Happy Birthday Go Dog Go

Tomorrow is the four year Anniversary of Go Dog Go K9 Sports. It is pretty amazing to think that four years ago Sarah and I were worried about if we'd be able to make it work. We started Go Dog Go after being unsatisfied with the restrictions of the business we were teaching agility for. Sarah jumped in feet first and bought a whole ring left over from a Nationals. We had less than five students at the start.



Go Dog Go has been growing steadily. We have a great group of dogs who are competing, and a fantastic group who are just starting out. Each year we offer one, or maybe two beginner classes. We are strict about who can join classes, and we weed out the wackos. Sounds harsh, but we were done with teaching dogs who didn't know their names, and people who didn't have a clue. Each set of beginner classes has given us more and more base students. Our students are most amazing and I am very grateful to each and every one. They have taught Sarah and I a lot in the past four years. Our teaching methods have changed and evolved, and our students are proof that our methods work.

This is Tag (who just went to Nationals!!!) at our first set of puppy classes!

This fall we have a handful of students just starting to trial, and another handful debuting in the Masters ring. We are very proud of them. We are lucky to have such great people to teach, and we consider them to be our friends- not just our students. To see the progression from novice, to competing at trials is a pretty amazing thing, and it has been a great experience.



Go Dog Go started out as a "How cool would it be...." kind of dream to a reality. There are still things that we wish we had (an indoor training building would be freakin' nice!) but mostly we are very satisfied with what we've created! Thanks to our students, and friends of Go Dog Go!

Oh, and thanks to Sarah (and our students) for putting up with my bossiness for four years! :o)