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

Diana Dann and her one year old Border Collie, "Journey" went to Cloudcroft N.M. for an out of state trial. While he was there he earned his AXJ with two clean runs and two first places! What a birthday gift for him!

Diane and her beautiful 5 year old BC Dixie, earned their AKC MACH title in Ft. Worth at the Dentex trial in May. We are thrilled with this young team and expect MACH 2 to be around the corner!

Five PFA students and their Instructor went to the AKC San Antonio trial in downtown SA and came home with over 30 Q's!

Lisa Bilek and her Flat Coat Retriever "Holly," received 5 Q's in San Antonio at their first AKC trial. 2-JWW's, 2-FAST , 1-Standard. We are very proud of this dynamic duo!

Cheri Fults and her blazing fast Pomeranian, "Maya" went to SA and it was their first ever AKC trial. They won 7 First Place ribbons, and Q'd 7 out of 9 times. She also titled in Standard. We are so thrilled with this team and know they have BIG things in their future!

Michelle Albright and her sweet Yorkie Terrier "Millie" received 3 Q's in San Antonio! Millie Q'd in Open Standard on Friday and in JWW Excellent runs on both Saturday and Sunday. Pretty amazing since this dynamic duo only started competing about 6 months ago!

Seasoned handler Leslie Smith, took her young mini Aussie, "Ozzy" to his first ever AKC show in San Antonio. They got 4 out of 6 Q's and received three 1st places and one 2nd place. One more Q' in Jumpers and Standard and they'll title and be in Open! Leslie took her MACH2 Pomeranian, "Pepe" and he came home with 5 out of 6 Q's and now has enough double Q's for his MACH 3!

After 11 months of trialing in the AKC venue, 4 yr old Shih Tzu, "Charlie," owned by Brandi Southwell, has achieved both AX & AXJ titles. At his first trial in AKC ExB, with his agility tail flying high, he earned his first double Q towards his MACH!! He's also currently ranked the #12 Shih Tzu in the U.S.

Marylin Butorac's Pembroke Welsh Corgi, "Henry," had a great weekend Feb. 20/21 at Teacup Agility, earning the fastest time and maximum points in 6 out of 8 events. He was awarded the “High in Trial” ribbon for Corgis!

Marylin Butorac's Sheltie,Toby, had a great weekend at TKC, earning a 1st and Q in EXA JWW's on Saturday, and a 2nd place, Q in EXA JWW's and his AXJ title, on Sunday. On the same day, he also won a 1st and Q in EXA Standard! What a great dog!

Straight from the PFA Beginner classes, Diana Dann's darling, BC puppy, "Journey", had only graduated from the program a few short months before beginning to compete. After only three AKC trials, 18 month old Journey is now competing in the AKC Excellent A classes in both Standard and Jumpers, winning 1st place in his first Excellent Standard run!

Elaine and her gorgeous, blue eyed, BC, "Spirit", earned her Excellent AP JWW title in McKinney Jan. 24th. The very next weekend, Jan.31st, she Q'd in Excellent AP Standard earning her Standard title and she also Q'd in Ex BP JWW ... WOW!! We are so proud of her!

Anne Pullen and her beautiful Aussie, Tiva the Diva, win their AKC Championship title in McKinney on Jan.24, 2010! Yeah MACH Tiva!

22 month old Border Collie, "Ice", owned by Bonnie Norris, competed at the USDAA Regionals in Ft. Worth and made it to the Finals in Steeplechase, qualifying him for USDAA Nationals in Nov. 2009.

Sangie Brooks and her 3 yr old Lab, “Lexie” completed her Novice JWW and Novice FAST titles July 10-12 at the AKC Trial in San Antonio. Lexie also got 2 Novice Std Qs and 1 Open FAST Q at the trial. Also, Sangie’s 2yr old Aussie, "Carly" got her first Open JWW Q.

Kathryn Cockerham and her 4yr old Aussie, "Skye", completed their Open JWW and Open FAST titles July 9-12 at the AKC trial in San Antonio. Skye also got her first Exc A JWW Q with a 1st place on July 12th.

20 month old Border Collie, "Ice", owned by Bonnie Norris, wins a local Grand Prix and qualifies for both Steeplechase and Grand Prix Regionals!

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!

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.

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!