CHILLI-DOGS AGILITY

I formed this club in October 2000 by purchasing a club membership with AAC (Agility Association of Canada).  I, Jacqui, have been involved in agility since March 1994, going from an occasional trial with maybe 30 - 40 competitors to two trials per month all year long with 150 - 210 competitors.  When I first starting running Pebbles, my first dog, there was rarely a trial with the Masters class as there were only a few Masters dogs, now the class is over-whelming.  Pebbles and Cassie are now gone, Merle and Sparky are now retired due to lameness and age but I am now running three of my Border Collies, Sarge, Cinder and Oakley.  Sarge is very close to achieving his Gold Merit Award, Cinder is moving up the ranks at her own speed and having fun and Oakley is following her father's, Sarge, foot steps, actually surpassing him, achieving her ADC (Starters title) in 4 months, her AADC (Advanced title) three and a half months after that and her MADC (Masters title) two months after that.  I also have gotten into herding with the dogs, Sarge, Spry, Cinder and Oakley.  Sarge has several titles, Spry has several, Oakley and Cinder are moving up in the ranks as well. 

In 2000, I found that the agility trials were becoming fewer and farther between in the lower mainland, so, because of my love for the sport, the camaraderie of the people and the love for their dogs, I wanted to see more trials locally.  I formed Chilli-Dogs Agility, living in Chilliwack and it being a dog sport, to hold AAC sanctioned trials.  I belonged to the Matsqui Flyball & Agility Club for seven years and organized their trials for three of those years.  I enjoyed doing it, even all the paper work involved.  My husband, son and friends are very supportive and their help makes the work all that much easier.  I thank and appreciate them immensely.  We held our first trial in May 2001 in Yarrow, BC and have continued on ever since.  As I am not getting any younger and my son is now moving out of the house and province, I have decided as of 2008 I will be holding a limited one ring agility trial on my property.  I hope to have as much fun at these trials as I did in earlier years just not so much setting up and taking down of rings and equipment, as I have an agility arena already set up on my property and my equipment is up most of the year.

I have also now organized my first AHBA (American Herding Breed Association) herding trial here and things went pretty well.  I will most likely have one annually in late summer early fall. 

I hope to see you all out here and enjoying yourselves.  

OWNED AND OPERATED BY:

Jacqui Barrie: I have been competing in agility since March 1994, starting out with Pebbles.  In November 1995 I obtained a new dog, Cassie, and started training and competing with her right away.  Now I have a whole mess of dogs.  I am also a Masters level AAC judge.  I also starting herding with my border collies in 2003 and have continued in that on a smaller scale than agility but still quite regular.  I offer agility and herding training on my property as I have both a full set of agility equipment and a good sized flock of sheep.

Adrian Barrie: I started competing in Junior Handlers in March 1998 running Cassie, my mom's dog.  I achieved my first qualifier in March 1998 and finished all levels in October 1999.  I work and help out at other trials as timer or scribe and I occasionally run Sarge in agility.  However, as growing up dictates I am going out on my own, to join the Canadian Forces Army and to venture the world.  I will think of back home and all my agility friends regularly though.

David Barrie: I began learning about agility in March 1994 and very soon after Jacqui starting competing and obtaining more and more dogs, I became an "Agility Husband".  I don't compete in agility, but am competing with Fyre in herding.  I rescued an eight year old border collie named D.J. and he enjoyed playing on the sheep at home until we lost him suddenly to health issues.  Fyre has achieved several herding titles and she enjoys bringing our flock in every night.

TRIALS

The trials for May and August 2008 has come and gone, rain, wind and all, with many Qualifying runs and titles being achieved.  Everyone who faired the weather enjoyed themselves in spite of the rain.  It was a wonderful relaxing venue, with the option of camping near the ring.  I hope to see many of you come out to our trials, be it agility or herding in the future at our place, the option of camping on site will be available as well.  We are minutes from the dyke for a nice walk and the river for a cooling swim for the dogs.

UPCOMING AGILITY TRIALS