In Contact Dog Training

Look at that tail!! Are you as happy about Barn Hunt coming back to Springfield as Markie is? Make sure to volunteer some time to help Megan get everything set up at Kinners so everyone can play! Support rat games in our area!

Have you heard? Barn Hunt and Urban Ratting are coming back to Springfield, Illinois! For more information, please email Megan at [email protected]. And "save the date" for an informational and Urban Ratting event April 16. (Please do NOT contact me for information - we are facilitating, but Megan has all the details!)

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/diversity-at-dog-shows-rolissa-nash/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_org&utm_campaign=20210125_posting&fbclid=IwAR3FW3-ospRT9K1HE5srNVMAeVzgJlKvBLb4xjWZ27Nn-4vr9ZMapgA4SvA

Diversity at Dog Shows: One Woman's Journey – American Kennel Club Rolissa Nash has been fighting for more racial diversity at dog shows her whole life. Here's her story about growing up Black at dog shows.

I will be offering an AKC ACT I here at In Contact on September 13. Times TBD. If you are interested, please comment below, PM or email me ([email protected]). There will be no additional charges for the ACT, other than what the AKC charges. Thanks!
Edited to add:
I'll be doing two "blocks" of time for ACTs.
Sunday, September 13, at 11 am or 3 pm.
Please come during those times if you would like to participate!

No agility tonight due to strong storms predicted! Stay home and stay safe!

I'm not sure how we missed this:

Houston inducted into USDAA Hall of Fame WATERFORD — Bud Houston of Waterford, Ohio, has been inducted into the United States Dog Agility Association (USDAA) Hall of Fame. According to their website, in which he is listed in the Pioneer section, he was one of America’s most popular agility teachers, stressing solid handing fundamentals...

We WILL be having agility tomorrow (June 24). I'm checking to see what email issue I have that kept the announcement from going out. Hope to see you soon!

As Illinois heads toward "phase three", I wanted to give you all a quick update on Barn Hunt here at In Contact. We have been pleased to have Bonnie Gutzwiller come lead some private lessons over the past year. However, she will be taking some time off from teaching this sport, and won't be able to come down through the rest of 2020. I'll let you know if that changes. We don't have any firm plans to continue any "rat hunting" here. Please watch for updates on this page and through emailed updates. In the meantime, stay safe!

USDAA@Home now offers a new avenue to earn credits toward titling -- from home. Enrollment for the first USDAA@Home! Agility and Rally qualification-eligible events is now open. Read more: https://www.usdaa.com/news/usdaa-at-home-update.cfm