Loretta Mueller Has Been Involved in Agility Since 2003 with Her First Rescue Dog Ace

Loretta Mueller has been involved in agility since 2003 with her first rescue dog Ace. Since then she has been involved in a variety of dog training activities including USBCHA herding, competitive obedience, rally obedience, service dog and agility training.

In 2007 Loretta started Full Tilt Dog Training in Buckman, Minnesota--and the rest is history!

She has achieved ADCH’s with 4 Border Collies—Zip (retired due to back injury), Klink ,Gator (achieving his ADCH at the age of 2 ½. ) and her youngest dog Lynn. Lynn is already making her mark with wins at the local and regional levels, as well as being a Steeplechase Semi-Finalist.

Loretta and her dogs are no strangers to the finals at USDAA World Championships. Since attending he first Nationals in 2008, she has competed with one or both dogs in each of the finals. The 2012 USDAA World Championships she had two dogs in EACH of the 3 finals, Grand Prix, Steeplechase and DAM Tournament:

Klink:ADCH-Gold LAA-Silver, SACH-Gold, GCH-Gold, SCH-Platinum, RCH-Gold,JCH-Gold, TM-Platinum
2009 20102011

Grand Prix FinalistSteeplechase Semi-FinalistSilver Medal--DAM

Steeplechase Semi-Finalist“Klink Flies Solo”

DAM Team FinalistSteeplechase Finalist—12th

4th place overall team dog

2012

10th place DAM Team “Klink Flies Solo”

Grand Prix Finalist

Steeplechase Finalist

Team Snooker-9th Place

Gator: ADCH-Gold, LAA-Silver, SACH-Platinum, GCH-Gold, SCH-Platinum, RCH-Gold, JCH-Gold, TM-Platinum

200920102011

Grand Prix FinalistSteeplechase Finalist-9thSteeplechase Finalist-7th

Winner—22” Europe DAM Team Finalist-5th placeGrand Prix Finalist-6th

JumpersoverallTeam Jumpers-6th

1st place overall team dogTeam Standard-7th

Dam Team—18th overall

2012

18th Place DAM Team “Keen Lies to Gator”

Grand Prix Finals-6th place

Steeplechase Finals

Team Gamblers-7th place

2nd place Steeplechase Finals North Central USDAA Regional

ADCH Lynn: SACH, GM, JCH, RCH-Bronze, SCH-Bronze, TM-Bronze (baby dog)

2012 Steeplechase Semi-Finalist

In addition to her border collies, Loretta also is heavily involved in helping her husband, Andy Mueller, train his Jack Russell Terrier “Crackers”, who, at the age of 3 ½, represented the US at the IFCS World Championships in May 2012. At Worlds, Crackers was the Gold Medal Overall 12” winner, was on the Gold Medal Triathlon Team and a Silver Medalist in the Biathlon. On a more “local level” Crackers has 2nd place in Grand Prix Finals and 5th place DAM Team at the 2011 USDAA World Championships. and was the Grand Prix Finals Champion and IFCS Gold and Silver Medalist at the 2012 USDAA World Championships! They also competed in Spain May 2013 for the WAO team, winning Biathlon, Games and Pentathlon Team Gold Medals! Andy and Crackers also just won a spot on the IFCS 2014 team to compete in the Netherlands! And this is his very first agility dog!

Loretta has an ability to work with all different breeds of dogs, she believes there is never a “one size fits all” method and is very good at working with each dog and handler as an individual team to help them succeed. One of her specialties is building drive in dogs that otherwise might be a challenge, using positive methods! She believes it isn’t just about the handling of the courses, but the entire picture that makes a great agility team!