4G & TB

06/06/2024

I may not be ready to host yet, but I feel the love! The sweet messages that come in trial entries are the highlight of my day!

04/14/2024

We hope your dogs are enjoying their trials this weekend!! (Sound up for the stress going on here)

04/10/2024

You could find your new best friend here!

01/01/2024

In this new year, here is our wish for you:
"Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to." ~Madalyn Beck

12/24/2023

Whether you're filled with the Santa spirit or just a little Grinchy this year, we are sending all of our best to you.

12/23/2023

We are slowly recovering here at 4G HQ, but this January trial is heating up!! 🔥
All the entries we have received have been put in the system amd hopefully you all have received confirmation emails.
As always, we need volunteers and vehicles. Please consider donating your vehicle. 🚗🚜🚚🚙We have great indoor crating near all your search areas.
https://forms.gle/jyUrCeRJJG6N62kd7

Trial entry fees are great Christmas gift ideas!!

12/12/2023

Mac says, "Please be patient!" We see your emails, messages, and entries...and we will get to them. We just need some time to get caught up this week. We will get back on track next week.
Our January trial is running as scheduled. You can find more information on our website: www.4gandtb.com/events.

Thank you for your patience!

11/29/2023

Don't sleep through the new year!! Our UKC Nosework trial is ready for you!!
Join us January 6-7, 2024 for two days of nosework trials!
Saturday: Containers, Interiors, Exteriors, and Vehicles
Sunday: Containers, Interiors, