The Championship Round is Here!
The day has arrived. This has truly been a team effort, first my Say Yes team narrowed down a long list of amazing videos to only 15… then we called on you to help us narrow those down to just six. And now here we are with the top six videos competing for THREE winning spots. Yes that’s right, our generous sponsors have donated prizes to the top three winners. Not only that, but we are also drawing a further two prize winners at random from all our entries, so in total we have five winners. A big shout out to our sponsors!
Before we begin the voting I want to thank each and every one of you for your votes, we couldn’t have done this alone. To our H360 students, I also want to thank each of you who submitted a video, you should all be proud. The videos shared have tugged at our heartstrings, made us laugh, cheer and have inspired us. An amazing group of dog lovers and owners!
For those of you who haven’t joined us for the other days of voting, please make sure to view the videos in our semi-final rounds on Day One, Day Two and Day Three of this contest… they are definitely worth watching! Also, take a cruise around YouTube and type in “Dog agility with Handling360 is” to see all our entries.
Your Vote Decides the Winners
Watch the six videos below and vote for your favourite three. This decision may be the most difficult one yet! Voting will stay open until midnight tonight (Eastern Time). Best of luck to everyone!
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Vote for your THREE Favourite Videos
Rebecca – Dog Agility with Handling 360 is the Path to the Future
Mathilde – Dog Agility with Handling 360 is the safe road to the sky
Laura – Dog Agility with Handling 360 gave me my dog back
Shelly – Dog Agility with Handling 360 is what we LOVE to do !!
Katherine – Dog Agility with Handling 360 is my life line.
Irene – Dog Agility with Handling 360 is the complete set of skills to agility success.
Championship Round
Here are results of our Championship Round voting:
- Laura (26%, 586 Votes)
- Irene (25%, 568 Votes)
- Rebecca (15%, 335 Votes)
- Shelly (14%, 326 Votes)
- Katherine (11%, 262 Votes)
- Mathilde (9%, 218 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,171
A final thank you to our amazing sponsors for donating such WONDERFUL prizes!
If you are inspired to raise the level of success and fun in agility for you and your dog, be sure to sign up for my upcoming free Handling360 video series. Just scroll up and fill in your name and email address in the registration box found to the right of this blog post.
Today I am grateful for the dogs in our lives, they make our lives whole and each dog brings new learning opportunities for us.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their journeys. You have inspired me to get back on track! Thank You!!!
Thanks so much Irene for your inspirational video. I truly loved it! I too am a baby boomer who joined H360 and thought I was the only one. I cried tears of joy as I watched your journey and realized it really is possible for us. Thank you
Irene brought it all home! Great videos!
Loved watching the videos, I am booking marking this link for inspiration and motivation. Cheers Sue
Wonderful video, Irene.
A lot of hard work has gone into training the dogs and constructing the course so you deserve Congratulations.
Of course not only are the dogs fit but so are you.
Good luck,
Eileen
We want to say thank you! Thank you for all the kind words & support over the last week. This has been one amazing & truly life changing journey!
We wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for Susan and “Say Yes”! I’ve learned lots about agility, but more importantly I’ve learned so much about dogs, dog behavior & how to be a better person for my dogs. Thank you Susan for doing all that you do and for continuing to inspire & help so many dog lovers out there.
And of course I want to thank my “once in a lifetime” dog, Levi ! Thank you for all that you have taught me, thank you for your patience, and thank you for being my friend.
Irene
Laura
Mathilde
I’m humbled from all the votes, messages, and emails from so many people today. Thank you to all.
It’s all Tweed, he and Susan have changed my life forever and I’m grateful for the journey.
Irene, you’re my hero! I voted for you 🙂
Can’t wait to see what the year brings.
Laura, I, too, was humbled by all the support. Thank you for supporting me!
I loved your video, you overcame so much and deserved to win. Congratulations!
Loved them all! Much luck to all of you!
