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SEPTEMBER 2016

Well, the first NOMAD CPE trial is officially over, and what a wonderful, successful first trial it was! We had a limit of 375 runs a day. Saturday was almost filled with over 350 runs, and Sunday had over 330 runs. Pretty amaz-ing for a first trial! Linda will have more stats to share as she finishes up with her Trial Secretary paperwork.

The trial site was beautiful and we had many, many competitors com-ment on what a great site it was and how much they enjoyed the trial. The circus tent that came with the field was huge - next year we certainly need to make better use of it and probably offer crating in half of it. It was so nice to not have to set up and take down our big tents! All we needed were two EZ-Ups. The river was easily accessible for both dogs and people to cool off in. We shared the food vendor at the Flea Market, and the food was really good. I heard that their Creemees were delicious, although I didn’t have time to try one. It could be a little slow getting food, as the vendor was already quite busy with the flea market. Something to think about for next year.

The trial truly took a village to put on. Much of our equipment doesn’t meet CPE specs (which are also AKC specs), so our dogwalk, teeter, table, tire, double jump and triple jump could not be used. We borrowed Carol Thom’s (Agility Dogs of the Adirondacks) tire, double and triple, the judge’s panel jump and table, Shauna Clifford’s (a student at Show Me the Biscuit and friend of mine) dogwalk and teeter, and Linda Ladd’s dogwalk supports. We can’t begin to thank them all enough! Judy Raffone and Alyssa Todd from Muddy Paws Training Center were invaluable at the score table.

We had many, many NOMAD members who came on Friday for setup and yesterday for teardown as well as to the trial without dogs to help out. There were too many of you to remember so I won’t try to list everyone’s names! Thank you so very much for all your help!

A special thanks to my Co-Chair, Linda Ladd, for donating Trial Secretary services. Thank you Linda for all your hard work and for a job well done!

Another special thanks to Sara McDonald for volunteering to be Ring Manager/Volunteer Coordinator. That was a tough job and you stepped up to the plate and excelled at it. Thank you!

Lynne, thank you for your help with transporting equipment from and back to TFL and for the grown-up cooler for teardown yesterday.

Nicki, thank you for hauling the equipment from Roberta’s and back and for helping with teardown.

John Farr, the owner of the field, was very good to work with. I will be contacting him soon to reserve the site for next years’ CPE trial!

Our judge, Doreen Lucius, put together some fun, challenging courses. She’s a great judge - fun and very fair - and we look forward to asking her back in two years.

Thank you everyone and I look forward to co-chairing NOMAD’s 2nd Annual CPE Trial in 2017!!

Marty

From our Southern Contingent, our wonderful course builders:

Tom and I wanted to send a huge thank you to you and the entire NOMAD group for a wonderful trial this past weekend. WE had a wonderful time! We send thanks to Lynn von Trapp for hosting the trial at the Trapp Family Lodge - what an incredible site! Randi, you were incredible as trial secretary - it was so well run! Adding the keg of beer was a real treat. I was lucky enough to win several raffle baskets - please forward my thanks to all of the club members who made such great donations! All of the NOMAD club members are so welcoming and hospitable- it is one of the reasons we have this trial on our must go list. We think back on the many years that we have been coming with great memories and we hope to make more memories in the future.Thanks also for the Heady Topper - that is going above and beyond and it is very much appreciated!As I said at the end of this weekend, we are sending positive vibes for your vote for having the trial next year-we have marked the dates and will keep our fingers crossed.Again, we cannot thank you enough. Please send our thanks to all of the NOMAD members.We are sending more positive vibes for getting your NATCH - you and Moxie Falls are an incredible team! Please keep us posted!

Pat Moloney-Harmon

From the judge.

Home safe and THANKS

Hi Randi,

Just wanted to say thanks to you and NOMAD for having me up to judge, I had a wonderful time. I always enjoy working with you all and everything ran great.

Thanks

Ben Philibert

OUR NADAC TRIAL OUR CPE TRIAL

FALL SEMINAR REGISTRATION ON PAGE 6

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BRAGS

June 10-12 NOMAD USDAA, Stowe, VT

Lynne von Trapp and BrillMasters Gamblers ____________________QGrand Prix _________________________QTeam ______________________2nd and Q

TOURNAMENT MASTER TITLE

June 25/26 All Dogs USDAA, Manchester, NH

Lynne von Trapp and BrillMaster Gamblers _____________ 1st and QMasters Jumpers _____________2nd and QMasters Snooker _____________2nd and SQ

July 9-12, PAWS USDAA Regionals, Kingston RI

Judy Kessler and MontePII Gamblers, 20” ______________2nd + Q

AND PII GAMBLERS TITLE!!

