The Adventures of Mookie the Mudi

Titles and awards in September and October (14) AKC Scent Work Scent Work Buried Advanced Elite Scent Work Exterior Advanced Elite Scent Work Advanced Elite Scent Work Buried Excellent Scent Work Exterior Excellent Scent Work Excellent UKC Nosework  Advance Grand Champion Master Containers Master Exterior Master Interior Master Vehicle Master Nosework AKC Fast Cat - FCAT2 Barn Hunt Open Link to Mookie's titles   110  Titles from August 2022 through October 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to SEPTEMBER photos!        Link to SEPTEMBER videos!                                  Link to OCTOBER photos!        Link to OCTOBER videos ! Our fall trial season is over and Mookie is ending up exactly where we want to be!  Early October, we finished up his UKC Nosework MASTER title and continued working on the remaining (6 legs now needed) for his SUPERIOR GRAND CHAMPION.  In AKC Scent Work, after two trials in September, we finished the AKC Scent Work EXCELLENT level and

Titles and awards in July and August IABCA Conformation  IABCA National Championship ( Int/Nat CH)  IABCA Honors Championship ( Int/NatHnr CH) UKC Shed Hunting -  3 of 5 legs needed for the UKC Working Shed Dog title WSD   (Not a title yet but so PROUD!)   Link to Mookie's titles   95  Titles from August 2022 through August 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to JULY photos!       Link to AUGUST photos                                  Link to JULY videos!       Link to AUGUST videos Since I never got the post finished for last month, I'm combining. July and August into one blog post Many fun things happen​ed this summer​! We did lots of backyard training in agility, nosework, obedience, rally and ​did some fun swimming​ in a friend's pool!  ​The ​only July trial was  ​UKC SHED  hunting! ​We participated in ​a 3-day trial and earned three qualifying legs toward a UKC ​SHED title​!   He had to locate and bring back to me 4 shed antlers hidden in an area th

  Titles and awards earned this month ....   AKC Scent Work Container Advanced Elite (SCAE) Scent Work Interior Advanced Elite (SIAE) Scent Work Interior Excellent (SIE) UKC  Superior Nosework Champion (SNCH) Link to Mookie's titles   96  Titles from August 2022 through June 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to JUNE photos!                                             Link to JUNE videos! UKC Nosework trial at Camp Bandy and AKC Scent Work at the Fond du Lac Fairgrounds A great 2 weekends of sniffing where Mookie finished the titles listed above. We are working our way up the AKC/UKC ladder slowly at one level a year!  I think this has been a great foundation for him and will allow us to have lots of sniffing to do over the years!  A NEW carting harness that will match any decorations I may put on him for holidays!!  Pulling a cart is essentially an obedience thing. Obedience is something we do pretty often along with rally, but when you have a cart behind you, i

Titles and awards earned this month ....   AKC ~~~~Fetch Retriever  ( FTR )  Do More With Your Dog ~~~~Canine Conditioning Fitness 2 ( CCF2 ) ~~~~Fetch  ( O-F ) ~~~~Balance Beam ( O-BB ) Link to Mookie's titles   92  Titles from August 2022 through May 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to MAY photos!                                             Link to MAY videos! We continue this month to do weekly SCENT WORK with Lynsie at various places around Oshkosh and several times a week with other people.  Occasionally we do RALLY with Jackie because I help with her classes and OBEDIENCE with Judy at the dog Club!  Also, weekly we run through AGILITY at the dog club! Of course there's always agility at home in the yard but this gives him different places to practice. We did our last AKC conformation show in Jefferson in May and I made the decision that neither of us liked it at all so we are not going to continue with AKC and UKC conformation. There's one

     Titles and awards earned this month ....   Link to Mookie's titles   88  Titles from August 2022 through February 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to APRIL photos!                                            Link to APRIL videos! FETCH ADVANCED In April 2024, he earned the  Fetch Advanced  title in Plymouth in a dusty horse barn with birds flying around!  The previous 2 tests were in a facility with rubber matting floor so this was very different.  Also, it all of a sudden became more challenging!!  The distance for the Advanced retrieves is 70 ft. The course has 3 blinds which are screens at least 24 inches tall, and 10 ft. to 12 ft. wide.  As Mookie sat by my side at the start line, a helper dropped a bumper behind each blind as he watched and he calls "hey, hey, hey" as he dropped the bumper.  To pass, Mookie had to do  2 single retrieves and 2 double retrieves .  A double is when the helper drops the bumpers behind 2 blinds and Mookie had to

Bariguard Ron (aka "Mookie") and his stuff!!  Embark (Dog DNA Test) Embark for Breeders dog DNA test includes a dog's results for health conditions, genetic coefficient of inbreeding (COI), and 35 trait tests including coat color, shedding, and more. Mookie's EMBARK  Mookie's full EMBARK report (PDF) OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) OFA's mission is to promote the health and welfare of companion animals through a reduction in the incidence of genetic disease by collating and disseminating information concerning orthopedic and genetic diseases of animals.      Mookie's OFA listing   NOTE:   Hip X-rays to be taken 3/11/24   AKC (American Kennel Club) The American Kennel Club, a not-for-profit organization, is the nation's oldest, largest, and most esteemed purebred dog registry.  Below is Mookie's info!  AKC DNA Profile Results Bariguard Ron Hungarian Pedigree TITLES   (Click here for the link to everything!) (AKC, UKC and DMWYD titles are c

    Titles and awards earned this month ....   Link to Mookie's titles   85  Titles from August 2022 through February 2024 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to MARCH photos!                                                  Link to MARCH videos! It was a training not trialing month and SO MUCH FUN!   We're working on carting (aka drafting), more tricks, agility, fetch, obedience, rally, scent work, barn hunt, frisbee and shed hunting!  We plan to go with wherever the wind takes us and enjoy it!!   Obedience! Several times each week we meet with a group at the Winnegamie Dog Club to get together and train!  It's a great group and we're learning SO much and Mookie really likes retrieving the dumbbell and gloves, doing the go-outs, and directed jumping!  Of course, we practice all of that individually in a super fun manner and will put it all together when the time comes to trial. Rally!  This follows along with obedience since that's what it is.  1-2x

 Fetch!  Yes!  It's a THING!    AKC added this fun test to the Family Dog program which also includes the other tests like the CGC, CGCA, CGCU, Farm Dog, FIT Dog, Therapy Dog, ATT and Virtual Home Manners.  From the  AKC website :  AKC Family Dog is a comprehensive good manners program for all dogs, whether purebred or mixed breed. While participating in enjoyable activities that are fun for both dogs and people, dogs become well-socialized and develop a lifelong bond with their owners. AKC Fetch titles were created as another activity in which owners could have fun with their dogs in the AKC Family Dog Program. Earning AKC Fetch titles provides opportunities for both physical and mental exercise. While some dogs will naturally fetch balls, AKC Fetch, especially at the advanced levels, will involve teaching new skills such as directed retrieving. SO...  I thought another FUN thing to do with the Mookster!!   He's been retrieving since Day 1 and gets a reward for bringing me thi