Kodi - Show & Performance Record
September 19, 2024 - Kodi's Equinox Explorer (EQ24) certificate from Do More With Your Dog.
July 19, 2024 - Kodi's Wagging Walker Level 5 (OD-WD5) certificate from Outdoor Dog
June 13, 2024 - Kodi's Wagging Walker Level 4 (OD-WD4) certificate from Outdoor Dog
November 5, 2023 - Kodi pictured with me after earning his RACEN and DASH titles at the Texas K9 Association's UKC Precision Coursing trials. He qualified in all 8 runs, leaving him with 4/6 Qs toward his RACEA and 4/8 toward his RUSH, and he had a fantastic time!
December 28, 2022 - Kodi's certificates from the Virtual Dog Show Year End Invitational. He won BOB and GRP2 in both the Regular and Altered classes!
November 1, 2022 - Kodi's invitation certificates for the 2022 VDS Year End Qualifier virtual show. He ended the year as the #1 Regular and #1 Altered Siberian!
October 9, 2022 - Kodi, 6 years and 8 months old. He is pictured after earning his 5th ARBIS at the OAEDC UKC shows in Norman, OK under Judge Pamela Purdue. The Kodi-Man's still got it!
July 21, 2022 - Kodi's virtual certificates for his wins in VDS-14, hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Tina Chase. He did well, winning an Altered BOB and GRP2 for 5 pts toward his ALT-HVPGCH2!
June 4, 2022 - Kodi pictured after earning his ATT title at K9 Manners and More in Broken Arrow, OK. The tests were put on by the Miniature Australian Shepherd Club of the USA (MASCUSA).
May 5, 2022 - Kodi's virtual certificates for his wins in VDS-13, hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Tina Chase. He did wonderfully, winning Group 1sts in the Regular and Altered divisions and an Altered Best In Show! He also earned 2 new virtual titles: the HVBHCH and ALT-HVPGCH!
February 20, 2022 - Kodi's virtual ribbons from the VDS group's Drago Medical Fundraiser fun match. He won 4th Place Adult, 1st Place Puppy, and 1st Place Sit.
February 18, 2022 - Kodi's Wagging Walker Level 3 (OD-WD3) certificate from Outdoor Dog
February 2, 2022 - Kodi's ALT-HVGGCH certificate from VDS-12, hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Tina Chase. He did very well, earning a regular GRP2 and an Altered Best In Show!
November 24, 2021 - Three happy dogs (from left to right: Shiva, Kodi, and Zorro) after finishing a 5k walk for the AKC Humane Fund's first annual Turkey Trot.
November 20, 2021 - I was happy to discover today that Kodi's coursing photo from 2017 is still on the home page for the Tulsa Sighthound Association! Lure coursing is by far his favorite activity, and one I can't wait to let him get back to in 2022.
November 1, 2021 - Kodi's ALT-HVSGCH and All Star certificates from VDS-11, hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Tina Chase. He did very well, earning a Best In Show, Altered Best In Show, Reserve Best of the Best, and All Stars Group 2nd!
September 30, 2021 - Kodi's ribbons and certificates for ICE's newest title series, the ICE Cross Country Championship!
September 23, 2021 - Kodi's Virtual Home Manners Adult title certificate
August 29, 2021 - Kodi, Shiva, and Zorro earned their Triple Threat (T3) titles today. It is the newest specialty title from Do More With Your Dog, and involves walking a 3k, doing 3 minutes of stretches, and 3 bursts of high-energy activity (running, jumping, etc.)
July 31, 2021 - Kodi gaiting in the ring and posing with his winnings from the Twister City Kennel Club UKC shows in Hutchinson, KS. He showed like an old pro even after almost 2 years out of the ring, earning an Altered Best In Show and Altered Reserve Best In Show!
June 9, 2021 - Kodi's 2 New Title certificates from the most recent Virtual Dog Show (VDS #10) hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Linda Rusinko! He earned his Virtual Championship in the Baby Puppy division, and his Virtual Bronze Grand Championship in the Altered division!
May 2, 2021 - Kodi's certificate for the newest title from Do More With Your Dog: the 2K9!
February 21, 2021 - Kodi's rosettes and 3 New Title certificates from the most recent Virtual Dog Show fundraiser ("Dog Days of Winter Show") hosted by Sarah Beurkens and Linda Rusinko. He finished his Virtual Championship in the Regular division, and his Virtual Grand Championships in the Novice Puppy and Altered divisions!