Lynne von Trapp and BrillMasters Gamblers ____________________QMasters Gamblers ____________________QMasters Jumpers ____________________Q

July 28-31, BOTC and GMGRC, AKC, Shelburne, VT

Judy Kessler and MonteExcellent Preferred JWW 20” _____ 1st + QExcellent Preferred Standard 20” __ 1st + QExcellent Preferred JWW 20” _____ 1st + QOpen Fast, 20” ________________2nd + QExcellent Preferred Standard 20” __ 1st + QExcellent Preferred JWW 20” __1st + Q and

EXCELLENT PREFERRED JWW TITLE!!

Kim and Captain Open FAST P20 ______ First and Q (75 pts!)Open Standard P20 __________ First and QOpen JWW P20 _____________ First and QOpen JWW P20 ______________ First and Q

Melissa & Rally Novice Standard ____________ First and Q Novice JWW ________________ First and Q

Our 1st ever Q in standard, yeh

Marty and Mickey8” Novice Preferred Fast _______ 1st and Q

NOVICE PREFERRED FAST TITLE

Marty and Kirby8” Open Preferred FAST _______ 1st and Q8” Open Preferred Standard ____ 1st and Q8” Excellent Preferred JWW ____ 1st and QVery proud of my boys! Once again, Maddie was a very good little coach for her brothers.

Aug. 4: AAC National Agility Championship Prequalifier, Montreal, Quebec

Maxine Holmes & Sundancer6” category: Qualified

Aug. 5-7 AAC National Agility Championship:

Maxine Holmes & SundancerAfter running 2 standard, 2 jumpers and 2 gamblers courses: 6” category: Aggregate score: 3rd place overall!!

Don Dennette and Maggiefinished 8th of 34 dogs in our class.

Sundancer and Maxine at the AAC Nationals 8/5-7,2016

August 5-6 , Muddy Paws CPE Trial, Westminster, VT

Mickey and MartyL2 Standard 8” - _____________ 1st and Q

L2 TITLEL3 Wildcard 8” _____________ 2nd and QL3 Jackpot 8” - ______________2nd and Q

Aug 12-14, CPE @ Agile Dogs, Sugar Bush Farm

Tatjana and Max, LEVEL C, REGULAR 20"Standard ___________________ 1st and QWildcard ___________________2nd and QFullHouse __________________ 1st and QColors _____________________ 1st and QSnooker ____________________ 1st and QJackpot ____________________2nd and QFullHouse ___________________ 3rd and Q

Aug 20, NOMAD NADAC Stowe, VT

Lynne von Trapp and BrillOpen Jumpers _______________ 1st and QOpen Tunnelers ______________ 1st and QOpen Regular ________________ 1st and Q

Fin and Caroline M. 16"Novice Chances _____________________QNovice TnG __________________ 1st and QNovice Reg __________________ 1st and QNovice Reg __________________ 1st and QNovice Weavers ______________ 1st and Q

Malia and Caroline M. 16"Elite Chances _______________________QElite Tunnelers ______________ 4th and QElite Weavers ________________ 1st and QElite TnGo __________________2nd and Q

Aug 27-28, CPE, NOMAD, Waterbury VT

Tatjana and Max, LEVEL C, REGULAR 20"Standard ___________________2nd and QStandard ___________________2nd and QSnooker ____________________2nd and QJackpot ____________________ 4th and QStandard ___________________ 1st and QColors _____________________2nd and Q

Marty and MickeyL3 Jackpot 8" _______________ 1st and QL3 Colors 8" _______________ 2nd and QL3 FullHouse 8" - _____________2nd and Q

Marty and KirbyL3 FullHouse 8" ____________ 3rd and QL4 Standard 8" - ____________ 3rd and NQ but a really nice run

Judy K. and Monte, L 5, Enthusiast, 20”Snooker ____________________ 1st and QWildcard ____________________ 1st and QStandard ___________________ 1st and QColors ______________________ 1st and Q

Aug. 28, Scottish Terrier Club, AKC, AK9C

Kim and CaptainOpen P20 JWW. ______________ 1st and Q

AND OJP

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http://nomadagility.com

NOMAD’s Steering CommitteeContact them if you have questions or suggestions.

