[athamese]

Edited to say what I should have opened with: congratulations! What a fun way to finish the titles with that scavenger walk!

I'm so envious of your walking club! We can't find any organized dog walking events. We're probably ready to submit for silver at the point too except there aren't any FitDog Clubs in the area. I almost drove to Davis (90 minutes, one way) for a 5K that permitted dogs...

For as dog-heavy as San Francisco is, some of the dog infrastructure here is pitiful.

 

[athamese]

The girls' Bronze and Silver, as well as Simon's Bronze walks, were done virtually, through a Facebook group I'm in, and Simon's Silver walk was done virtually through another Facebook group. This is the Fit Dog group that Simon's walk was done for. Kelli's Virtual AKC FIT DOG CLUB | Facebook Just use something like MapMyWalk to record your walk, and the instructor can sign off on it. .

Yeah, I saw the FB groups. Unfortunately, I deleted all my social media a few years ago, so that's not an option.

But maybe a family member who still has FB can do it for me? I'll see what I can do.

 

[athamese]

We've got the independent walks. We're probably doing gold level walks at this point, but finding the other points has proven tricky. The options are:

1. AKC Fit Dog course - none taught in our area, as far as I can tell
2. Runs (complete one organized run over 1 mile) - this is the one I almost drove 3 hours to and from Davis for... most of the runs in our area do not permit dogs. I'm registered for the SF Marathon 5K which is permitting dogs for the first time this year. But it's not until July.
3. Walks and Hikes - we're doing our independent walks, tracking them on Strava with our smart watches. No problem here.
4. Unique to you and your dog - I tried to get permission to count our pre-agility and agility courses, or our Intermediate trick dog certification, but they didn't approve it.
5. AKC title related to fitness - we're working on obedience and agility, but we're months away at best. Pinot just did his first tunnel Saturday...
6. AKC Parent Club Performance Title - not applicable to poodles, I don't think.

So it looks like our only option is (2). I've seen some virtual Fit Dog walks but they're all run on Facebook. :-( I just need to be patient for the SF Marathon because then we'll have it in the bag.

Any obedience or agility title will get us Silver. And I'll need to look at gold again to see what's necessary.

How did you earn your points for Bronze and Silver, @TeamHellhound ?

 

[athamese]

Wow, parkour! So so cool!! Thank you!