The Adventures of Mookie the Mudi

  Titles and awards earned this month ....   Nose Work Skills Achievement Master NSAM NACSW Novice Trick Dog-Masters NTD-M DMWYD Shed Dog Level 1 SD-1 NASDA Novice Trick Dog NTD DMWYD Nose Work Skills Achievement 2 NSA2 NACSW Link to Mookie's titles    74 Titles from August 2022 through November 2023 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) Link to NOVEMBER photos! Link to NOVEMBER videos! This was the month of virtual titles!  We needed to do the NOVICE TRICK DOG title from DO MORE WITH YOUR DOG (DMWYD) because that is a prerequisite for the STUNT DOG title which was on the agenda for December.  The novice title is 15 tricks and since we knew most on the list we continued with another 15 for a total of 30 tricks for the NOVICE TRICK DOG-MASTER title!   We finished up the NACSW (National Association of Canine Scent Work) virtual titles and got the NOSE WORK SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT 2 title and then because when we submitte...

Titles and awards earned this month ....   Starter Rally CW-SR C-Wags Zoom 1.0 CW-ZR1 C-Wags Obedience 1 CW-OB1 C-Wags Advanced Nosework Champion ANCH UKC Superior Nosework SN UKC Superior Containers SC UKC Superior Exterior SE UKC Superior Vehicles SV UKC Superior Interior SI UKC Excellent Containers SCE AKC Nose Work Skills Achievement 1 NSA1 NACSW Link to Mookie's titles   63 Titles from August 2022 through October 2023 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!) OCTOBER photos are in this album! OCTOBER videos are added to this album! 2023.10.7-8  UKC Nosework Trial at Faith Christian Academy in Wausau.  Mookie was on FIRE!  He did 24 of 24 this weekend! So proud of the Mookster!!❤️ UKC Nosework Advanced Champion and Superior overall title!  He acted like he owned the show!!   2023.10.22-23  C-Wags Obedience, Rally and Zoom trials!  Such fun!  This is a great venue to test ...

  Titles and awards earned this month....    Scent Work Advanced  (SWA) Scent Work Exterior Advanced (SEA) Scent Work Novice Elite  (SWNE) Scent Work Interior Novice Elite  (SINE) Link to Mookie's titles   52  titles from August 2022 through September 2023 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!)  SEPTEMBER photos are in this album!  SEPTEMBER videos are added to this album! It was a busy month with a trial each weekend! The trial season is short in Wisconsin so we need to make the most of it!   September 9-10 -  AKC Scent Work trials at the beautiful WI Lions Camp in Rosholt WI  - earned the 4 titles listed above!!  Fun day at the camp on the lake!!  September 16-17 - UKC Weekend - Nosework and Conformation  Good weekend! (OH..  and the curls in the photo are what he looks like for a show after a bath!!  ) 3 group placements (2nd, 3rd, 4th)  2 Total Dog, 15/16 novice/advanced...

       Titles and awards earned this month....    International Champion (Intl CH) (IABCA) (Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show) Parkour Dog In Training (PKD-T) Rally Novice RN (AKC) FCAT (AKC Fast Cat) Link to Mookie's titles    44 titles from August 2022 through July 2023 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!)  AUGUST photos are in this album!  AUGUST videos are added to this album! Conformation - And the highlight of the month is... TA-DA  .... BEST in SHOW and Reserve BEST in SHOW at the IABCA Conformation show held again at the Winnegamie Dog Club in Menasha.  Competitors were there from as far away as IN and MN and Mookie did great!!  Thanks to Cindy Pischke of Cima Photography, who encouraged me to get the photo taken!!    Fast CAT -  A trip to  Country Paws  for 2 runs and then 3 days in Oshkosh for the  Winnegamie Dog Club  tests and he accumulated more than enough...

      Titles and awards earned this month....    Barn Hunt Novice X (RATNX) Link to Mookie's titles    44 titles from August 2022 through July 2023 What is a title, really?  (...a must read!)  JULY photos are in this album!  JULY videos are added to this album! July was a month with one weekend of trialing and the rest of the month was training...lots of diverse TRAINING!  So let's just list all the sports and what we did with them! Barn Hunt - This is where the title was earned!  He got 40 more points in Crazy 8s and then 2 Qs in Novice earning him the Barn Hunt Novice X (RATNX) title!!  HOWEVER, we have had weekly private training and IS HE IMPROVING!  His problem, as I evaluate it, is there is a huge difference between finding rats in a quiet ring when he is the only dog there and the noise and activity level of a trial!  I anticipate that as soon as he gets past that hurdle, he'll be amazing because in each...

AKC Fast CAT® – which stands for Coursing Ability Test – is a timed 100-yard dash where dogs run one at a time, chasing a lure. It’s over before you know it — and it’s nothing short of awe-inspiring to watch your dog run at top speed, ears back, eyes focused, legs strong.   Titles are earned as points are accumulated based on speed and a handicap for small dogs.  The BCAT Title is awarded when the dog reaches 150 points.  The DCAT Title is awarded when the dog reaches 500 points,  The FCAT Title is awarded for 1000 points. An FCAT Title number e.g. FCAT1 is awarded for each additional 500 points. The handicap system works like this: Handicap of 2.0 for dogs below 12 inches at the withers. Handicap of 1.5 for dogs 18 inches or greater at the withers. (Mookie) Handicap of 1.0 for dogs 18 inches or greater at the withers. This is a summer sport in this part of the country and dogs need to be a year old before participating so Mookie is just starting as of May 2023....

     Titles and awards earned this month....    UKC Novice Nosework Champion ( (started last fall - 20 Qs) UKC Conformation Best of Breed (4) UKC Conformation Group 3 (9 total dogs) UKC Conformation Group 2 (8 total dogs) UKC Total Dog (2 group placements 2 & 3) UKC Rally 1  AKC Scent Work Buried Novice Elite (SBNE) AKC DCAT (DCAT) Link to Mookie's titles   What is a title, really?  (...a must read!)  JUNE photos are in this album!  JUNE videos are added to this album! UKC Conformation, Rally and Nosework weekend Mookie started off the month with a super weekend at Camp Bandy at a UKC trial that included, not just conformation, but nosework and rally! He earned his Novice Nosework Champion title which he started last fall when He participated in his first scent work venue. This title requires a total of 5 Q's of each of the 4 elements! In order to potentially qualify for a total dog award which is a group placement in conformation an...