NEWS

End of January we went up to the Oshkosh Kennel Club trials and proceeded to Q in 9 of 11 runs! Nellie picked up QQ #13 and more than 20 PACH points. Chrome Qd in Open Jumpers and Open Standard -- he finished his Open Standard title! Zenny earned her first leg in Open FAST and her final one in Novice Standard to earn her NAP. Waffle earned her first two legs toward her Novice titles. All of our qualifying runs were also first placements!

Nellie was one of three Malamutes (all females to boot!) at the AKC Agility Invitational as a part of the AKC National Championship week. She earned a Q and some points in Time2Beat AND she was the 2022 Top Alaskan Malamute. We had an excellent time.

The AKC released the qualifiers for the 2023 AKC Rally National Championship and we had not one but TWO qualifiers! There were only 7 Malamutes who qualified. Nellie is the first female in the breed and a second generation qualifier for the Championship class. Chrome qualified for Advanced. The event will take place in June of 2023.

The day after Thanksgiving, Zenny and Chrome competed in the WWCDTC Rally Obedience trial. BOTH finished their Rally Advanced title with nice scores! Chrome won the class and Zenny was 3rd.

We hurried home from the National in Colorado to take part in the Cudahy Kennel Club scent work trial. It paid off, George put the final Q on Copper to finish his Novice Container (SCN) title and Lucy earned another Advanced Container leg.

WOW what a week!! This is most of our ribbons and plaques. There are another 13 ribbons missing.

Chrome

Regional ~ working dog class winner. Award of Merit. 2nd in the 81-100# class , 1st place and first Q in Rally Advanced A.

National ~ working dog class 2nd place, winner of the 81-100# weight pull class, Most Weight Pulled winner, 1st place and 2nd Q in Rally Advanced.

Zenny

Regional ~ 3rd place in the 61-80# class in the weight pull. 2nd place and first Q in Rally Advanced A.

National ~ 2nd place and 2nd Q in Rally Advanced A.

Nellie

Regional ~ 1st place in Rally Master, Excellent B, and Advanced B to win High Triple Score and High Combined from Advanced B and Excellent B

National ~ a repeat of the Regional Rally.

Tuuli, Chrome's littermate took 1st place in the 81-100# class in the Regional weight pull as well as Most Weight Pulled. In the Regional Obedience Trial, he was 1st in Novice B and went on to win High In Trial! In Regional Rally, he completed his Rally Advanced title and in the National, he picked up his first Q toward his Rally Excellent title. In the National weight pull, he was 2nd in the 81-100# class. Tuuli is owned by Tony Yarusso.

For the week, Nellie won the Ultimate Malamute prize. Chrome was 2nd for the week. Tuuli placed 3rd! It's a competition to recognize the versatile dogs participating in various sports through the week.

At both trials, Nellie earned High Triple Score and High Combined Score for Advanced B and Excellent B. She took first place in each of the SIX classses.

GP earned his Open Jumpers Preferred title at the Oshkosh Kennel Club agility trial and took 1st place!

Nellie earned a Q on her Master Standard run for 7 PACH points and 2nd place.

Chrome earned an Open Standard leg for 1st place.

GP and Waffle went backpacking in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Waffle earned her first Working Pack Dog leg. She thought it was fun. GP always enjoys the hike.

At the AMCW weight pull in Kewaskum, Chrome won the 101-120# class and Waffle won the 60# and Under class. (12 dogs!) Zenny was 3rd in the competitive 61-80# class!

Nellie got an invite for the 3rd consecutive year. We are going!

Nellie had quite the year!

#1 Master Standard Preferred (agility)

#1 Master Jumpers Preferred (agility)

#2 Rally Advanced

#2 Rally Excellent

#2 Rally Master

Our dogs participated in the Wisconsin State Fair booth for the Alaskan Malamute Club of Wisconsin. They were handled by a LOT of people, we educated the public on the breed through the day and at one point, we even got to participate in the agility demo. They offer a little fun match with the agility -- Nellie won again!

