Rising Star Canine Ranch

05/27/2026

New Agility Classes at Rising Star for June. Escape the heat! Each class is limited to 5 teams

Mondays - 6pm & 7pm
Dates: June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Cost: $175
Both sessions are open/mixed level

Wednesdays 12pm, 6pm, & 7pm
Dates: June 3, 10, 24 & July 1
Cost: $140

12pm & 6pm are AKC sequencing
7pm is UKI/ISC sequencing

Private lessons are also available.

Link to the registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebj_Hj96DGy5o_KNfxch2JDviEL1obmNZ6LEJllcplGfg3Zg/viewform?usp=header

05/26/2026

Ring 1 - through Thursday evening.

A3 by Cedric Bargoin

Ring 2 - Tuesday and Wednesday only.

J3 by Angelika Brandl

Reserve your time at rscr.skedda.com

05/25/2026

There are only a few hours left to enter the ISC on June 5-7 with Annemarie van den Berge of Norway,judging in person.

You can still register in labtestedonline.com until 11pm tonight.

05/21/2026

Just another resident of the ‘hood 🦨🤢

05/20/2026

Dock diving and swimming classes starting June 2nd at Bark Lodge in Kernersville.

Registration link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEtS7pZINgHr_gxgofhNr3PDNQwc0bPGDh2gxgchsxb6Wwgw/viewform?usp=header

Swim and dock diving classes! You can be new to swimming your dog or about experienced dock diver. We can work with all levels.

Sign up now to reserve your spot in class.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEtS7pZINgHr_gxgofhNr3PDNQwc0bPGDh2gxgchsxb6Wwgw/viewform?usp=header

05/20/2026

Important announcement!

There has a black bear spotted in the neighborhood around Rising Star. Be sure to keep your dogs on leash and be aware at all times.

Thank you to our awesome neighbors who are always looking out for us and shared the information with us.

05/17/2026

Seminar - Annemarie van den Berge

June 8, 2026
Rising Star Canine Ranch, Oak Ridge

Working Spots $200 per team. Limit of 4 working spots per session
Auditing Spots $50
Spots are filled on a first received, first paid basis
PayPal: [email protected] Cost for PayPal is $204.00 (includes PayPal fees)
Zelle: 336.331.2351 Cost for Zelle is $201

Monday, June 8th

8:00am - 10:30am - Go Far Superstar - Young dog international skills - This is for young dogs geared to take their handling to the next level.We will break down skills into manageable pieces and apply them through short sequences.

11:00am - 1:30pm - All the Way! - International sequencing - This will focus on international coursework commonly seen in Europe on FCI courses.

2:00pm - 4:30pm - All the Way! - International sequencing - This will focus on international coursework commonly seen in Europe on FCI courses.


Cancelation policy: Refunds will be issued if your spot(s) can be filled, less $25 administration fee.

Click on the link to register:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEVds9Hr_25Y5NzZDQaTvWwfrvkoUtvI8tXDkXktCzrrGI2w/viewform?usp=publish-editor

05/08/2026

The dock diving pool at Bark Lodge in Kernersville is officially open! See post for details on how to begin your swimming adventure.

The dog dock diving and swimming pool is officially open!

You can rent the pool:

$30 for 1/2 hour
$50 for 1 hour

Or

You can buy an unlimited season pass for $400.
The season pass is good through the end of 2026. You can rent the pool in 30 or 1 hour time slots as many times you like each week throughout the season. The membership can not be shared between families and can only book 1 hour each day.

For our day care dogs, you can sign up your dogs for a mid day swim for $25. This swim is done with our staff while the owners are hard at work providing for their dogs 😜 The swim session is around 15 minutes long. If your dog hasn’t been swimming with us before the evaluation is $30.

Sign ups for pool times can be made at: rscr.skedda.com

You must stop in the Bark Lodge lobby to sign in before each swim.

05/06/2026

Check this out!

I built a Stefani Semkat training course in under 30 minutes. No tape. No measuring. Built to spec. Part of this time was me inadvertently changing the orientation of the course.
What???

Competition courses take me about 90 minutes to set. Pre-tweak and pre-bagging. A training course takes me about 120 minutes. I spend time to get the course as close to the judge’s intent and as safe as possible.

If you ever have to set a course that isn’t your own design, you will fall in love with this app! No, it’s not my app. But it will save me hours each week. You can set it exactly as it appears on the map. It doesn’t improve on bad course design but it does show you the design virtually, before you build.

I’m not a designer so the advantages to designing in this app are lost on me. I’m sure they are numerous. I do build a lot of courses. This app gets me excited!

Check it out. If you are interested, get on his announcement list. Mario Hofer is the app designer. He is currently rounding out beta testing and it will be available soon. RunLine is the app. Free up some training time for you and your dogs.

Video of how the app appears to the user, click on the link in the comments.

https://getrunline.app/

Also, the Stefanie Semkat training course is in ring 2 through the end of Thursday.