Westminster Agility and Meet the Breeds Day: Behind the Scenes Tour
Calling all dog lovers! Columbia Club members have a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes at the 143rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Agility and Meet the Breeds Day with Trudy Wisner and national agility champion, Poppet Masters.
9:30PM: Gather for our tour
10:00PM: Tour begins
Registration open to all Columbia University Club members and their guests.
REGISTER HERE
All registrations are final.
Information about tickets and our gathering place will be e-mail to you prior to the event.
Trudy Wisner
A resident of Staten Island, Trudy has been breading Collies for over 15 years and is a training director at the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club where she teaches agility and obedience.
In addition to expertise in agility and obedience, Trudy’s dogs are also media celebrities – stars of television, films, commercials and print ads. They have appeared in commercials for the New York State Lottery, Pedigree Dog Food, Macy’s, Geico, Swiffer, and Samsung Galaxy as well as advertisements for Neiman Marcus, a Vera Wang wedding photo shoot, and print ads for Glamour, Prevention, and HGTV magazines. They have done Christmas promotions for Lifetime TV and have been featured in television productions such as a role as a police inspector in a soap opera, “As the Dog Barks”. One of Trudy’s dogs, Billy, was featured in the UK trailer for “The Shaggy Dog”. Billy was also on Fox News, performed in front of NFL star Michael Strahan, and rang the closing bell at NASDAQ. Trudy’s dogs even carry a Screen Actors Guild card.
Poppet’s CV
Full Name & titles: CH MACH Lil’Clove Hello Poppet CD, RE, HSAs, MXS, MJS MXP4, MXPB, MJP4, PAX, NF, CGCA
MACH = Master Agility Champion
PACH = Preferred Agility Champion (same as above but jumping a lower height)
CD = Obedience title 3 qualifying scores
RE = Rally obedience title 9 qualifying scores
HSAs = Sheep herding title 9 qualifying scores
All of the other abbreviation are agility awards that break down to over 515 qualifying scores in Poppet’s career.
At the Bearded Collie Specialty two years ago, Poppet won Agility High in Trial of all dogs competing in Standard, Jumpers, Fast, and Time 2 Beat classes.
Poppet has also done TV commercials, print ads, movies, and has rung the closing bell at NASDAQ. Poppet is from the first little that Trudy Bred. She has been a dream dog and has 5 champions of her own. She is now over the age of 12 and ready to retire from her incredible career after having major surgery Just a few months ago.
Agility is one of the fastest growing dog sport. A handler guides a dog, in a timed performance, through an obstacle course with lighting speed and pinpoint accuracy. It involves split second decisions and well as intense concentration as the dog races through tunnels, weaves through poles, jumps over hurdles and through hoops, navigates across planks and seesaws, and traverses other obstacles. Agility is a terrific exercise for both handler and dog. It builds confidence and coordination and forges a bond of competitive spirt and mutual respect in the partnership between the dog and handler