Pictured are Tuuli (foreground) and Waffle. Tuuli is Ollie x Lucy and owned by Tony Yarusso.

On the way to the Wisconsin State Fair booth to do Public Education for the day, Lucy hit the Cudahy Scent work trials. The conditions were tough but they were the same for everyone. She picked up an Advanced container leg and her first Novice Containers leg and 2nd place.

#3 Open Jumpers

#5 Rally Advanced

#5 Rally Excellent

#3 Rally Master

GO IVY

Nellie picked up QQs #10 and #11 2 first placements and 2 second placements. To boot, she completed her Master Jumpers Preferred 2 (MJP2) title!

Lucy earned her first title in Scent work, the Novice Containers (SCN). She took a 3rd placement and a, holy cow, first placement! She also picked up 2 legs in Novice Interiors.

Copper picked up his first Novice Interiors leg.

#2 Novice Jumpers ~ GP (Copper x Lucy)

#10 Rally Novice ~ Zenny (Womble x Nellie)

At the Jefferson Dog Show weekend, Chrome picked up that last point to finish his AKC Championship! He was titled exclusively from the Bred By Exhibitor class.

At the Medallion Rottweiler Club agility trials, Nellie picked up QQs #7 and #8, 28 PACH points, and earner her Master Standard Preferred title (MXP)! Zenny earned her first Novice Standard Q with a first placement.

At the Fox Valley Dog Training Club agility trials in Illinois, Chrome and Nellie picked up their final Open FAST legs to title. Nellie also placed 2nd. Zenny picked up her final Novice FAST leg to title as well. as a 1st placement. Nellie picked up a Q in Master Standard

Under 60# class: 2nd ~ Waffle (Womble x Nellie)

61-80# class 4th ~ Ivy (Imp UK)

61-80# class 5th ~ Nellie (Bumper x Lucy)

81-100# class 1st ~ Tuuli (Ollie x Lucy)

81-100# class 4th ~ GP (Copper x Lucy)

101-120# class 1st ~ Bear (Ollie x Lucy)

Most weight pulled: Tuuli

Highest Body % pulled: Tuuli

Tuuli is owned by Tony Yarusso and Bear is owned by the Duartes. As they are 10 years old, this was also Copper and Ivy's retirement pull.

Both Nellie and Ivy received invites to the 2022 RNC. We elected not to go because we had a conflicting event but it was nice to be invited.

Waffle didn't Q but she certainly tried. Zenny picked up her first Novice Jumpers Preferred leg and her 2nd Novice FAST leg. Both were first placements!

GP completed his Novice Jumpers title at the age of 8. 1st place!!

Chrome was wInners reserve at the NorthStar Working Dog specialty and Winners Dog and Best of Winners from the Bred By Exhibitor class at the AMCA Specialty. This is his second major.

At the AKC Agility Invitational, Nellie had 3 good runs and earned the Top Alaskan Malamute Medallion offered by the Alaskan Malamute Club of America.

Chrome was 2nd in the Bred-By Exhibitor class for the AKC National Championship show.

Ivy (pictured) finished her RAE title to become

RO1 AG2 AKC/UKC CH Amaqqut On The Pull WWPDX WTD WPD RAE OAP OJP NFP CGCA CGCU TKN VAM AAAM and Ivy is bred by Jeff and Joan Sheehan of the UK.

Nellie picked up RACH leg #12, RAE2 leg #3, and RM2 leg #6 as well as some RACH points.

At the October Western Waukesha County Dog Training Club AKC agility trials, both Nellie and GP had some good runs!

Nellie picked up a Master Standard leg with a lot of PACH points and another Master Jumpers leg with some PACH points. She placed 3rd in both.

GP WON his Novice Jumpers class for his second leg toward his title.

