09/09/2025
Another great UK Agility International Wild Wild (south)West Cup is in the books and a great time was had by all!!! The Games Final Happy Hour is always a blast watching people go for it after a long day.... it's such great prep for the UKI US OPEN and thanks to the incredible courses by Judge Ashley Deacon we were all given super challenges on safe flowing courses. K9SWAT and Heart of Texas Dog Sports couldn't do this trial without the support of the competitors and volunteers. A Huge HUGE heart felt thank you must go out to Trial Secretary Shawn Cossart for getting everything prepped before the trial ever started AND all the post work after a long weekend and cheif scorekeeper (and podium photo gal, and Mia walker, AND last cheese standing alone to load the decor in the trailer), Nicole Sawyer 😁
And our trial leads, CCBs Sangie Brooks and Jennifer Thomas for killing it in fast course builds starting at 7am! And CRS Meagan Johnson for getting all the workers lined up, bricking fun raffle prizes, and jumping in to work nearly every class! And special shout out to Roxanne the infamous red head you see at all the big trials gatekeeping! We're so lucky to have her close enough by to come help us. It's awesome to not have to find someone to gate every class 🫶
Volunteers are key to keeping these trials going, and so many of you stepped up to help move things along, even while having your own dogs to run... thank you🫶
And another big thank you to our sponsors Kraftyk9 Dog Sports for sponsoring the awards and K9 Country Club & Training Academy for covering all the upfront costs and the happy hour.
And to our vendors who helped raise money for our 2 non profits K9 Service With A Twist and Viva Perros through their vendor fees.
If you're still reading this 😅 I'm sad I didn't remember to take better pictures of us all while there...So PLEASE feel free to post one of your favorite pictures under this post so we have some more memories!!!
And if you haven't seen the true professional pictures yet, visit Rob Martin's page https://www.pawprintsphoto.net/ for pictures from Saturday.
Sincere Thanks!
Catherine Laria, Trial Chair
