BonaFide Brags Congratulations to Norine Nieman and her Papillon Bindi, who recently earned their U-CD title at the Adel, IA UKC show on October 3. That same weekend, they earned her second RE leg at the Lincoln trial. On October 24, she earned her RE at the BDOC trial in Omaha. That same day, she placed 4th in Novice B and was highest scoring Toy dog. On October 25 and 26 (also at the BDOC trial), she earned her first two RAE legs. Click here for a picture of Bindi and her ribbons and toys from the BDOC trial. Congratulations to Anne Kurgen and her Min Pin Zeus, who earned their Open JWW title at the recent GLOC trials in Lincoln. They only need one more Open Standard leg to complete that title as well. Congratulations to Amy Petricek and her Golden Bailey. They recently competed at a NADAC trial and they earned their Novice Jumpers title, two Open Tunnelers legs, and a Regular leg. According to Amy, Pete Vogel and his Pembroke Welsh Corgi Edgrr earned a Q in Novice Tunnelers, and had some other very good runs. Click here to see Bailey jumping. Click here to see Sophie jumping. Click here to Sophie going through a tunnel. Congratulations to Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell and her Border Collie Gabriel, who recently earned their first U-CD leg at the Minnesota Mixed Breed UKC trial. Congratulations to Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell who recently passed her Delta Society Evaluator practicum. Also, Dawn has been approved as a Level II APDT Rally Obedience judge!!!! Congratulations to Cheryl Wilson and her Dachshund Eli, who won his heat at the Grand Island Racing of the Weenies. Click here for a picture of Eli "in action". Congratulations to Jami Campisi (one of BonaFide's agility instructors) on her recent success at the USDAA agility trial in Minnesota (the MAC trial). Jami and Meena (her Sheltie) won first place (and qualifying runs) in Steeplechase, Grand Prix, Master Snooker, Master Jumpers, and Master Pairs (which also earned her the ADCH title). She also had a non-qualifying 3rd place in Master Gamblers and Master Standard. Jami and Deni (her border collie) had qualifying runs in Starter Jumpers (1st place), Starters Snookers (1st place), Starters Standard (2nd place), Starters Relay (3rd place). She also had non-qualifying placements in Grand Prix (2nd), Starters Gamblers (2nd) and Steeplechase (3rd). Congratulations to Norine Nieman and her Papillon Bindi and their success at the Papillon Club of Iowa's first specialty show in Des Moines on September 5. She won the Novice B obedience class with a 188, earned her first RE leg with a 92 - and a first place, and also won the Graduate Novice class. Congratulations to Omaha's newest Delta Pet Partner therapy team - Linda Petricek and Sophie! Congratulations also to Melissa Lester and her Jack Russell Terrier Molly and Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell and her Jack Russell Terrier Lizzie B. for passing their biannual renewal tests. Melissa and Molly have been a Pet Partner team for three years and Dawn and Lizzie B. have been a Pet Partner team for four years. Congratulations to Kathy Forman and her Sheltie Cassie for earning their RN title with a 97 and a first place win at the Topeka shows. Congratulations to Robin Adamson and her Sheltie Shasta, who earned their Elite Tunnelers and Novice Weavers titles at the Paws & Effect NADAC trial in Des Moines. Click here for a picture Shasta and her ribbons. In addition, Robin's Sheltie Jazz became one of only a handful of dogs to have earned NADAC's Elite Hoopers title on July 6 in Kansas City. Click here for a picture of Jazz and her ribbons. She also earned her 500th point in Elite Tunnelers (TNE-500) at the Minnesota Agility Club's NADAC trial on June 22. Congratulations to Dawn and her Border Collie Gabriel, who finished his CD with a 3rd place at the Topeka dog shows. In addition, Gabe also earned two RE legs with a 1st and a 4th place. Congratulations to Cindy Mendonca and her bearded collies! Rorie completed her RN title in Vermillion on June 28, with a second place in Novice A. Jolie completed her RN title at the NKC show at the busy, noisy Qwest Center in July. It is with sadness that we include a posthumous brag for Dawn and her Curly-Coated Retriever Barnum (who is now waiting for us at the rainbow bridge). In very limited showing during 2007, he placed in the top 100 APDT Rally Rankings (All Classes). Congratulations to Dawn and Barnum, who is still greatly missed. Congratulations to Cam and Cricket who earned their RN title at the Oklahoma