Nellie: My little superstar girlie had a good National week. Sunday she pulled well for George, who I don’t think has ever pulled her before. Monday like the rest she had the day off but Tuesday she played her best sport, agility! Her Standard run was an NQ because there was a beautiful, beautiful tunnel just screaming her name right next to the less exciting A-Frame. She liked that tunnel she came out and did it I think another two times while I tried to get her over the A-frame there. The rest of the run was her usual quality. Her second run was a beautiful Jumpers run that earned her a Q, first place, AND in *back-to-back* Nationals: High Score Preferred! I am so proud of my consistent girl.

Wednesday she competed in the Regional and National Rally trials. In the Regional, Nellie was 2nd in Master, 2nd in Excellent B, and 4th in Advanced B. This was RACH leg #10, RM2 leg #4, RAE2 leg #1, and RACH points for Nellie. For the National, Nellie was again 2nd in Master, 4th in Excellent B, and she WON Advanced B. This was RACH leg #10, RM2 leg #4, RAE2 leg #1, and RACH points for Nellie. 5 of 6 scores were all in the mid to upper 90s.

Thursday she put in a REALLY nice effort at the weight pulls, pulling 1,700#. No placements but she’d had a pretty grueling schedule so I’m proud of her all the same.

She took the rest of the week off and managed to pull off a second place finish in the brand new Ultimate Malamute competition that celebrates our multi-talented dogs.

This is most of the "loot" our dogs picked up during the week!

Ivy: Ivy was one of our competitors with a grueling schedule this week. Sunday was the Regional weight pull where she put in a decent effort as usual. Monday she did have a day off but Tuesday she played in agility to complete her Open Standard Preferred title in style with a first placement! Good girl, Ivy! Not bad for a 9.5 year old.

Wednesday she was triple entered in both the Regional and National rally trials. In the Regional, she was third in Master with a score of 96, third in Excellent with a score of 97, and a Q in Advanced B with a score of 97. In the National trial she completely flipped me off in Master but came back for Excellent with a score of 97 for second place and for Advanced with a score of 98+ for fourth place. She therefore earned her eighth and ninth RAE legs and her fifth Master leg.

Thursday she still put in a good effort at the National weight pull but I think she was a bit sore. She showed on Saturday in the Veteran class for the National. No love but she had fun being back in the ring again I think.

Pending AKC approval, her alphabet soup reads RO1 AG2 AKC/UKC CH Amaqqut On The Pull WWPDX WTD WPD RE OAP OJP NFP CGCA CGCU TKN VAM AAAM and Ivy is bred by Jeff and Joan Sheehan of the UK.

Gracie:

Zenny: Zenny had a decent week given it was her first National week. Sunday George had to weight pull all eight of the dogs in the Regional Weight Pull as I was on “house arrest” in the hotel given my sweeps judging assignment the next day. She got her second WWPD leg! We aren’t going to talk about agility on Tuesday too much other than she did get through 6 weaves once I think.

Wednesday she competed in her first Rally Obedience trials. In the Regional Rally Obedience trial, she and her sister shocked the heck out of me. Waffle was first in Novice B with a score of 98 and Zen was second with a score of 97! Holy cow! In the National trial, Zen was third with a score of 95 and Waff was fourth with a score of 94. I cannot be unhappy about that!

Thursday we had the National weight pull and because I was free to move about the world, I pulled her to her third WWPD leg. One to go!

Waffle: Waffle really had a good time this week. First was the Regional weight pull on Sunday where George pulled her and she picked up her first WWPD leg and took third place in the Under 60 class! Tuesday was her first agility trial. I forgot what it was like to go to a National with puppies who are accustomed to running their butts off in the yard and now have to adjust to more crate time. Open space? Don’t mind if I do! Her sister did about the same. Noted.

I was worried then for Wednesday because that was rally day for her and her sister. They were on lead but any Malamute person can tell you that doesn’t mean much when it comes to potential ring antics. She held it together pretty well for the Regional Rally trial and knock me over, she WON Novice B with a 98! Her sister was second. In the National trial, she placed fourth to her sister. In this trial, she could not resist bumping some of the sign holders with her nose and then looking up at me with a smile. Cute, yes, but that’s points. Silly girl. Those two trials and her virtual leg are enough to finish her Rally Novice title though!