I am so thrilled to have reached the final; today has been such an exciting experience for me, not only because of the competition but it was this day, two years ago that I brought Meg home from the pound intending to find her a “forever” home. Very quickly I knew she had found it with me! Meg, Happy “Gotcha” Day!
I would like to thank Susan Garrett, “Say Yes,” and the sponsors of the prizes for making the competition possible. Being part of the “Say Yes” family is a wonderful experience and one that I would not want to give up, even if I no longer had a dog.
Thanks also go to all those who submitted videos, told their stories and made the competition so much fun; each and every one is a winner. Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch our videos, to those who voted and wrote such pleasant and constructive remarks, not only for my video but the others as well. Already looking forward to next year!
Irene,
Your video came at just the right time for me. It is such an inspiration. I almost took H360 last year, but I could not because I was not working and was recovering from a broken ankle.(not due to agility)
My dog and I can’t seem to get a clean run anymore, but you and Susan Garrett have given me hope for my future in agility.
Thank you.
I am definitely signing up for H360 this time!
Loved Laura’s video. What an inspiration helping her dog overcome such an injury and to surpass where they were before it happened. 360 must be a fantastic training tool.
I know that I said this before…but Irene is a true inspiration! I myself am from the baby boomer generation. I did agility about 20 years ago and loved it. Recently, I tried to get back into it with my youngster, but found it so difficult. “I’m suppose to do what, go where, how…?” I could not think my way through the sequences. Anyway, I quit. Rally Obedience seemed so much easier. Now, after watching Irene’s video, I just might give agility another try.
Each one an inspiration, and such a variety of ages, circumstances, and challenges. The Handling360 community is so wonderfully diverse!
Well for me she’s the best,you can see how passionate she’s in doing the training of her dogs ,an amateur who have the talent of a pro,the funny of this ,she looks so natural
BRAVO MRS IRENE
I love to see dogs other than the incredibly smart border collies having so much success. It is nice to see that handling 360 works for ALL breed types.
Laura and Tweed – of course – she had to restart all over and not only that but she had to teach him and regain his confidence in himself. A hard mission after a bad incident. And not to mention that – he is the father of my beautiful border collie girl, DiDi.
remarkable what collies can be trained to do but I’m sure it takes patience & perseverance
IRENE
I always knew you were good with dogs, in fact all animals but am amazed at your patience and perseverance.
Well done and keep going.
Irene, I knew you were super with dogs and animals in general but I am amazed at your dedication and patience.
Well done and keep going.
Allez Mathilde et ton bringé !!!
I started to say “when I grow up I want to BE Irene” but that’s too small a goal- when I die, I want to be reincarnated as one of Irene’s dogs! She’s amazing and inspiring!!!!
They are all great. Enjoyed each one and their fur babies. Congratulations!
Laura stands out to me the most because she had to work through Tweed’s injury, recovery and basically started over with a “broken” dog. BOTH Laura and Tweed came a long way to get to where they are today. You have my vote!!!
Me too! I work with “broken” dogs so I understand the challenge here.
Irene’s video and H360 gives me hope that we are not too late to start / continue our journey in agility. I am going to sign up for H360 …it looks like so much fun!
You guys have got to be total communists. How can u expect me to choose from the six kick-butt performing teams. Just totally mean!!
Love these video’s.
Awesome Videos! I am also doing agility for the first time!
Congrats to all the finalists!!! Your hard work has paid off. Now this is the hard part picking only three.
inspiring videos all! But I am won over by Irene, and her gumption. Keep up the good work everyone. I can’t wait to have the opportunity to try H360 for myself 🙂
I voted for Irene, since I see myself in her. Age and tenacity. I feel like Laura in that my dog Sunny and I appear broken due to injuries, and I voted for Rebecca since my agility skills are the equivalent of the point and shoot. Bucket list is to get better at agility before it’s too late.
Great!!
Great!!!!
Good
It is amazing to realize how much dogs love to be
our partners in watching them follow their
owner’s instructions. The dogs are serious how
to please their owners/partners.
Congrats to you all, good luck. But I know you are all already winners 😀
AWESOME point Natalie!