Paws for Applause Dog Agility School in Rowlett, Texas, East of Dallas, Classes for Dogs

Kathryn Cockerham and her 3 year old Aussie "Skye" earned their Elite Regular title in ASCA June 5, 2009, with a clean run. Now they are collecting both Regular and Jumpers Q's towards their ATCH!

Courtney Alieksaites standard dachshund, "Thor", earned his first two Agility titles in one weekend after 5 months of trialing. Saturday, April 11th, he got his ASCA novice jumpers title, and Sunday, April 12th, he earned his CPE Level 1 Standard title!

Sandy Holubec's BC, "Cruiser," had her first AKC trial Nov. 14 and Q'd 5 out of 6 classes. In just a few trials since then, Cruiser "cruised through" her Open JWW's title with her final Q on March 7th, at the DAWG trial!

After just nine months of trialing, Martha Stone's Papillion rescue, "Monarch," has earned his way into AKC Excellent A Standard and Excellent B Jumpers with ALL first place Q’s!

In his first AKC trial, 3 year old Shih Tzu, "Charlie," owned and handled by Brandi Southwell, qualified in AKC Novice Standard A with a perfect score and a 1st place ribbon in the 8 inch class!

Barb Melilo's Aussie, "Coda" earned his title in ASCA Novice Regular Agility. In September of 2007, he earned his first Q towards that goal with a first place finish. Coda earned another first place in January with a time of 35 seconds, and a second place with a time of 36 seconds, giving him 2 more Q's and the title!

At their first USDAA show, November 2008 in Garland, Eraine Spencer's "Saavy", 4 year old BC, took home 4 Q's (Snooker, Standard, Jumpers and Gamblers) and "Shayla", 5 year old BC, took home 4 Q's as well (2 Jumpers, a Standard and a Gambler).

After training a total of only a year and 6 months, Pam Quagliani's Chihuahua "Lulu", won her AXJ title on Oct. 4, 2008, with a 1st place, in McKinney, TX. She is now working on her MACH. We call her our little "Q-Lu"!

After 10 months of training at Paws for Applause, Marylin’s Sheltie, "Toby", earned his first "Q" in USDAA, finishing his P1 Jumpers course in first place with no faults and a big Sheltie smile.

June 2008, Eraine Spencer's 4 year old BC, "Saavy", competed in his first ASCA trial. In one weekend, he won his Novice Jumpers title and is half way to his Novice Standard title. Eraine's 5 year old BC, "Shayla", at her first AKC trial in Houston, came home with 2 first place, 3 second place and 1 third place, totaling 6 Q's, nearly finishing all her Novice titles in one weekend!

At "Shayla"'s second ASCA trial, she took home 3 Novice Standard course Q's, 2 Novice Jumper Q's and 2 Novice Gambler Q's, finishing all her Novice titles in one weekend!

In June 2008, Diane and her 3 1/2 year old Border Collie, "Dixie", earned their MXJ title in Monroe, La. They brought home one double Q and two single Q's at the Excellent level.

On March 15th, Bonnie's 9 year old Border Collie, "Kilt", won a Super Q in Masters Snooker completing his USDAA Championship title "Agility Dog Champion"! Now "Kilt" is a dual Champion in both USDAA and AKC. He also is qualified for the 2008 USDAA Regional Championships and 2009 USDAA World Championships! Not bad for an old grand-pa, MACH ADCH "Kilt"!

Kathryn and her 2 1/2 yr old Aussie "Skye" entered their first NADAC Open level competition in Waco April 11-13 in Regular, Jumpers and Tunnelers. They Q'd and placed 1st in all seven runs. Three of the Q's were in Regular earning "Skye" her Open Regular title in one weekend!

On Feb. 9th Anne Pullen's Australian Shepherd "Tiva", earned her AKC MXJ title after only 6 months of competing at the Excellent B level.

Linda's Pom, "Bella", had a great weekend in ASCA. She did her WEAVES in standard and ended up with 2 Q's and 2 1st places which finished her novice standard title. She is now in all open categories in ASCA. "Bella" also Q'd in open gamblers with a score of 45 and a 2nd place.

Linda's Sheltie, "Alex", also did great at the ASCA trial. He got his first EVER novice standard Q with a 2nd place.

Martha Stone and her Ridgeback "Goody" take a 1st place and Q in Touch and Go at the NADAC trial in Calera, OK, on 1-12-08. Her Papillion "Monarch", who is only in the Beginner Two class at PFA, entered their first ever trial and took 1st place with a Qualifying run in Tunnelers and beat the time of all the Open dogs in that class in their height division. Wow, what a "debut"!

Sangie Brooks and her 2 year old yellow lab "Lexie" earned their first Novice NADAC Title in Tunnelers in Calera, Oklahoma, on 12/31. They also got 2 qualifying runs in Tunnelers with and 1st and 3rd place and 2nd in Jumpers!

Bonnie's daughter, 11 yr. old Larkin Norris, won a Double Q in her AKC trial Nov. 18th in McKinney with her Shetland Sheepdog "Cloud". This is Cloud's 7th Double Q, so she's over 1/3 of the way to her AKC Championship and MACH! "Cloud" had three out of four qualifying runs for the weekend in the Excellent B classes!

Bronwen Lanning and her All-American "Pepper" earned their USDAA Performance I Standard title, Performance I Jumpers title and Performance I Versatility title in Caddo Mills on October 20th and 21st. Not to be out done, Bronwen's Aussie "Rex" finished with qualifying and 1st/2nd place scores in Gamblers, Snooker and Jumpers for his very first trial!

Early October in McKinney at an AKC trial, Diana Dann and her Golden Retriever "Bailey" brought home a 1st Place and Q in Open JWW'S and 1st place and Q in Novice Standard. The Novice Standard Q earned "Bailey" his Title in Novice Standard!

Bonnie's Sheltie, "Zap!" is qualified for the 2007 USDAA Steeplechase Nationals in Scottsdale!

Donna & her Standard Poodle "Eli" earned their Novice Jumpers title in San Antonio last month & their Novice Standard title in Ft. Worth in August. "Eli" also got his 1st Q in Open jumpers!

Beverly, and her Puli "Finnigan", earned a 1st and Q in Open Standard and a 4th and Q in Novice Jumpers at the ASCA trial on 9/4/07. His other runs were AWESOME!