City cluster - it was done in three straight shows with a 1st and a 3rd place. Congratulations to Dawn and Shocker who earned their RN title at the Oklahoma City cluster - it was done in three straight shows with two 1st places and a 3rd place (scores of 99, 98, and 97). Not too bad for a 10-year-old Curly-Coated Retriever! Congratulations to Dawn and her border collie Gabriel who earned his RA in three straight shows (the Wyoming circuit) with two 1st places and a 2nd place. At the same shows, he also earned the first two legs towards his CD. His first leg earned him a 1st place - AND AN ALL-BREED HIGH-IN-TRIAL - and a 2nd place for his second leg. Congratulations to Melissa Lester and her Jack Russell Terrier Stoney, who earned his OA and OAJ titles earlier this summer. Congratulations to all the qualifying teams at the APDT rally trial held at BonaFide Dog Academy 22 June 2008! Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture. Congratulations to Anne Kurgan and her Min Pin Zeus, whose accomplishemnts in the past year include: July 2007 - AKC NA and NAJ titles 2008 - Qualified for NADAC Championships in Tunnelers and Jumpers (so far) He has all NADAC Novice titles, including an Outstanding Tunnelers title NADAC Open Tunnelers and Jumpers titles On May 3-4 at the Paws and Effect NADAC trial, he qualified 6 times with 5 first places Congratulations to Robin Adamson and her Shelties Jazz and Shasta, who, during May, At the NADAC trials in Des Moines, Lawrence, Gray Summit, and Omaha, Jazz brought home Qs in Elite Jumpers, Weavers, Tunnelers, Regular, Chances, Hoopers, and Touch 'n Go, including a Superior Elite Touch 'n Go Title in Omaha. Shasta has earned Qs in Novice Regular, Chances, and Touch 'n Go, as well as her Superior Open Tunnelers title in Des Moines on her third birthday. A week later, she earned her Elite Tunnelers title in four tries. Congratulations to Kathleen Schultz and her Wirehaired Viszla Lady on becoming our newest Delta Society Pet Partner team! And congratulations to Cam Bexten and her Bulldog Rugby for passing their team renewal evaluations! BIG CONGRATS to three of our AKC Rally students who participated in the Rally-O classes at the Seward Kennel Club dog shows on April 26th and 27th. Cindy Mendonca - with her Bearded Collie Rorie - qualified on Saturday with a 91 and a fourth-place finish in Rally Novice. She also qualified on Sunday with a 96 - just out of the placements. Kris Woodke - with her Miniature Schnauzer Lily - qualified on Saturday with a 91 in Rally Novice (she didn't show on Sunday). Elizabeth Bucholz - with her Borzoi Chante - qualified on Saturday with a 91 in Rally Novice. She also qualified on Sunday, but we don't have the score at this time. Robin Adamson's shelties - again - did pretty well at the Paws & Effect NADAC trial in Des Moines. Jazz earned 1 Q in Elite Weavers, 2 Elite Tunnelers, 2 Elite Regular and 1 Elite Touch N Go, which was also her Outstanding Elite Touch N Go Title.Shasta only earned one Q, in Open Tunnelers. Amy Petricek and her golden Bailey also did quite well - 2 Qs in Novice Tunnelers and a couple of "almost-Q" run in Novice Jumpers. Melissa Lester also showed her Jack Russell Terrriers, but we don't have the details of her runs yet. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture. CONGRATS to Cam and Cricket for placing FIRST at the East Meets West Dryland Challenge in the 1 Dog Women's Sportsman's Canicross class in Brainerd MN! And also, CONGRATS to Cam and Gabe for finishing SECOND in the 1 Dog Scooter class at the same event! CONGRATS to Dawn and Barnum for qualifying 11 out of 11 times with 9 placements in L1, L2, and L3 APDT Rally at the Canine Divine APDT Rally trials in Ann Arbor MI. Barnum is now only one double-Q away from completing his ARCH! Also, CONGRATS to Dawn and Lizzie B for five qualifying runs with two placements in L1 and L2 at the same trial! Robin Adamson's shelties did quite well at the Ready Steady Go Agility Club's NADAC All Games Show in Muscatine, IA on October 27-28. Jazz earned 2 Elite Touch-N-Go legs, 3 Elite Tunnelers legs, and 4 Elite Weavers legs. Shasta earned 3 Open Tunnelers legs, earning her the TN-O (Open Tunnelers) title. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture Click here to e-mail us your BonaFide Brag! [ Please Add Me to the BonaFide Mailing List ] [Home] [Classes] [Private Training] [Comments] [Events] [Brags] [Privacy/Refund/Security Policies] [Memberships] [Calendar] [About Us] [Community Services] [Links] [Contact Us] ©2008. Bonafide Dog Academy LLC. All rights reserved.