Name: Coralyn (Cor, Cori)
Pronouns: They/them/theirs or she/her/hers
Location: Chicago, IL
Dog's name: Mars
Dog's gender: Female
Dog’s age: 5 y/o
Dog’s breed: Blue heeler/Australian cattle dog
Training history: A lot! She is the first dog I ever trained, right before I became a professional trainer. She currently has her AKC Companion Dog, Rally Excellent, and Trick Dog Performer titles. We did the CGC before she was registered with the AKC, but I never submitted the paperwork...
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Right now, I think reverse weaving! Her little stub is always wagging so hard.
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Tight left turns in heel, when we pull it off.
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I'm excited to get back in the ring in general, when the time comes.
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: It's always a challenge to not rush her!
Anything else you want to share: Mars is perfect and always right.
Dog’s name: Cupid's Chokehold vom Logan Haus
Dog's gender: Male
Dog’s age: 1 y/o
Dog’s breed: KNPV malinois/dutch shepherd
Training history: All the things
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Bitework >:-)
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Back up (He looks so cute)
Anything else you want to share: We are training for a sport called IGP, but I would like to do AKC OB & Rally with him, too.
Dog’s name: Zoey
Dog's gender: Female
Dog’s age: 3
Dog’s breed or best guess: 25% cocker spaniel 75% mini poodle (aka spoodle or cockapoo)
Training history: She knows some basics, but she is my partner's dog and mostly never does any training at all.
Anything else you want to share: Zoey is going to be a good "green dog" example.
Name: Karen Pronouns: she/her Location: Chicago, IL
Dog’s name: Kaiser
Dog’s gender: Male
Dog’s age: 3
Dog’s breed (or best guess): German Shepherd
Training history (as much detail as you want to share): Basic training at home with a short 1-on-1 class
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Paw & Other Paw - he's a very "put-er-there" kind of dog or Twirl - his go-to when he wants to impress
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Twirl and his recall (for safety reasons!)
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I'm really hoping to improve Kaiser's focus - especially around distractions and his heel.
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: I want to see this through! Kaiser is such a motivated dog when it comes to learning, but we tend to give up once it gets too challenging for the both of us.
Anything else you want to share: Can't wait to get going!
Name: Ruth
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: Toronto
Dogs name: Waco (Way-co)
Dogs gender: Male
Dogs age: 3
Dogs breed: Hound Mix/Mutt (maybe coonhound and/or pointer)
Training history: We did puppy school, basic obedience and an intro to rally-o class with the same school in Toronto (Follow the Leader Inc run by Jon Fowles CPDT-KA). That got us started in Rally but Jon is more of an agility guy so now I'm branching out! Waco and I earned our novice title June 2020 with CARO (Canadian association of rally obedience)
Your dogs favourite trick/skill: It might be recall?? He comes back so fast! He also seems eager to play dead
YOUR favourite trick of your dogs: His wave is pretty cute. A crowd favourite with kids is 'karate'. It's barely a trick though haha, I just throw out my arm and yell 'karate!' and Waco jumps up to smack it.
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I just find the whole sport so exciting, especially the way there seems to be no limit to how much you can tweak and improve any aspect of it. But I am really in love with how it has improved my communication with Waco.
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: I have been noodling at it by myself for months now and feel like so much of our foundation work is so wibbly wobbly! ): Also I am having a lot of trouble with send out signs like 'send over jump'. Optimistic Coralyn can sort us out though!
Anything else you want to share: Waco is my first ever dog and he has changed my whole life in so many ways already. I hope making friends in this group will be the next way he does that!
Name: Kara Magee-Arick
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Portland, OR
Dog's name: Ellie
Dog's gender: Female
Dog’s age: 1
Dog’s breed: Australian cattle dog/ Pit
Training history: She has done a board and train and lots of additional 1:1 training. She has made so much progress with her reactivity and anxiety! She has basic obedience skills.
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Practicing recall in the house, as she is really good at it, gets to run around and gets a treat!
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Heel (we worked really hard on this!)
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: She has so much energy and loves pleasing me and working- so I think she will love this!
Anything else you want to share: Ellie always has one ear up and one ear down.
Name: Nicole Damiano
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Chicago, IL
Dog’s name: Jesse
Dog’s gender: Male
Dog’s age: (Almost) 3
Dog’s breed (or best guess): Mini Australian Shepherd
Training history (as much detail as you want to share): Basic at home training
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: He loves playing dead
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: His play dead, makes me laugh every time!
