Results from September 19-20, 2026

Posted on by

Posting this really late but…. better late than never. Thank you to everyone who supports our trials and USDAA in the area! We’ll return next year at our January “Bringing in the New Year” trial with judge Lauren Kras. In the meantime, don’t miss the upcoming Artful Dodger trials in December (Rebecca Hill, judging) and February (Meagan Skelton, judging).

TWO Lifetime Achievement Awards earned this weekend on judge Courtney Key’s courses:

Lois Mark & ToastLAA – Bronze
Becky Anderson & YazzieLAA – Bronze

We had several titles earned this weekend. We’re particularly proud of our up and coming dogs earning their Intro titles!

Lee Carr & JokerAgility Dog
Becky Anderson & HuckleberryMaster Gambler
Reese Spindle & HavanaRelay Champion
Reese Spindle & HavanaJumpers Champion – Bronze
Denise Visco & FayeAdvanced Snooker
Sharon Alaimo & SiyaMasters Snooker
Janet Gauntt & LegacyPerformance Relay Champion – Titanium

Full trial results are here:

Saturday Results
Sunday Results

September 19-20, 2026 Trial Documents are Available

Posted on by

 


All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness Fall Trial (our 67th trial) are now available for viewing/download:

Confirmation
Estimated Schedule
Running Order

The posted Running Order is a draft; the finalized one should be posted sometime on Friday. If you see an issue with it or with the information in your individual received final confirmation, please notify the trial secretary as soon as possible; they are so much easier to correct the sooner they are caught.

Course Diagrams will be posted at this site each morning at 3am

Premium is Available for the September 19-20 “Fall in Love with Fall” MADness trial

Posted on by

The premium is now posted for our September MADness trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD.

Click Here for Test Schedule Details

Our designing judge is Courtney Keys with local judge Rebecca Hill officiating.

As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artificial turf!) to get those titling Q in addition to the tournament Q’s needed for the regionals and for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals).

Entry fees for the titling classes are the typical low cost of $16 per titling class. Most classes offer titling at all levels (Starters through Masters). One class each day is offered for Masters only, but please note that dogs of any level may enter ANY class at this trial, including those Masters titling classes. Per USDAA policy, if you are not yet showing in Masters and you ‘Q’, that ‘Q’ will be ‘banked’ for you.

Mail in your entry or use the online entry system to enter. (See details in the test schedule for how to make an electronic payment using Zelle).

RV’ers note: Oriole DTC does allow a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.

Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? There’s a summary of the latest changes here:

USDAA Changes for 2023

Results from March 28-29, 2026

Posted on by

Thank you to everyone who supports our trials and USDAA in the area! We’ll return in the fall at our September trial with designer judge Courtney Keys. In the meantime, don’t miss the upcoming Artful Dodgers trials in April (Dave Mueller judging, Jelinda Pepper designing, closing soon!) and May (Kellie Verrelli judging) as well as Hog Dog’s May trial (Val Reiner judging).

Until then, congratulations are in order to Lois Mark and her ‘Perfect Penny’ who acquired their 1000th qualification under judge Terry Smorch to earn their Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Diamond!



Congrats are also in order for:

Chris FarranceReykaAgility Dog
Chris FarranceReykaStarters Standard
Chris FarranceReykaStarters Snooker
Ashley DonaldsonRipleyAdvanced Snooker
Reese SpindleHavanaMasters Gamblers Champion
Reese SpindleHavanaMasters Snooker Champion
Chris FarranceJinnMasters Gamblers Champion
Meredith WilsonFritziPerformance Starters Jumpers
Allison BattistiJulieStarters Jumpers
Lois MarkToastGamblers Champion – Bronze
Lois MarkToastSnooker Champion – Bronze
Lois MarkFigGamblers Champion – Bronze

Full trial results are here:

Saturday Results
Sunday Results

March 28-29, 2026 Trial Documents are Available

Posted on by

 


All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness “March MADness” trial (our 66th trial) are now available for viewing/download:

Confirmation
Estimated Schedule
Running Order

The posted Running Order is a draft; the finalized one should be posted sometime on Friday. If you see an issue with it or with the information in your individual received final confirmation, please notify the trial secretary Janet Gauntt as soon as possible; they are so much easier to correct the sooner they are caught.

Course Diagrams will be posted at this site each morning at 3am

Premium is Available for March 28-29 March MADness trial

Posted on by

The premium is now posted for our March MADness trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD.

Click Here for Test Schedule Details

Our officiating judge is Terry Smorch.

As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artficial turf!) to get those titling Q in addition to the tournament Q’s needed for the regionals and for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals).

Entry fees for the titling classes are the typical low cost of $16 per titling class. Most classes offer titling at all levels (Starters through Masters). One class each day is offered for Masters only, but please note that dogs of any level may enter ANY class at this trial, including those Masters titling classes. Per USDAA policy, if you are not yet showing in Masters and you ‘Q’, that ‘Q’ will be ‘banked’ for you.

RV’ers note: Oriole DTC does allow a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.

Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? There’s a summary of the latest changes here:

USDAA Changes for 2023