sheepdog Dog Club trial in Kempton, PA on 10/4/09, Duncan took 1st Place in Rally Advanced with a score of 198, and took 1st Place in Novice B with a score of 195 for an ‘Extra’ Novice leg!  Way to show us the way to do it, Duncan!! (and Camille!!)

 

Andrea Sklenar and her Portuguese Water Dog, Breaker, have earned their AKC CD, and here is Andy’s report:

            “Just wanted to share our brag.  Friday at Hatboro, Breaker earned his 2nd leg in Novice B with a 194 and 2nd Place.  Saturday at Del Val German Shepherd Club he got a 196, 1st Place and his title. 

 

Helen Hanto and her Border Terrier, Pippin, at the NJ Cocker Spaniel Specialty earned their 2nd Novice “A” CD leg.  Pippin showed beautifully, despite being a bit unnerved by the judge wearing a beret and standing very, very close to where Pip had to do his stays!  In addition, Helen  was awarded a prize for being the “Oldest Qualifying Handler” at the trial!! It is certainly noteworthy to mention that Helen has been training and showing dogs for about 24 years – so nice to see her accomplishments recognized and honored in this way!

 

Kathy Acosta and her Border Terrier, Bindi, showed at the Border Terrier National Specialty in Centreville, MD 9/29/09.  They competed in Open “A” and were the only qualifiers in a class of 8 entries.  Bindi’s score was 186 ½ .  Always nice to be able to qualify with a decent score in a trial of your breed peers.   

 

 

 

At the St. Hubert's Companion Dog Sports Program trials held at Oakes K9 in Horsham, PA on 4/19/09, GNDOC Club Members were well represented by: Kathy Acosta and her Border Terrier, Bindi, who took 4th Place in Novice B in the A.M. Trial, and by Marian Kelly and her GSD, Hans, who took 3rd Place in Novice A, Fran Issadore and her AMBOR, Dudley who took 2nd Place in Novice B, Kathy Gardosh and her Golden Retriever,Bridget who qualified in both trials with a 190 and 192, respectively.  But the star of the day was Jenn Weinik and her GSD, Felix, who took 1st Place and High in Trial in the P.M. trial!

Cheryl Metzel and her Golden Retriever, Beauregard passed their Canine Good CitizensTest also on 4/19/09 at the Old York Road club match.

Andrea Sklenar and her Portugeuse Water Dog, Breaker, earned their 1st CD leg in Wilmington KC on 4/18/09.

Jennifer Weinik and her German Shepherd Felix, made their obedience debut at the Lower Camden County Dog Training Club trial on 3/22/09.  Felix took 1st Place!!!

Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, earned their UDX at the German Shepherd Dog Club of Greater York in Barto, PA on 3/13/09.  Gryphon took 1st Place in Utility B and Open B and won High Combined!  Gryphon is now semi-retired from obedience, and is excited to begin his Agility training!

Betsie Freyman and her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Connor,  made their rally debut and earned 2 Rally legs at the APDT Rally trials at Y2K9 on 3/7 and 3/8/09.  Connor earned 4th Place out of 14 entries in the "A" group.

Mary Munizza and her Manchester Terrier, Tony, earned their AKC CD on 2/25/09 at the Bayshore's Obedience Trial.  Tony earned his CD in 3 straight trials. 

Lois Fair and her Australian Shepherd, Tag,  earned their AKC CD at the Charleston Obedience Trial on 1/24/09.

2008 Brags 

Kathy Gardosh and her Golden Retriever, Bridget, have amassed a grand total of 7 titles this year! She earned her CD-H (St. Hubert's Companion Dog Sports Program) with a 3rd Place and a score of 194 and a 195.5 in the afternoon trial as well as earning the prize ribbon for highest scoring rescue dog. She earned her ACK CD with a 4th Place and a prize for the highest scoring Sporting Dog in the trial.  She also got her 1st leg towards her AKC Rally Excellent title the same day.  Bridget also earned her RL1X2, Arch, RL2X and R1L3 in APDT and her AKC Rally Advanced title at the Golden Retriever Nationals in Rhode Island in September.

Kathy Acosta and her Border Terrier, Bindi, earned Master Earthdog Leg #2 on 11/1/08 at the NJ Beanfield Earthdog trial in Bordentown, NJ. 