October 7, 2020 - Kodi's New Title certificates from VDS-9. He finished his Novice Puppy and Altered Honors Virtual Championships in the Virtual Dog Show hosted by Linda Rusinko!
October 1, 2020 - Kodi participated in the RooStar's Charity Dog Show this time, and Kodi was entered in the Puppy and Adult divisions (you can enter puppy, veteran, and adult with the same dog, as long as you have photos of the dog at said age.)
He went Best of Breed Puppy and Puppy Working Group 3rd! Thank you, judges!
He went Best of Breed Puppy and Puppy Working Group 3rd! Thank you, judges!
September 28, 2020 - Kodi was entered in the Free All Breeds Online Dog Show (another virtual show) this week and did very well! This time he was awarded another Working Group Award of Merit under Judge Carolyn Hall from the UK. Thank you, Judge!
September 27, 2020 - Kodi was entered in the "Lockdown Online Fun Dog Show" this week and did well, getting a Runner-Up award in the Working Group out of 53 dogs entered. Good boy, Kodi-Man!
September 21, 2020 - Kodi was entered in the Free All Breeds Online Dog Show (another virtual show) this week and did very well! He was awarded a Working Group Award of Merit under Judge Margaret Kempster from the UK. Thank you, Judge!
August 28, 2020 - Kodi was entered in the Ohio Doberman Club's VDS #8 on Aug. 10, and he did wonderfully! He earned multiple awards in the Baby Puppy, Novice Puppy, Adult, and Altered conformation divisions, as well as 1st Place CABT in the photo division and 1st Place CABT + Best Courser in the video division! He also earned 2 VDS titles in lure coursing: the HVCAT and the HVRA-CAT!
Thank you, judges! Way to go, Kodi-Man!
Thank you, judges! Way to go, Kodi-Man!
July 1, 2020 - Kodi was entered in the World Online Dog Show For Polar Dogs 2020, a worldwide virtual show for Northern breeds. There were over 700 Northern dogs entered, and Kodi did very well, placing 2nd in the 6-9 Month and 12-18 Month classes!
December 2019 - Kodi posing under all of the rosettes he earned in 2019. Even with the very limited showing, it has been an amazing year!
December 2019 - Kodi and Shiva's title certificates and rosettes earned through the International Canine Ninja and Dog Parkour UK programs. They both earned their IMN title as well as the DPUK-UEFL1, DPUK-NEFL1, and DPUK-EXFL1 - the first two Siberian Huskies worldwide to earn any of these titles!
November 2019 - Kodi and Shiva are now official AKC PupPals! This program provides letters of encouragement with photos and short bios for the dogs to children who are enduring tough situations, from natural disasters to illness to a death in the family. I know these two would be overjoyed to know they're providing a little bit of hope to a child in need.
November 10, 2019 - After over a year out of the show ring, Kodi made his return in grand style alongside Shiva at the Oklahoma American Eskimo Dog Club (OAEDC) UKC show in Norman, OK. The club hosted 4 shows, and Kodi walked away with 3 Reserve Best Altered In Show awards and a BEST ALTERED IN SHOW! So proud of my Kodi-Man!
November 5, 2019 - Kodi and Shiva are Trick Dog pioneers! They are now the 3rd and 4th Siberians in the world to earn the International Canine Ninja Level 1 (ICN) and Dog Parkour UK Built Environment Foundation Level 1 (DPUK-BEFL1) titles.
Even cooler, they are the first two Siberians worldwide to earn the PKD-T (Parkour Dog In Training) title! I'm so proud of them both!
Even cooler, they are the first two Siberians worldwide to earn the PKD-T (Parkour Dog In Training) title! I'm so proud of them both!
September 1, 2019 - Kodi's qualifying ribbons from 2 Fast CAT runs in Tulsa, OK. He now has about 1/3 of the points needed for his BCAT title! Thank you to Tulsa Sighthound Association for holding this event.
November 18, 2018 - A very tired, very happy Kodi with his 4 CABT Q ribbons from this weekend. He Q'd on 4 out of 8 runs (he passed the first 2 each day but lost focus by the last two and "cheated" the lure too much to qualify). He now has 14/25 Qs toward his CAX title!