President: Jen Hammond, hammondjal@gmavt.net

Vice President: John Marcus, John.Marcus@uvm.edu

Secretary: Judy Kessler, judith.kessler@uvm.edu

Treasurer: Linda Ladd, vtladds@comcast.net

Members at Large: Marty Abair, corgitown@yahoo.com

Tatjana Salcedo, gutetatjana@gmail.com

Kelley Trombley, kelly@therunningdog.net

Sept.3rd/4th, ARFF USDAA, Westford MA

Judy K. and MonteJumpers, Vets, 16” ___________ 1st and QSnooker, Vets, 16” ____________ 1st and Q

Lynne von Trapp and BrillMasters Gamblers _______________3rd & QMasters Pairs __________________4th & Q

MASTERS PAIRS TITLE With Dianne McCormick and River

Masters Gamblers _______________ 1st & Q GAMBLERS CHAMPIONSHIP SILVER TITLE

Masters Snooker ________________3rd & QI would like to trade some Master Gamble Qs for Master Standard Qs. We still have only one.

Milo and Jennifer Kachajian In AKC we completed our Novice Agility, Novice Fast, and Open JWW Titles. In USDAA we completed our Agility Dog Title, finally escaping the ˝Bermuda Triangle˝ of Starters Standard with our Starters Standard Title. We also completed our Advanced Snooker and Advanced Gamblers Titles. At NOMAD CPE. It was a beautiful weekend! Milo had 1st and Q in 24" Level 2 Jackpot, Colors, Full House, and Jumpers and a great time happily goofing off in our other six runs! Six helped out at the score table and kept himself busy killing strawberries.

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BRAGS

Randi Barrett and Moxie Falls got their NATCH at the NAE trial on Sept. 11

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NOMAD STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING 8/22/16Members present: Jen Hammond, Linda Ladd, Judy Kessler, John Marcus, Marty Abair and Tatjana Salcedo

Called to order: 6:00 p.m.

FALL MEETING: It was decided to hold the Fall Annual Meeting on Monday, November 7th at 6:30 p.m. in the Rich-mond Library or Church. Arrangements for the site will be made closer to meeting time. There was a general feeling that the Library might be better because it is a larger space.

The secretary was directed to send requests for committee reports and budgets to the various chairs soon with a deadline for these of October 3rd. The SC is planning to review these and have a meeting to create the budget for the year. This meeting is scheduled for October 17th at 6:00 p.m. the site will be deter-mined later. We are hoping that having the SC involved in the budget creation process will help us understand it and better present it to the full membership.

TREASURERS REPORT: Linda pre-sented an informal review of our financial status as of now. The USDAA trial made approximately $5600. The NADAC trial had an income of around $5800, but there has been no time to figure out profit or loss. The CPE trial has a very good entry with an income of around $8200. They are predicting a profit despite having to

spend a large amount for start-up ribbons and two big worker raffle prizes. As voted by the members in the fall, a printer was purchased for the trial and the club. The laptop has not been purchased because a used computer was found that serves the purpose for the time being.

GENERAL DISCUSSION: The rest of the meeting was devoted to preliminary discussion of some proposals to bring to the Fall Meeting. There was a suggestion that an indoor space may become avail-able to the club for the summer months. Possible uses of this space could be fun matches or indoor practices, if it was available on weekends. There was also a suggestion that we might be able to have a third trial, either CPE or USDAA, again next year in an indoor space. This is all very much a dream right now because many details have to be worked out.

The SC is eager to hear what the membership committee comes up with for the structure of membership in the future. We are hoping that any changes recommended will help us get back to the roots of the club and bring members close together again. We will be look-ing for ideas from the whole membership to further this aim. I have included the objectives of the club as stated in the By-laws to remind us all of our mission and possibly stimulate some thoughts about the future of the club.

Section 2 The objectives of NOMAD will be as follows:

2A) To educate the public and promote humane treatment and training of dogs by holding agility practice sessions, public demonstrations, seminars, matches, trials and other dog related activities.

2B) To do all in its power to promote the human-canine bond and to protect and advance the interests of all dogs, including mixed and rare breeds, through positive training techniques.

2C) To promote good sports conduct, cooperation, and enjoyment among NOMAD members, other agility groups and dog enthusiasts.

Adjourned: 7:15 p.m.

Seminar Committee Meeting will be held at the Richmond Congregational Church. Side entry level.Thursday, Oct 13. 5:00

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The Seminar Committee is bringing Anne Andrle from Buxton, Maine, for a NOMAD seminar at Shelburne Field House on October 22 and 23. Come learn in the climate-controlled field house on excellent turf. Many of us know Anne from seeing her at competitions with her dogs Cody (Retired), Ski (Retired), Brisk!, and Super G.

Recently Jen Hammond took a seminar from Anne and loved training with her. According to Jen, Anne is upbeat, funny, and very flexible when working with different levels in the same session. She is very flexible with people who are training with different systems. She is very analytical and really works on your body position. Jen loved working with her.