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I'm super excited to try something new with Jesse, watch him learn and get excited when he does something right
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Really nervous that his anxiety might get the best of him and he'll just end up freezing not knowing what to do
Anything else you want to share: Super excited to learn new things and be able to build my bond with Jesse 😊
Name: Pam Sporborg
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: North Portland
Dog’s name: Twig
Dog’s gender: Email
Dog’s age: 18 months
Dog’s breed (or best guess):
Training history: Meaghan's Puppy Kindergarten, OHS K9 Good Citizen; Trick; Rally 101
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Paws UP
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Sit Pretty
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Motivation to keep training and bonding with Twig. She misses class!
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Finding the time/one more thing to feel guilty about during quarantine!
Anything else you want to share:
Name: Meaghan
Pronouns: They/they or She/her
Location: Vancouver, WA
Dog’s name: Donato
Dog’s gender: Neutered Male
Dog’s age: 18 months
Dog’s breed (or best guess): German Shepherd, Husky, Malamute
Training history (as much detail as you want to share):
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Front foot targeting
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Stretttchhhhhhh :)
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Potentially trialing in the future!
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Potentially trialing in the future. ;-)
Anything else you want to share: We're very excited for this class! We loved Coralyn's in person Rally class.
Name: Joshua
Pronouns: He/him/his
Location: Singapore
Dog's name: Zeus
Dog's gender: Male
Dog’s age: 2
Dog’s breed: Labrador Retriever
Training history: Basic obedience, some competitive obedience and tracking
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Probably tracking, guess it's kind of "free food" to him.
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Retrieves. I get him to bring stuff to me cause i'm lazy
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Excited to learn more about a new sport!
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Not much, i see it as a fun thing for us to do together.
Anything else you want to share: Aiming to get a BH on him!
Name: Taylor Wilkes
Pronouns: she/her, they/them
Location: Chicago IL
Dog’s name: Ghost
Dog’s gender: Female
Dog’s age: 1-2 yrs (?)
Dog’s breed: Your guess is good as mine!
Training history: I've been training since I was in high school, but primarily other people’s dogs. I had a couple of my own dogs; a Springer Spaniel (Tyson) I worked with in 4H Obedience and Rally, a Field Spaniel (Beckett) who was CGC & TDI certified, and co-owned another Field Spaniel (Cecil) who was an AKC Champion and I started in beginner obedience. My first job was at a Field Spaniel kennel and I worked several of the dogs there in Intro courses for Agility, Rally, and AKC Obedience, but then went to college and put dog training on the back burner. I’ve been training in Chicago for two years, but finally got my own dog in November 2019.
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: FETCH. She really has it down to a skill, and I’ve never had a dog toss the toy back to me.
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Sitting Pretty!
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I’m excited to get some focus on training for my own dog! With our own goals! The freedom is almost overwhelming.
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: The freedom is almost overwhelming!! I want to work on being patient with Ghost, and I’m nervous I’ll want to jump around/jump too far in an exercise too fast.
Anything else you’d like to share: Took the cat creeps into the videos sometimes…
Hello! I almost missed the introduction thread, sorry!
Name: Morgan Williams
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Seattle, WA
Dog’s name: Griffey Flood
Dog’s gender: Male
Dog’s age: 4years old
Dog’s breed (or best guess): I usually day cattle dog mutt. According to wisdom it’s 25% ACD, 25% Border Collie, 25% Australian Shepher, 12.5% Malamute (?!), and 12.5% mixed.
Training history (as much detail as you want to share): We have been in classes since he’s a puppy! Basic obedience classes, competion ob, rally, nosework. We have our advanced trick title.
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: anything that lets him jump or do fast movements. He also does sit pretty a lot if I’m holding a treat and don’t give it quick enough.
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Definitely orbit, he does it with so much enthusiasm and basically jumps backwards around me 😂
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: working on heel! would Like him to keep his head up a bit more in turns. And also work on fading the treats so he can heel a whole course.
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: heeling around distractions is hard so I’m nervous about trial environments
Anything else you want to share: we are looking forward to it! We’ve been practicing rally skills at home but just short heeling back and forth so I’m excited to follow your curriculum and get some help!