October 20, 2018 - A candid of Kodi on the move in the ring at the Seminole Kennel Club show in Shawnee, OK, on his way to BOB/OHBOB.
October 13, 2018 - Kodi and me at the Sooner State Kennel Club 75th Anniversary Show in Enid, OK. Kodi went WD/BOW on Saturday and WD on Sunday!
September 2018 - Kodi was entered in another Virtual Dog Show fundraiser for the Ohio Doberman Club, and did wonderfully! He was awarded Best of Breed over multiple UKC CHs and GCHs, Northern Group 1, 1st Place CABT, Best CABT on Field, 1st Place Weight Pull, Overall Best Backpacker, Total Dog, and Overall Honorable Mention!
June 10, 2018 - Kodi is now an IABCA International Champion! He spent the weekend of June 9th-10th in Oklahoma City at the IABCA Sooner Sieger, and came away with 5 V-1 ratings. (Only 3 were needed for his IntCH, so he now has 2/3 toward his NatCH as well.)
May 26, 2018 - Kodi and I spent Memorial Day Weekend in Girard, KS and tried our first ACA show, hosted by the Kansas Breeders Club. Kodi did very well, taking BOB/GRP1 in all 6 shows, plus 4 BIS-3's (ACA offers 1st-3rd place BIS awards rather than just BIS/RBIS), and a *BEST IN SHOW!*
May 16, 2018 - Kodi was entered in the Ohio Doberman Club's Virtual Dog Show, a digital competition fundraiser for the club's UKC show which he competed in on May 1st. He was awarded Best of Breed over multiple UKC CHs and GCHs, Northern Group 2, Best Coursing Ability on Field, and Total Dog, and also received a lovely rosette from his Parade of Titleholders entry!
April 28, 2018 - Kodi showed just the first show of the day at the Ok;lahoma American Eskimo Dog Club (OAEDC) UKC event in Norman, and came away with a BOB and Northern Group 2nd to finish his UKC Championship!
April 12-15, 2018 marked Kodi's first AKC show in over a year. Kodi-Man made his entrance in style, taking WD, BOS, OHBOB under Polly Smith and an OH Group 1 under Troy Clifford on his very first day back!
Over of the 3 days he showed at the cluster, he came home with 2 WD, 1 RWD, 2 BOS, 2 OHBOB, and the OHGRP1, as well as 2 more AKC CH points and 40 points toward the 2018 NOHS ranking!
Over of the 3 days he showed at the cluster, he came home with 2 WD, 1 RWD, 2 BOS, 2 OHBOB, and the OHGRP1, as well as 2 more AKC CH points and 40 points toward the 2018 NOHS ranking!
April 12, 2018 - Kodi posing with his spoils from his first day back in the AKC conformation ring at the Grand Lake Cluster in Grove, OK. He took WD, BOS, OHBOB, and an OH Group 1!
March was a busy month for "Kodi the Okie!" Not only did he earn his Coursing Ability Advanced and Farm Dog Certification titles, he also earned his Advanced Trick Dog title! Thank you to Sarah Hartwig for performing the evaluation! Good boy, Kodi!
March 25, 2018 - Kodi passed his FDC (Farm Dog Certification) test at Latigo Farm in Broken Arrow, OK. It was cold and threatening to storm, which Kodi definitely enjoyed, and I was very proud when he resisted the temptation of running at the ducks and chickens and all but ignored the sheep entirely.
March 11, 2018 - Kodi got to spend the weekend doing his favorite thing - lure coursing - at the Tulsa Sighthound Association event in Edmond, OK.
He passed all 3 Coursing Ability Tests, earning the last three Q's needed for his CAA title!
Thank you to Vicki Tidball and Linda Earley for the wonderful photos!
He passed all 3 Coursing Ability Tests, earning the last three Q's needed for his CAA title!
Thank you to Vicki Tidball and Linda Earley for the wonderful photos!
January 20, 2018 - Kodi has earned one of AKC's newest awards: the Achiever Dog! This is awarded to dogs who have earned qualifying scores or placements in at least 3 different sports, and at least one must have been earned after 12/1/17. Kodi earned his on my birthday when we went to McKinney, TX for a Coursing Ability Test. What a lovely present!
November 12, 2017 - Kodi's "loot" from the Oklahoma American Eskimo Dog Club (OAEDC) UKC show in Norman, OK. He went WD/BOB and Northern Group 3rd all 3 shows!
