Treasure Valley Working Dog Club Trial, Labor Day Weekend September 2023

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An absolutely AWESOME Labor Day Weekend at Treasure Valley Working Dog Club! Two working trials (IGP and USP!) and the club’s first RH entry!

Big Congratulations to Erica Crowe and Rgos vom Theishof for achieving IGP2 and USP3!

High IGP1 went to Elena Gannett and her GSD, Shaft s Putilovoy Gory.

Judged by USCA Craig Groh, helper work by Brandon Theis, and tracks laid by Heidi Theis, the event was a big success!

TVWDC’s trial included their first ever RH entry! Learn more about RH here.

Judge Groh & Yuri Kachuro built TVWDC’s new RH equipment behind the club house. Yuri’s dog, Y-Kaya, achieved their RH-F-2A, a two-day title! Big congratulations to Yuri and Y-Kaya!!

“TVWDC has a special group of people who are extremely dedicated to their dogs, the other members, and training to the best of theirs and their dogs’ abilities! The camaraderie this group has as a whole, the welcoming they are to outside entrants, and the support for each other always amazes this seasoned competitor. We all share in everyone’s successes and failures. 

As our Training Director, I am BEYOND proud to say TWVDC had a 100% pass rate at the IGP trial by our members AND the outside entrants! A 100% pass rate is not very common!” -Heidi Theis  

IGP Trial Results

HandlerDogTitleABCTSBScore
Erica CroweRgos vom TheishofIGP2888786"a"261
Elena GannettShaft s Putilovoy GoryIGP1909590“a”275
Heidi TheisPatriot MIM-104 vom TheishofIGP1819096“a”267
Vitaliy AutinCioma vom Haus AutinIGP1958675“vh”256
Daniel YoungZurick vom TheishofIGP1757790“a”242
Elena GannettBellonaiz Fortuna MerdiBHPassed
Bruce RagusaGaelan vom Haus TysonBHPassed
Yuri KachuroY-Kaya von HanrahausRH-F-2A18084264
Yuri KachuroY-Kaya von HanrahausRH-F-2A15291243

USP Trial Results

HandlerDogTitleABCTSBScore
Erica CroweRgos vom TheishofUSP3979180“a”268
Vitaliy AutinCioma vom Haus AutinUSP1979071“vh”258
Daniel YoungZurick vom TheishofUSP1DQ

New! USCA USP Titles

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In response to removal of the stick hits from IGP titles by the FCI, USCA has created a new title: United States Prufung (USP). Please see the letter below from USCA.

Also, a note from our Regional and National Breed Warden, Heidi Theis:

“USP will be judged most likely only by USCA judges – or foreign WUSV judges where their countries do not yet have federal law prohibiting stick contact. FCI judges will not be allowed to judge these titles so please keep that in mind.

If someone has me as a judge you need 2 separate event authorizations and do essentially 2 trials. You can do USP one day and IGP the next day if your club wants to offer both so your members can earn titles with stick contact still. IGP won’t have any stick contact. 

My club will definitely take advantage of this to retain stick contact titles on our dogs. We will do IGP but we will also do USP, my club has collectively decided we want to require USP titles on our member’s dogs! 

As your Regional Breed Warden and as the National Breed Warden, I wish to encourage everyone to do the same, most especially on their GSDs. USP will be accepted for USCA breed survey (not for SV breed survey). You can do only USP if you want for this purpose.

I hope the PNW Region promotes USCA EB’s effort to retain stick contact, it is an important test!”