Camille Robinson's GSD, Gryphon, earned his UDX Leg #8 in 10/08. 

Kathy Acosta's Border Terrier, Bindi, earned her 1st Leg towards her AKC Master Earthdog title at the Scottish Terrier Club of America trial on 10/6/08 in Bordentown, NJ.

Eileen Hines and her Labrador Retriever, Raven, finished her CDX with a 2nd Place and a score of 196.  Raven earned her CD in 3 straight trials and her CDX in 4 trials.

Camille Robinson's GDC, Gryphon, earned UDX Leg #5 at Pocono Mountain KC on 9/11/08, UDX Leg #6 at PMKC the following day and UDX Leg #7 at the Valley Forge KC trial with a 3rd Place in Open B and a score of 196.

Kathy Acosta and her Border Terrier, Bindi, earned their 2nd U-CDX leg and a 1st Place as the only qualifier in Open B at the Four Star Belgian Shepherd UKC trials on 8/10/08.

Andrea Sklenar's Portuguese Water Dog, Breaker, earned his AKC CGC certificate on 8/2/08. 

Peggry Grookett's Beagle, Cody got his 2nd leg in APDT Level 3 Rally in 7/08 at the DTCCC and took a 2nd Place in Level 1.

A few Club Members went "North of the Border" to Kingston, Ontario, Canada 6/21 and 6/22/08 for 4 trials that weekend. Camille Robinson, Andrea Sklenar and Kathy Acosta took Gryphon (GSD), Duncan (Sheltie), Rowdy, Breaker (Portuguese Water Dogs) and Bindi (Border Terrier) to compete for their Canadian CDs.  On Saturday, Rowdy scored 196 1/2 for 3rd Place in the morning trial and 196 1/2 for 1st Place in the afternoon trial. On Sunday, Rowdy scored a 197 for 3rd Place.  His consistency and happy demeanor really showed in his performance!  On Saturday, Gryphon scored 196 for 2nd Place in the morning trial and 196 for 2nd Place in the afternoon trial and on Sunday, he scored a 198 1/2 for 1st Place and High in Trial!!  Again, consistency and attitude were obvious in these performances. Both Rowdy and Gryphon earned their Canadian CDs.  Duncan scored a 185 and 4th Place on Sunday for his 1st Canadian CD leg.  Breaker executed some 'creative' down stays, managing to flip his body in every direction in order to keep any eye on the action in the other rings, and Bindi perfected staring and posing for photos (even if no one was taking any!). None of these 'talents' resulted in any qualifying scores, but we let them be in the photo anyway ("Canada" Dogs)!

Mary Munizza received a wonderful surprise at the Delaware Valley Manchester Terrier Club meeting on 6/12/08 when she was presented with a Hall of Fame Medallion for Bella. 

At the German Shepherd Dog Specialty Trial, 6/1/08. Camille Robinson and her GSD, Gryphon, took 2nd Place in Utility B, took 1st Place in Open B AND won High in Trial!  Also, Camille's GSD, Sheba, won the Veteran's class with a score of 196!

Peggy Grookett and her Beagle, Cody, competed in the 2 day APDT Rally Trial at the Golden Retriever Rescue Facility in Reinholt, PA on 5/24 & 25, 2008.  Cody competed in 4 Level 1 classes and qualified with scores over 200 in each one, which gave him his 10th leg and Championship title in Level 1. This also gave him 4 legs towards  his Level 2 championship AND 3 legs towards his APDT ARCH title (which requires a total of 5 double q's in Levels 1 and 2 at the same trial, with scores of 190 and above).  In addition, he also got his first titling leg in Level 3!!  

Camille Robinson and her Shetland Sheepdog, Duncan, achieved their Rally Novice title in 3 trials - 1st leg at Wilmington KC with a score of 99 and a 2nd Place, 2nd leg at Penn Treaty with a a 3rd Place and his 3rd leg at the Trenton KC trial on 5/4/08 with a 4th Place.   

Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, earned their 2nd UDX leg at Penn Treaty trial with scores of 194 for Open B and 187 for Utility.

Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, showed 3/6/08 at the Delaware Valley German Shepherd Dog Club trial, earning their 1st UDX leg with scores in Open B of 193 and Utility B of 191.