November 5, 2017 - Since we were in Tulsa for the weekend, I decided to take Kodi to the Companion Dog School of Tulsa, where they were holding a UKC SPOT test (short for "Socialized Pet Obedience Test," UKC's equivalent of CGC). Kodi passed, and can now add the SPOT title to the end of his name. I am so proud of him!
October 28, 2017 - Kodi and I headed to an APRI show hosted by the 1st Quality Pet Breeders club in Harrisonville, MO. Kodi earned his Champion title and did it in style by being the only dog to receive 2/3 PERFECT scores in one day, which also gave him 2/3 Qualifying Scores toward his Champion Par Excellence!
October 15, 2017 - Kodi and I love doing the Coursing Ability Test. As you can see Kodi loves this sport the best! His papa Kruiz does too, so it seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! At this event, which was held by Tulsa Sighthound Association in Edmond, OK, he passed all 3 runs and got up to 6/10 Q's toward his next title of CAA.
October 8, 2017 - Kodi and me posing with his ribbons from the ICKC Rivalry Classic Show in Norman, OK. Kodi won 8 Best of Breeds and 8 Group 1's to finish his Copper Intercontinental CH!
October 1, 2017 - Kodi after showing at the ICE Lone Star Grand Prix shows in Fort Worth, TX. This was our very first time in ICE, and he is now an ICE National and International Champion, finishing with 5 V-1s, 1 V-2, and 4 GRP3s!
July 2, 2017 - Kodi earned his Rally Novice title in style by not only qualifying, but placing with TWO 2nd Places and a 4th at the Oklahoma City cluster! A huge Thank You to Sarah Hartwig of IvoryMoon Rhodesians/The Profound Hound for helping us prepare!
June 13, 2017 - Kodi with the gorgeous rosettes he earned for his Advanced and Urban CGC titles! He earned both in one day at just 16 months old, and passed with flying colors! Thank you to Dena Newlun for coming out to administer the tests!
March 25, 2017 - At 13 months old, just two weeks after earning his CA title on the coursing field, Kodi passed the Canine Good Citizen exam, adding the CGC title to his name!
March 11-12, 2017 - Kodi "Kruizin" around the lure course for the first time at 13 months old. He passed all three runs, earning his Coursing Ability (CA) title in one weekend! Thank you to Tulsa Sighthound Association for hosting a fantastic event!
February 5, 2017 - Kodi (just 5 days shy of 1 year old) and myself on our way to RWD at the St. Joseph Kennel Club show in St. Joseph, MO.
January 1, 2017 - What a way to ring in the New Year! Kodi and I spent the weekend at the ICKC New Year Classic show in Norman, OK. There were 8 shows (4 each day) and Kodi did beautifully, earning his first ever conformation titles: the ICKC Junior Championship and ICKC Intercontinental Senior Puppy Championship - and all at 11 months old!
Altogether he won: WD x8, BOW x4, BOS x8, JrBOB x8, JrPup GRP1 x8, and RBJIS x2.
I couldn't be prouder! Thank you, judges!
Altogether he won: WD x8, BOW x4, BOS x8, JrBOB x8, JrPup GRP1 x8, and RBJIS x2.
I couldn't be prouder! Thank you, judges!
December 3, 2016 - Three weeks after winning a Reserve Best In Show in Norman, Kodi went on to win a UKC BEST IN SHOW in Tulsa under Judge Cheryl Lantz at just under 10 months old! What an honor! I am blown away! Thank you, Judge!
November 13, 2016 - Kodi is pictured here at the Oklahoma American Eskimo Dog Club (OAEDC) UKC show. This was only his fourth weekend to show, and he won a UKC Reserve Best in Show under Judge Lew Olson at just 9 months of age! Thank you, Judge!
October 15, 2016 - Kodi is pictured below at the Sooner State Kennel Club show in Enid, OK. He went Winners Dog and Best of Opposite Sex from the 6-9 Month Puppy class for his first AKC Champion point!
August 29, 2016 - Kodi has been busy! After trying out his first dog shows last month, he has now earned his AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy certificate at 6 months old! Good boy, Kodi!
July 3, 2016 - Kodi is pictured below with me at our very first event together, an AKC Beginner Puppy show through the Oklahoma City Kennel Club. He won Best of Breed both days he was entered and went on to win 3rd (Saturday) and 1st (Sunday) in the Puppy Working Group!
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