Thursday we had the National weight pull and she picked up her second WWPD leg and again was third in the Under 60 pound class.

Pending AKC approval, Waffle is then Powderhound Amaqqut Past Is Present RN.

GP: GP put in a really nice effort at both the Regional and National weight pulls. In each he pulled good weights but the 81-100# class was probably the deepest with talent I have seen in a very long time and he finished out of the ribbons.

My “Big Derp” participated in only his second agility trial at almost 8 years of age and QUALIFIED and took second place to his half-brother Tuuli in Novice Jumpers. It was the first Q in that class for both dogs. In the National weight pull, he put in a nice effort pulling 2,120# just one second faster than his half-brother, Chrome.

Nellie qualified once again for the AKC Agility Invitational in December Orlando!

Chrome and Nellie participated in the Bark River Dog Club Agility Trials in Ixonia and picked up some Qs toward their Three-of-a-kind and Tunnelers titles!

Vizsla Club agility trial: I dusted off one of my veterans, IVY, and picked up her 2nd Open Standard Leg with a nice bonus of earning 2nd place. IVY lost about a year of competition time because she had a broken toe that took forever to heal. In true Malamute fashion she refused to take it easy, beating on everyone and everything with her sparkly spoon splint. Then COVID forced us to take some time off, I had a litter, and now she's 9. She sure knew her job though, she earned that having not been to class for quite a while

Mid June, Nellie participated in the WWCDTC Rally Obedience trial. She picked up Triple Q #7, RAE leg #8, and 12 RACH points. A couple weeks later, she competed in the WWCDTC agility trials but with a much better result than her half-brother CHROME. The first day, she earned her Master Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title, QQ #5 and some PACH points. She took 1st in JWW and 2nd in Standard. This is the first Master agility title for my dogs. The next day NELLIE picked up her 11th Master Jumpers leg and picked up 13 PACH points for the weekend.

Two weeks later at Waukesha, she competed in the rally trial to pick up Triple Q #8, RAE leg #9, and 10 RACH points.

A week later, NELLIE transitioned BACK to agility, earning QQ #6 and 20 PACH points for TWO 1st placements at the Central Wisconsin Vizsla Club agility trial.

And finally, at the end of August, NELLIE competed in rally obedience again, earning her Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) title, triple Q #9, Rally Master leg #13, and 11 RACH points. The RAE title earned her additional honors. She qualifies now for the AKC Rally National Championship Champion class. She is the first bitch in the breed to earn that honor and the first second generation Malamute to qualify. Her sire, BUMPER, AG2 RO3 AKC/UKC CH Powderhound's Silver Lining WWPDX WTD WPD RM3 RAE2 OAP OJP XFP CGCA CGCU TKN VAM AAAM, qualified for that class in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Chrome was #1 IL/WI Area Bred By Exhibitor Dog in back-to-back years!

At the very end of June in the Western Waukesha County Dog Training Club (WWCDTC) Chrome completed his Rally Novice title with a really nice score of 98.

A couple weeks later he participated in the WWCDTC agility trials but "Wrecking Ball" took out jumps (not bars. Literal jumps.) and there were moments of good but unfortunately there were no Qs.

He then showed in the Waukesha AMCA specialties, picking up another Reserve to the 5pt major in the specialty. He was so naked that you could pretty well see skin in spots so that result exceeded my expectations

Despite the heat, at the Kokomo, IN shows Chrome picked up another two points toward his AKC Championship by taking Best of Breed/B est of Winners/Winners Dog. He also picked up another Best of Breed Owner Handled.

Kota completed her WPD on the Scuppernong Trail at Pine Woods in the Kettle Moraine Southern Unit.

At the Harrisburg Blue-Gray show Cluster our dogs did pretty well!

Chrome was Reserve to the 5pt major in the Malamute Specialty.

In the 1st weight pull, Nellie placed 2ndin the 61-80# class and Ivy was 3rd. In the 81-100# class GP WON and Chrome was 2nd.