Cheryl Metzel and her Golden Retriever, Dakota, had a great day on 3/15/08 at the Celtic Classic in York, PA, earning a 1st Place with a score of 189 and his CD title! They also showed at the DVGSD Club trial and scored a 190 1/2 and a 3rd Place!

GNDOC Members had a great show weekend 2/23 -24/08 at the Hilltown DTC in Quakertown, PA.  Mary Munizza and her Manchester Terriers, Bellaand Tony, each earned their 2nd Novice B legs with scores of 187 1/2 on 2/23 and the following day, earned their 3rd legs and their titles, Tony with a score of 181 and Bella with a score of 194 1/2 and a 3rd Place! Kathy Acosta and her Border Terrier, Bindi, earned their 1st Open A leg on 2/24 with a 176 1/2.  Helen Hanto and her Border Terriers, Tory and Pippin, showed 2/24 in Novice B.  Pippin qualified with a 181, showing great attention to his handler. Fran Issadore's AMBOR, Dudley, showed both days in Open A and on 2/24, he scored a 181, took 4th Place AND got his title!! Last, but certainly not least, Andrea Sklenar and her Portuguese Water Dog, Rowdy, competed on both days in Utility B.  Rowdy  scored 191 1/2 on 2/23 and a 189 1/2 on 2/24.  Then, on a spur of the moment decision, Andrea entered Open B.  Using a borrowed dumb bell and not having competed in Open for over a year, Rowdy showed everyone how it's done with a score of 197 and a 2nd Place! With this qualification, he also earned his Utility Title and High Combined!!

2007 Brags

Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon and her Sheltie, Duncan, earned their AHBA Herding Instinct Certificates on 12/31/07 in New London, PA.

Cheryl Metzel and her Golden Retriever, Dakota, earned their 2nd Novice A leg on 1/12/08 at the Princeton show with a score of 194 and 2nd Place!

Eileen Hines and her Labrador Retriver, Raven, showed at the Lehigh Valley KC trial on 12/16/07 and got their 1st Novice B leg with a great score of 195 and 3rd Place! 

Cheryl Metzel and her Golden Retriever, Dakota, also showed at Lehigh Valley and got their 1st leg in Novice A, a score of 190 and 1st Place in a group of over 90 dogs!! 

At the Chester County DTC APDT Rally trial in December, Peggy Grookett and her Beagle, Cody, got a perfect score in Level One and a 3rd Place ribbon.  In a group of 27 dogs, only 4 got perfect scores.

At the Greater Philadelphia Dog Fanicers Association trial on 11/16/07, Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, took 3rd place in Open B with a score of 196. 

At the Penn Treaty KC trial in Philadelphia, PA on 11/15/07, Neil Isdaner and his Standard Poodle, Cody earned their 3rd Open A leg for their title. They competed in a run-off for 1st Place and had a score of 195 1/2!

Peggy Grookett and her Beagle, Cody, competed at both Penn Treaty and Greater Philadelphia the following day, took 1st place both days and Cody earned his Rally Excellent title!

On 10/21/07at the Southern New Jersey Kennel Club’s trial in Buena, NJ, Camille Robinson and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, earned his 2nd Utility leg with a score of 190 ½ and 3rd place. On 10/28/07, Gyphon  earned his 3rd Utility leg with a score of 185 and attained the title of UD at the Jersey Shore German Shepherd Dog Club trial in Freehold, NJ.

 

Sandy Weiss and her Bearded Collie, Bond, finished his Herding Championship as well as getting HIT at the Del-Bay Herding Club’s trial, on 9/29/07.  Bond is now a Duel Champion and he officially is DC Britannia License To Thrill CDX RE OA OAJ AXP AJP HXAs HIAd. 10/1/07 at the Beardie Specialty's herding trials (2 trials in one day),Diva, an 'old lady' of 11, went HIT in the afternoon trial and Highest Score for the day.  With her highest score of 94 in the afternoon trial, Diva retired the Herding Challenge Trophy.  (This trophy is offered at the National Bearded Collie Specialty each year, until retired by someone who wins it 3 different years.  Sandy Weiss won it twice with Chip, Diva's dad, in 1998 and 2001. It is a record for the Herding Challenge trophy as this is the first time that the Herding Challenge trophy has been retired since the start of the trophy in 1990 or so. However, it is not a record to win the first Challenge trophy - that record belongs to Sandy’s Beardie, Winston.  Winston went HIT at the BCCA specialties 3 years in a row, 1996, 1997, 1998.  He was the first Beardie to retire a Challenge trophy from any of the events at a BCCA specialty.  He is also the only Beardie so far that has been able to retire a trophy by winning it 3 years straight.) At the National herding trial, Bond went Reserve HIT in both the morning and afternoon trials. Marty did not want to be outdone so, at the 9/29/07 all breed herding trial, he went Reserve HIT.  The next day, at the all breed herding trial, Marty went HIT.

