Greg Mauldin Memorial TriDogathon Corona CA

March 26, 2011
Greg Mauldin Memorial TriDogathon will be held at Ridgeline Park, 2850 Ridgeline Drive, Corona CA 92882. Hosted by Disc Dogs in Southern California. Registration/check-in starts at 9:00am and the competition starts at 9:30am. This event will consist of (1) round Toss & Fetch, (1) round of Bullseye (circular Toss & Fetch) and (1) round of obstacle course.
Contact: Benny Wong benny@d2isc.com
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HOUSTON USDDN Regional Qualifier

March 26, 2011–USDDN Regional Qualifier

Visit HCFDC for details

PA State Championship

World Qualifying Events/Games:
1. Pairs Distance and Accuracy
2. Freestyle
3. Spot Landing
4. Bullseye
5. Time Trial
Additional Event/Game (in order to recognize competition for MAD Dogs Club Cup Points)
6. Distance and Accuracy

Notes:
a) Please identify your Pairs D/A partner on the Pre-Reg form or request to be paired up
b) No Hyperflite Divisions
c) World Qualifier – Top Team (Handler(s)/Canine) for each Event/Game (ie 5 World Qualifiers at each competition … 1 Pairs D/A, 1 F/S, 1 S/L, 1 B/E & 1 T/T)

2011 Qualifying Teams To Date
1. Pairs Distance and Accuracy –Jeff Stanaway, Larry Beatty and Cady
2. Freestyle – Frank Buckland and Shiloh
3. Spot Landing – Jeff Stanaway and Cory
4. Bullseye – David Gosch and Hippie Chick
5. Time Trial – Blake Kilbourne and Rain
Note: 1st Place determines the qualifying teams unless the team has already qualified. In this scenario, the qualification will go to the next placement team that has not already qualified. Also, the entire team is the basis for who has qualified, so if any part (Handler(s) or Canine) of the team differs they will be considered a different team and are eligible to qualify.

State Championship Event/Games
1. Distance and Accuracy – 2 rounds for non Freestylers, 2nd round optional (not scored) for Freestylers
2. Freestyle – 2 rounds plus 1st round of D/A

New for MAD Dogs Competitions
MicroDog Division – (Dogs 16” or shorter)
Note: The Team (Handler/Canine) can only enter in one MAD Dogs’ Division (AA, A, B or MicroDog). Also, as a club member, once you enter a Division you will be that level for the season to determine Club Cup Points.

Skyhoundz DiscDogathon Qualifier

Skyhoundz DiscDogathon World Qualifier

Reading Pet Expo
2525 N 12th St
Reading, PA 19605

Ray Lowman
410-263-7128

The Inn at Reading
1040 N. Park Road
Reading, PA 19610
610-372-7811
Rate $89 per night.
Additional one time cleaning charge of $20 for pets.
Code: Reading Pet Expo.
Make reservations no later than March 6th.

World Qualifying Events/Games:
1. Pairs Distance and Accuracy
2. Freestyle
3. Spot Landing
4. Bullseye
5. Time Trial
Additional Event/Game (in order to recognize competition for MAD Dogs Club Cup Points)
6. Distance and Accuracy

Notes:
a) Please identify your Pairs D/A partner on the Pre-Reg form or request to be paired up
b) No Hyperflite Divisions
c) World Qualifier – Top Team (Handler(s)/Canine) for each Event/Game (ie 5 World Qualifiers at each competition … 1 Pairs D/A, 1 F/S, 1 S/L, 1 B/E & 1 T/T)

2011 Qualifying Teams To Date
1. Pairs Distance and Accuracy –Jeff Stanaway, Larry Beatty and Cady
2. Freestyle – Frank Buckland and Shiloh
3. Spot Landing – Jeff Stanaway and Cory
4. Bullseye – David Gosch and Hippie Chick
5. Time Trial – Blake Kilbourne and Rain
Note: 1st Place determines the qualifying teams unless the team has already qualified. In this scenario, the qualification will go to the next placement team that has not already qualified. Also, the entire team is the basis for who has qualified, so if any part (Handler(s) or Canine) of the team differs they will be considered a different team and are eligible to qualify.

State Championship Event/Games
1. Distance and Accuracy – 2 rounds for non Freestylers, 2nd round optional (not scored) for Freestylers
2. Freestyle – 2 rounds plus 1st round of D/A

New for MAD Dogs Competitions
MicroDog Division – (Dogs 16” or shorter)
Note: The Team (Handler/Canine) can only enter in one MAD Dogs’ Division (AA, A, B or MicroDog). Also, as a club member, once you enter a Division you will be that level for the season to determine Club Cup Points.