Name: Emma Brent
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: St. Johns, PDX
Dog’s name: Modoc
Dog’s gender: Female
Dog’s age: 1.5yrs
Dog’s breed (or best guess): GSD
Training history (as much detail as you want to share): Puppy K, Basic & Intermediate Manners, Herding Flatwork (off-stock), Herding lessons (w/ stock), & Beginner Tracking
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Running out and around things
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Freeze on send out
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: I'm really excited for heeling! I have never practiced any formal heeling work outside of basic loose leash walking because I was waiting to find a coach who could teach me how to build it from scratch!
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Actually attempting to trial her. Modoc is dog- and occasionally, human-reactive. We work on it every single day, but it's always in the back of my mind...
Anything else you want to share: We are very excited to learn from Coralyn!!!
Name: Sarah Moon
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Location: Roseway, Portland, OR
Dog’s name: Mally (red merle) Fiona (black tri)
Dog’s gender: male (red merle) female (black tri)
Dog’s age: 1.5 and 3.5 (they're brother and sister from different litters)
Dog’s breed: Australian Shepherds!
Training history:
(Mally) Beginning + Intermediate Obedience Classes, Intro to Dog Sports, Tricks, ongoing virtual Tricks with Coralyn, online Disc Dog Tricks, online heeling, online ring prep, online nosework
(Fiona) At home basics, at home tricks stuff, a loose leash walking class because at three she noped out of walking nicely for a few months like a jerkface, online nosework (which she loves!)
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill:
(Mally) Foot Targeting and Jumping Over Stuff
(Fiona) High Five
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: (Mally) leg weaves/jumping over my leg because they look cool and meerkat (sit pretty) because it took six months to train (Fiona) jumping up onto an object because she'll stay there forever
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: (Mally) improving our heeling (our proper left side heeling sucks, our right side heeling is solid and confident); (Fiona) building her confidence
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Eh, not much—it's a process! :)
Anything else you want to share: I'm going to be focusing on Fiona mostly because she's a Rally beginner but Mally and I haven't really done any Rally practice since the Pandemic, so I'll be working with him too to refresh his skills.
Name: Lauren
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Location: Chicago, IL
Dog’s name: Luna Dog’s gender: Female
Dog’s age: (almost) 2 Dog’s breed: Newfoundland Training history: 3 months of "basic" training, CGC and Trick Dog Novice. We train daily to stimulate her brain and strengthen our bond. Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: spin or speak YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: whisper Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Continuing to develop our trust and relationship, as a team Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: the SIGNS! We've actually had a few rally practice runs before and my eyesight is terrible, but Luna did GREAT!
Anything else you want to share: Luna loves to work and please, she is a testament to the Newfoundland breed!
Name: Alexis
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Portland, OR
Dog’s name: Calla
Dog’s gender: Female
Dog’s age: 2
Dog’s breed: Labrador Retriever
Training history: Puppy Kindergarten, Puppy Socials, Out on the Town, Calm & Cool Demo Dog
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Catch!
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Targeting
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Bringing Calla joy
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: Starting over skills for precision that were taught sloppily
Anything else you want to share: Excited to tap my buddy's potential!
Name: Candice Newton
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Cully
Dog’s name: Bessie
Dog’s gender: Female
Dog’s age: 1 year
Dog’s breed: Australian Shepard
Training history: Puppy kindergarten, Basic Obedience, half of Impulse control (dang COVID!), currently in Tricks & Obstacles, beginning backyard agility training
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: THE TUNNEL, she really loves that tunnel
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Jumping over the jump
Something you’re excited about in regards to Rally: Heeling! Mental stimulation for Bess
Something you’re nervous about in regards to Rally: She gets so excited sometimes it’s hard for her to focus!
Anything else you’d like to share: Really looking forward to this!
Dog’s name: Oona (nicknames: Oonie, Tuna, Toonie)
Dog's gender: Female
Dog’s age: 11 months
Dog’s breed: 40% Siberian husky, 25% bulldog, 13% border collie, 13% heeler, 10% super mutt (we did one of those Embark DNA tests)
Training history: Basic obedience and some tricks!
Your dog’s favorite trick/skill: Weaving or "go through" < anything with legs and circles.
YOUR favorite trick of your dog’s: Probably weaving or "go through" because she loves it so much... but spins are super fun and make kids smile.
Anything else you want to share: This is my first dog where I have invested in tricks/rally or any real training — I'm a newbie but enjoy it a lot!!