At the Augusta German Shepherd Club Trial 10-6-07, Lois Fair’s Australian Shepherd, Bruce earned his first Open leg with a 4th Place.

At the Augusta German Shepherd Club Trial 10-6-07, Lois Fair’s Australian Shepherd, Bruce earned his first Open leg with a 4th Place.

Mary Munizza and her Manchester Terrier, Bella, got her 10th Rally Advance Excellent leg, earning her RAE title at the All Terrier Obedience and Rally Trial on 10/3/07.  She is only the third Manchester to earn this title. The same day, Tony earned his 2nd RE leg with a 2nd Place and on 10/4/07 at the Hatboro Rally Trial, he earned his Rally Excellent title with a 1st Place!

Peggy Grookett’sBeagle, Cody, earned his first Rally Excellent leg at the Pocono Mountain KC show on 9/13/07.
At the Hilltown DTC Training Club UKC Obedience Trial on 7/21, Kathy Acosta and Bindi scored a 189½ for her 2nd U-CD leg and on 7/22 scored 191½  to attain their UKC CD. On both days, Bindi was the High Scoring Border Terrier in trial.

At the Hilltown DTC Training Club UKC Obedience Trial Fran Issadore and her mixed breed, Dudley, scored 194½, took 1st Place in Open A, earning their 2nd Open leg!  He was also high scoring AMBOR.

At the Hilltown DTC Training Club UKC Obedience Trial

on Sunday, July 22nd, Andy Sklenar and Rowdy got a 191½,  took 2nd Place in Utility B and earned their 1st Utility leg.

Kathy Acosta and Bindi earned the title of Senior Earthdog at AKC Earthdog trials in Bordentown, NJ 6/2, 6/3 and 7/1/07. Bindi’s recall times from the den in the latter 2 trials (90 seconds are allotted) were 7 and 10 seconds, respectively! She also earned her CGC on 6/10/07. 

Peggy Grookett and her Beagle, Cody, earned Leg #3 of his Rally Advanced title with a 3rd Place win 6/3/07 at the Burlington County KC  Show.

On 5/28/07, at the American Working Terrier Association trial, Kathy Acosta's Bindi came in first for Border Terriers in the Certificate division. 

Cody, Neil Isdaner’s standard poodle, earned his 1st Open leg at the Sunday, German Shepherd trial, 4/29/07.

Fran and her AMBOR, Dudley, took 2nd place in UKC Open A for his first leg.

 

Mary and  her Manchester Terriers, Bella and Tony, each earned their first leg in UKC Novice B.

Kathy and her Border Terrier, Bindi, earned their first leg in UKC Novice B. 

Camille and her German Shepherd, Gryphon, earned 1st place in Utility A for his first AKC Utility leg.  He also took 1st place in Open B and earned High Combined.  

Mary and her Manchester Terriers, Bella and Tony, competed in Rally.  Tony got a 4th place and a 2nd place in Rally Advanced .  Bella earned her sixth RAE leg.

Michelle and her dachshund, Sadie, completed her Rally Novice and her CGC titles.

Eileen and her Labrador Retriever, Phoenix, earned their 5th UDX leg.

Andrea and her Portuguese Water Dog, Rowdy, were in the top ten in obedience  for PWD's in 2006 - #7 in Open and #9 in Utility. 

    Jenn Weinik & Felix's Obedience debut!


    The "Canada" dogs!

    Bindi, Earthdoggin'

    Bella - Hall of Famer!

    g Marty herding cattle

     

     Tag herding sheep

    Bella, High in Trial

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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