Dixie Disc-Dog Championships

Registration 11am, Competition 12-5pm The International Cherry Blossom Festival Macon, GA

Check out GADDC for event details

Tuscany Park UFO Local

March 13, 2011
UFO local tournament will be held at Tuscany Park Henderson NV at Calico Ridge Dr. and Olsen Dr 89011. Park is located between Lake Mead and Henderson on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley. Hosted by Atomic Disc Dogs.
Contact: Sierra Lyman-Pahnke frizzbk9@gmail.com or Connie Barlow atomickelpie@aol.com

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South Florida’s USDDN TnF Qualifier

It’s that time of year again! South Florida’s USDDN TnF Qualifier. Come on out to sunny South Fl. and try to qualify for the USDDN’s
Nationals/World Finals.

There will be three divisions, Super Pro Toss and Fetch (qualifier), Pro Toss and Fetch and Novice Toss and Fetch, with prizes for all three divisions!
Where? Markham Park, 16001 W. State Rd 84, Sunrise, Fl. Pavilion 2.

Dixie Disc Dog Championships

Dixie Disc Dog Championships
Macon International Cherry Blossom Festival
Central City Park, Macon, GA
March 19, 2011

Spring is here and the GADDC season opener is upon us. The 20th Annual Dixie Disc Dog Championships will be hosted again at the Macon International Cherry Blossom Festival March 19, 2011. This is a fun event and offers divisions from beginner to advanced.

Registration starts at 11am and the tournament begins at 12noon at Central City Park in Macon, GA. This is the hub for the main festival area. If you are looking for a fun filled family, pet friendly event this is the event for you. This festival has everything you need from festival rides, music concerts, kids’ dancing clubs, arts and crafts vendors, festival food, the Dixie Disc Dog Championships, and yes you can walk your dog around the festival.

Super-Open Freestyle
Open Freestyle
Pro T&F
Novice T&F
JR Kids T&F

Bring your own tents for shade if you would like and parking has a nominal fee from the festival. When you arrive at the park follow the left entrance and we are right at the entrance field. You can unload your dog stuff and then find parking.

There is a LaQuinta and an Red Roof hotel in Macon if you are planning staying. There is no special block as most people will drive down and back for this one day event. However, if you want to stay overnight you MUST call now to find a hotel as the hotels book fast for this event.

Remember, that if you are new this is the event for you to come to as the Disc Dog Southern Nationals will be held again at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival and that tournament is only for the professionals. So, we encourage you to come watch the Southern Nationals, but please leave your dog not competing at home and we ask only professionals enter the Southern Nationals two Qualifying divisions. More information coming on the Southern Nationals at www.atlantadiscdogs.com .

So, get your dog, discs, kids, and come join the fun at Macon, March 19.

Melissa Heeter, Greater Atlanta Dog & Disc Club Board Member and Events Coordinator
82 Henry Mack Hill Rd
Rydal GA 30171-1227
1.770.316.5165 cell
melissaheeter@comcast.net
www.melissaheeter.com
www.atlantadiscdogs.com

USDDN Fun N The Sun Qualifier

Hey Fellow Disc Doggers,

The Central Florida Dog & Disc Club is hosting the 3rd annual USDDN Fun N The Sun Qualifier at the Land O Lakes Recreation Complex in Land O Lakes, FL on March 19th. This event will run in parallel with the Land O Lakes Recreation Complex “BarkFest” to help promote their offleash dog parks with vendors and other canine sports demonstrations. There will be two qualifying divisions for Super Open Freestyle and Super Pro Toss and Fetch to qualify for the USDDN National Finals to be held in Cartersville, GA in October. We will also have a free walk-up Toss and Fetch division to start at 12noon for any newcomers that would like to try this sport out. So come out and see some high flyin disc dog action in beautiful, sunny Florida! We now have the Online Pre-Registration open until Friday, March 18th at 5pm, so please pre-register at: http://www.cfdiscdogs.com/usddn-online-registration.htm. We hope to also see many of you this weekend in Sunrise for John Arnett’s USDDN Toss n Fetch Qualifier to get you warmed up for our event the following weekend.

