Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club

Update on the German Shepard pup that needed rescuing: He was rescued and found a home! Check out how big, beautiful and happy he is! He is the small bi-color guy in the picture. The big black and red is his adoptive big brother. They get along so well and his human man and papa love him so much! It’s the little things like this that make my heart happy!

Sneak peek at our new lobby!
It looks amazing already with just the first coat and the window drywall repaired!

INTRODUCING
"MACH" CASEY!!
A huge congratulations to Linda and Casey on finishing their MACH!!
It has been a wonderful experience watching this team grow together. Such a huge accomplishment and well deserved.
I’m so proud of both of them!
-Donna B

The Sarni Family has a very special brag!!

Willie and Jake placed 3rd in their Novice Jumpers w/ Weaves class yesterday! What makes it so special is that Willie has waited a long time to have a dog to run agility with. The last time he qualified in an agility competition was 16 years ago with our red Aussie, Brandy (Tuff Outback Barmaid). Congratulations Willie and Jake on a nice run.
-Joann Sarni

PUPPY OZZY & NOVICE HANDLER ALLISON ROCK THEIR FIRST DOG SHOW!!
Ozzy did great and placed 3rd twice, and even won 1st place. He also won Best Male Junior Puppy and Best Overall Junior Puppy against all the puppies that competed aged between 6-12 months! He also earned his CGC while there! Super Congratulations to this new team on a great start! Can't wait to see what wonderful things you will do together!

JOANN & WHISKEY
SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE
IN
WESTERN DRESSAGE CHALLENGE!
Whiskey (Smoken Red Badger) and I entered the WDAA Western Dressage Online International Challenge, which is a global competition. We placed 14th out of 40 riders in one of our tests with a score of 71.75% and placed 6th out of 16 riders in the equitation class. We will be receiving a Top 10 jacket for the Equitation class at the end of the summer. -Joann Sarni

DOUBLE RALLY TRIAL SEPT 21,2024
Entries open August 8th
Premium available on our website
https://www.sicdtc.org/akc-obediencerally-trials.html
Hope to see you there!

AKC OBEDIENCE/RALLY TRIALS ​ The Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club has several AKC Rally Trials and AKC Obedience Trials each year. All of these trials are held either at our Training Hall or Upfront Farms ​Premium...

Just a few of the crew representing the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club at the 2024 Rally National Championship. We had 27 member/student/instructor teams from the club qualify for the National and about a dozen teams in attendance. Our Rally instructor, Sam Scicc (Samantha Scicchigno, pictured center in the purple jacket) finished #4 overall with her dog Red!

PEANUT SHOWS HE IS A CHAMPION!!
Claire Cifarelli and her Beardie Peanut earned their MACH - agility championship!!
I am super proud of them both , an incredible team!
Super proud “ grandma!”
-Trudy W

SMALL BUT MIGHTY BERKELEY GETS HIS PACH!!
A huge congratulations to Melissa and Berkeley on earning his PACH at the Bay Shore agility trial. This is Melissa's very first agility champion. It's been quite the journey & this is an amazing accomplishment.
A very proud,
Kristine & Trudy Wisner

SWEET LUCY EARNS HER AKC THERAPY DOG TITLE!
Lucy brings comfort to children in NYC's Comfort Dog Program & is a Certified Therapy Dog with Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs-Maryanne Zaccheo
Good Work Lucy!

MISTY COMES HOME WITH 4TH PLACE &
A NEW RALLY TITLE!!
I am super proud of Misty!
She earned her Rally Intermediate Title
on Sunday July 13!
Go Misty!
-Marlene Bernstein

CONGRATULATIONS to this hard working team!!!

OMGOSH! I AM SO PROUD TO ANNOUCE THAT OUR AMAZING RALLY INSTRUCTOR AND FRIEND SAMANTHA & RED EARNED 4TH PLACE AT THE RALLY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS!!!

WITH A TOTAL SCORE OF 399/400! WOW!!
SUPER CONGRATS TO SAM & RED!! Sam Scicc

MISTY GETS HER FIRST OBEDIENCE LEG!!!
I am super proud of Misty! We did it!
​It took alot of perserverance, but, Misty earned her first leg in Obedience Beginner Novice A on June 22. I am so grateful to our instructor Annette for always believing in us and coming up with new idea’s and encouraging us to keep going!we are also thankful to so many friends, classmates, and SICDTC members and BOD for keeping us motivated to keep trying, now, we have to do it 2 more times!

BIG BRAG!
Lyric received Her RACH on Saturday June 29th.
Two trials with FIRST place in both!
SUPER CONGRATS TO THIS AMAZING TEAM!!

SORA EARNS HER RALLY INTERMEDIATE TITLE!!
Sora has earned her Rally Intermediate Title in the June double trial!
We came in Third place on our first run with a 92 and Fifth place on our second with a 93!!! Woohooo!!
​I have to thank my Sam who has steered me, guided me and never held back when I needed it!
So with all that on we go to Rally Advanced!!!
Liza Crespo-Carrasco

A MAJOR BRAG
​FOR XAN!!
Xan earned his NW3, NW3-V, NW3-I, NW3-C and 2nd place overall at the NACSW Nosework trial in Mt. Laurel, NJ
A million thanks to our incredible Nosework coach Ana Cilursu who is responsible for Xan's achievements!!
-Faith Beiser
Super Congrats to an AWESOME Team!

REV NOT LETTING HER LITTLE BROTHER GET ALL THE RIBBONS!
Not to be outdone by Xan, at the NACSW trial in Mt. Laurel July 6, Rev earned her NW2 with a 3rd place in containers and 4 out of 5 searches Pronounced!
Many thanks to our awesome coach Ana Cilursu Faith Beiser

ANNABELLE GETS HER
NW 1
IN THE BLAZING HEAT!
Not only did ANNABELLE & BARBARA get their NW1 in the heatwave,
July 7, but they also got 2nd place in the vehicle search!
PLUS OVERALL PRONOUNCED!!
​This is awarded by the judges to teams that demonstrate exceptional teamwork! WOW!! What an honor for this team who just jumped into NACSW-their first trial!
Super CONGRATS to an Exceptional Team!

SUPER CONGRATS TO THIS AWESOME TEAM!!
RACH SHINE!!
Shine joins his sister in the RACH club.
He earned both High QQQ & High Combined at BCDC’s morning trial July 13th,
Then in the afternoon trial High QQQ.

Congrats to one of our Nosework Students-Marianne Megna & her dogs-Peter & Melody!

Wishing the BEST OF LUCK to all of the amazing SICDTC teams making their way to Ohio for the AKC Rally National Championship! Let's show up what we can do! 👏👏👏

Brenda Fluet & Spinner in Championship
Suzanne Bauman & Bear in Championship
Lizz Molloy & Noodle in Championship
Samantha Scicchigno & Red in Championship
Sharon Spellman & Hope in Excellent
Heather Gacho & Jetty in Excellent
Regina Steiner & Djimi in Excellent
Trudy Kawami & Roulette in Excellent
Maryanne Santomauro & Ace in Excellent
Susan Kwiatkowski & Lyric in Excellent
Trudy Kawami & Bolt in Advanced
Maryanne Santomauro & Cherry in Advanced
Heather Gacho & Piper in Intermediate
Heather Gacho & Sailor in Intermediate
Sharon Spellman & Peaches in Novice

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Congrats to Faith & Barbara on a great job! We are SO proud!

RNN super sniffer students from the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club rocked the NACSW trial this weekend in Mt Laurel NJ ! 🤩
SO proud to coach these amazing teams! 👏👏👏