The cost of the weekend is $2,700, which includes the site rental, Anne’s fees, travel, food and lodging. Charging participants enough to cover all the costs has become prohibitive, and the seminar committee is concerned that club members are not able to participate in seminars due to the rising costs. Recent seminars have not filled.

The Steering Committee has agreed to our request to subsidize this seminar so we can charge $100 for Working Members and $125 for Supporting Members. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. The possibility of future subsidies will be discussed at our upcoming membership meeting Nov. 7.

We’ve experimented with workshop weekends, where the sessions are half days with 5 teams in each session. We’ve heard from participants that some of you would like full day ses-sions, which we will do for Anne’s seminar.

We encourage you to participate in this seminar. Registration information is on page 6.

Anne Andrle Seminar information

New PuppyFor those of you who haven’t heard the

news....we (quite unexpectedly) have added a new puppy to the family of Kim Rubin. Waifer aka Waif is a 6 month old cattle mix rescue from Random Rescue. She was hand picked for our family.....even though I said we weren’t getting a new dog til spring.....but I couldn’t pass up this gem. The current plan is that Alexis will train and run her...but I’m waiting in the wings to be tagged in at any time

New Dog MemberPlease welcome Jen Kachajian’s handsome

young Malinois boy “Six” to NOMAD. Six is 8 months old and has been in training for 5 months at Show Me The Biscuit in Puppy Agility Foun-dations. He is familiar with the obstacles, with the exception of weave poles. Jen is looking forward to competing with Six in USDAA, AKC and CPE. Welcome Six!

Malia Startline Release photo Cindy Telly

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SEMINAR WITH ANNE ANDRLEOctober 22 and 23, 2016, Shelburne Field House

Anne’s goal in teaching is to improve the all-important connection between dogs and handlers. The focus is on teaching you to be the trainer and handler that your DOG needs you to be! Students learn to understand the pressure a dog feels from various obsta-cles, ring set ups, and even from us! The use of ‘directed energy’ is taught to improve the connection and relationship between you and your dog. Anne promotes a healthy, happy and mutually understanding relationship between you and your dog, one that will take you as far as you wish to go, whether that be international level competition or fun at home in the backyard!

This seminar is all about handling. There will be no contact equipment, just jumps, tunnels and weave poles for all levels

SESSION SCHEDULE:

Saturday, October 22: Advanced/Masters 9:00 – 4:30 with an hour for lunch.

Sunday October 23: Pre Novice/Novice 9:00 – 4:30 with an hour for lunch.

Groups of 10 teams per full day session. Lunch is on your own.

Cost is $100 Working members; $125 Supporting members; $150 Non-Members

Payment must be made in full with your registration. Full refund for members if you withdraw before October 15th. No refunds for withdrawals after the closing date of October 15th, unless the working slot is filled by another team, or you have a bitch that comes in season. If you cannot attend and the closing date has passed, check with the registration coordinator to see if there is a waiting list. If there is no waiting list, you are responsible to find someone at the appropriate level for the assigned group to fill your spot in order to receive a refund. Keep the registration coordinator informed.

As always, Nomad members may audit for free. Non-members may audit for $25.

REGISTRATION DATES

September 20, 2016: Opens for Nomad members.

September 27, 2016: Opens for Non-members.

October 15, 2016 : Closing Date. (no automatic refunds after this date)

ACCEPTANCE POLICY

Registrants will get a place in the seminar based on the order of postmark; beginning with September 20, 2016. All registrations postmarked prior to September 20 will be considered postmarked on opening date. If more registrations postmarked by opening date than available working spots are received, they will be accepted in the following order of priority (Each session will be considered separately):

First: Working and supporting members in 2016

Second: New Nomad members in 2016.

Third: Any member wishing to take a second session with the same or a second dog.

Fourth: Non-members. Registrations postmarked after September 20, 2016, will be accepted in order of postmark. If the number of working spots available for any session is exceeded on any one postmark date, registrations with that postmark will be accepted based on the priority listed above.

If you would like to attend multiple days, please fill out separate registration forms and send separate checks. If you are regis-tering the same dog for multiple sessions, indicate your session preference by writing a number (1 or 2) next to the session.

Mail Registrations to: Ann Ramsay Note: This is NOT a PO Box 4 Carmichael Street, Suite 111, Box 125 Essex Junction Vermont 05452.

Seminar with Anne Andrle October 22 and 23, 2016

YOUR NAME _______________________________________________________________________________________________

DOG’s NAME ______________________________________________________________________________________________

SESSION (check one):

Saturday 8:30 – 4:30 Advanced/Masters ______________

Sunday 8:30 to 4:30 Pre-Novice /Novice ______________

Email Address: ___________________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________________________