Thanks,
Gary Duke
Central Florida Dog & Disc Club

http://www.cfdiscdogs.com

Guinness Stout 7/23/97-3/10/11

reposted by permission … we here at DDN would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Teers on their loss today

We had to let Guinness go this morning.
At 13 years, 7 months, he has…. he has what? I sit here writing this (because writing has always been therapeutic for me) and I simply can’t express what Guinness has done in his life, or more accurately, for our lives. In his life he won numerous awards in the disc dog world. I remember Guinness and Steve winning the Northern California Disc Dog Extreme Games Championship in 2001. NCDDE was the first disc dog club we had ever heard of, and had the privilege to join. I remember Guinness and Steve winning the California State Championship at Iron Dog Days in Van Nuys , CA in 2002. When Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate formed in 2003, it was because we and some of our friends had caught the infamous “disc dog bug” and were determined to show as many people as possible how much fun they could have with their canine partners. And Guinness was right there with us, as eager as we were (if not more so!) to just have fun.
I think one of my all-time favorite competition memories is the Skyhoundz World Finals in 2003, when Steve and Guinness were the top-scoring team after the first round of Freestyle. Such a proud moment for this disc dog mom! When Steve’s nerves got the better of him in the Toss and Fetch Round, of course we were disappointed. But Guinness? Nah. He just wanted to play with his daddy. There’s a lesson in priorities if ever there was one.
Steve has always said that when they started playing disc, he couldn’t throw and Guinness couldn’t catch. So they learned together. And for years now, I have said that they became the epitome of a team: in Freestyle and in Toss and Fetch (and really, whenever they were together) they moved as one entity. Steve would move his foot, and Guinness would go. Those of you with dogs will understand the enormity of what I mean when I say
they had “that” connection in everything they did together.
Guinness, in spite of acting, for the most part, like we had trained him well, was a notorious food thief. He learned to move with such stealth that his tags would make no noise and if we were fool enough to leave food out (God forbid we should have a party at our house and try to feed our guests,) we had to be sure to tell people “Oh, yeah, we store pizza in the oven once it gets here, unless you’re actually taking a slice out of the box. Want a sandwich? Yeah, bread’s in the microwave.” To put Guinness outside was to risk the “I’m starving, I’ve never eaten before” look we dog people know so well. And the people in our disc dog club learned to never, EVER leave any type of food unattended at a competition.
Once Steve decided to “retire” Guinness from disc, for the most part, their focus turned to therapy work. Having children read to Guinness let them know that he wouldn’t laugh if they didn’t know a word, or grow impatient if they read slowly. What a gift to be able to boost childrens’ confidence just by laying there hoping for belly rubs! And he was still always willing to run out after a disc that someone – anyone!- was willing to throw.
In November 2010 when Guinness was diagnosed with prostate cancer, we were sad, of course. But the sadness was tempered with the joy of knowing what a full, rich life he led, what a privilege it was to have a dog that was such an integral part of our lives, and how unbelievably lucky and blessed we are to have forged this kind of “forever” bond with him. We knew, as well, that the very bond that has grown will make it that much harder in the days to come when we forget, and look for him when we open the door, or call one of the other dogs by his name. But part of that bond is giving back to Guinness a very small part of what he has given to us: we get to let him go with his dignity still intact, before he can no longer walk, or open his eyes, or breathe on his own. The light in his eyes has grown dimmer, faster, over this last week, and we know in our hearts that this is the time for Guinness to receive the last gift we can give him.
And so it is with great sadness that we allow our hearts to become raw, open wounds for a time. Please feel free to share words of comfort, memories, pictures, and/or video with us. I plan to save everything we are sent and go over it as we are able, again and again, as proof of how Guinness brought joy to so many lives around him.
I think that the Rainbow Bridge looks suspiciously like the bridge at Point Isabel Off-Leash Dog Park in Richmond , CA. We know that Guinness is there now, running free and chasing plastic. I say “Rest in Peace,” knowing that Guinness’ “peace” surely involves barking, running, chomping plastic, and lots and lots of treats. Founding member of Team Flyin’ Irish, and one of the “OG’s” of Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate; you will always be our Forever Dog. So Guinness, as you carry on in that place where nobody ever has to stop playing, or barking, or eating, remember that we love you, buddy, and can’t possibly thank you enough for the way you changed our lives.

Jill Teer
Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate
Team Flyin’ Irish: Guinness, Sandy, Irish and Whiskey
www.discdogg.com
www.youtube.com/moteer2001
www.youtube.com/discdoggs