At the second weight pull, Nellie WON the 61-80# class and Copper was 4th in that class. GP was 2nd in the 81-100# class and Chrome was 4th in that class.

At both pulls, Lucy, who had just turned 13, came out and had a blast. Any time you get to take the line with your old guys is a good day. I had zero expectation for her and didn't ask her to actually work but she still placed somewhere in the middle of her class.

At the Bernese Mountain Dog Club all-breed agility trials Nellie picked up another QQ and a bunch of PACH points!

At the Forest City Dog Training club agility trial, Nellie picked up Master Jumpers leg #7 and more PACH points.

At the Dodge County K9 UKC shows, Zenny earned her first points toward her Championship and took Reserve Winners Bitch.

At the LaSalle Brittany Club AKC agility trials, Nellie ran to earn her second QQ as well as 9 speed points toward her Agility Championship (PACH), Master Standard leg #3, and Master Jumpers leg #6.

In one class, she was the ONLY dog to qualify and in the next, she was one of only TWO to qualify, earning a 2nd placement. I was very proud of her performance, the qualifying rate for all of the 20-24" dogs was only around 20%.

We competed in the Western Waukesha County Dog Training Club Rally obedience trials. Ivy earned her 4th Rally Master Leg and her second RAE leg. She took 2nd place in Excellent B with a nice score of 99. And in one of the other classes she kind of acted like we hadn't met. Whatever.

Nellie was entered as well and she picked up Rally Championship (RACH) leg #4, RAE leg #5, RM leg #8, and 24 (out of a max possible 30) RACH points. She earned scores of 97, 97, and 100! She placed 2nd twice and I think third once. She barely was edged out for the High Triple Score Honor (by 1 point!) so that was a fantastic day.

I'm very proud to report that we accomplished our mission at the Doberman Pinscher Club AKC Agility trial up in Oshkosh! At just a few months shy of 13 years old, Lucy finished her Novice Agility Preferred title! Lucy adds to the alphabet soup yet again: U-HIT AG2 RO2 U-CH Powderhound's Blaze of Glory WWPDX WPD WTD RAE **NAP** CGCA CGCU ACT1 ACT2 IDWP3 TKN ROM-WDX ROM-PERF VAM AAAM

Mom and I headed down to Florida to compete in the AKC National Championship, the Rally National Championship, AND the Agility Invitational.

Thursday was just conformation for Chrome where he took reserve winners dog.

Friday was a busy day, Copper had two rally runs in the rally championship and Nellie had her first run of the weekend over in agility for Time to Beat. Copper's first run garnered a score of 92. He earned the Top Scoring Malamute breed Medallion offered by AKC and AMCA. Nellie's picked up her first Time to Beat leg in agility and 4 points. With this being Invitational weekend, the best in the country were there. I'm told 4 points is pretty great.

Some words about the venue: it was a good venue but it's REALLY tough for those dogs who are not show dogs. The ANC/RNC/AGI are all in a giant hall. There are multiple rings going at once, it's pretty loud, and there are cameras, a fast pace, and given it's in conjunction with a dog show, there are bitches in season all around. It's a TOUGH venue. I am SO pleased with how Nellie handled it all as if it was nothing. Copper was bothered by the camera in the ring for his second run after being rattled by someone on a scooter and didn't do well but oh well.

Gracie was entered in the Rally championship but wasn't feeling well and sadly wasn't able to go along. She is fine now.

Saturday was the official start of the agility invitational. Nellie's first run was awesome. She ran clear! In her second run she had a 5 point deduction because the teeter looked funny to her but even so, at the end of the day we were ranked 24th overall based upon our score and speed!

Sunday was more chaotic. Agility and conformation were conflicting somewhat. I had to quick go walk my course, run back to help mom groom Chrome, go run Nellie in what they call Hybrid, change into show clothes, and then go show Chrome . He took reserve to the major. Nellie was a little slow as I mentioned above and had a couple time faults but again, a pretty great run. Ordinarily dogs who run in the preferred class get a few extra seconds but not in this event. Had it been in the normal preferred allowance, she would have been under course time and good. In the afternoon she had her 4th and final run. She ran clear again! She was so fast. I was very proud of her performance each time. She took home the Top Scoring Malamute breed Medallion for agility, just like Copper's.

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2018 AMCA Regional and National Specialties in Orlando, FL WHAT A SHOW! Sunday, Regional weight pull: 61-80# class, in 1st place was Ivy, 2nd was Lucy, 3rd was Nellie, and in the 81-100# class 4th was Chrome for another WWPDA leg. Monday, Regional Sweepstakes: Bumper 1st in the 8-10 year old class and Best of Opposite Sex in Veteran Sweeps. Lucy was 3rd in the 10-12 year class. She left her coat at home. Chrome was 3rd in the Bred By Exhibitor class. Tuesday, Regional Rally trial: Winner of Excellent A was Nellie for her first leg. Bumper won Masters, Excellent B, and Advanced B to pick up his 13th Triple Q, High Triple Score, and High Combined Score in Adv and Exc. Wednesday, National Rally trial: Winner of Excellent A was again Nellie. Bumper won Masters and High Triple Score. In both Excellent B and Advanced B the placements were the same: 1st place to Lucy, 2nd to Ivy, and 3rd to Bumper. Lucy took home the High Combined award for RAE leg #9 and a ribbon as tall as the dog! Thursday, National weight pull: What a lucky person I am to have a dog I can take off the shelf and say "Hey, let's go win this." Lucy, at 10.5 years of age won a small but quality 61-80# class. She is all heart. She also won this class last year at both the Regional and National. 2nd in the class and no slouch herself was Ivy, 3rd was Nellie. Chrome was 4th in the 81-100# class. Then we went home :)

11/23 At the Western Waukesha County Dog Training Club trials, we had a HUGE day! Lucy completed her Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) title with a 3rd and 4th placement in huge classes. Her daughter Nellie completed her Rally Excellent (RE) title and earned her first RAE leg. She was 5th place in Advanced B, one placement and one point behind her mother. Copper also completed his Rally Excellent title, taking 1st place in Excellent A in the first trial and earning his first RAE leg in the second trial!

The AMCA National and Regional were huge for us as usual. Lucy: WON the 61-80# class for both the Regional and National weight pulls. This is not the first time she's accomplished this feat having done it before in 2012. She is the 3rd of our breeding to win their weight class at both the Regional and National weight pull in the same week. She also picked up two more RAE legs, with an 85 in Excellent B and 94 in Advanced B (4th place) in the Regional and a 95 in Excellent B (2nd place out of 11!) and 96 in Advanced B in the National. She also earned the Urban Canine Good Citizen title and with both GP and Nellie completing their WWPDX titles at the Regional pull, she completed her ROM-WDX! Bumper: Bumper competed but didn't need any RAE legs. In the Regional in Excellent B he earned a score of 92 for 2nd place. In the National, he scored an 87 in Excellent B and a 99 for 1st place in Advanced B! He completed his Urban Canine Good Citizen title as well as his Trick Dog Novice title. In the National Agility trial, he earned his first Excellent Jumpers Preferred leg and his second Excellent FAST Preferred leg, both with first placements. He was 2nd in Working Dog for both the Regional and the National. Ivy: In the Regional pull, Ivy came in 2nd to Lucy in the 61-80# class. She started her RAE journey at the National, earning a 95 in Advanced B and a 92 for 4th place of 11 in Excellent B. That week, she also completed her Canine Good Citizen, her Community Canine, and her Urban Canine Good Citizen titles, along with her Trick Dog Novice. GP: GP earned his final WWPDX leg at the Regional weight pull. He also completed his Community Canine title. Nellie: At the Regional weight pull, Nellie completed her WWPDX title. In the National Agility trial, she earned her second Open Jumpers Preferred leg and took 1st place. Copper: At the National Rally trial, Copper earned a score of 97 in Novice B. He also earned his WWPDA title. Gracie: Gracie earned her Trick Dog Novice.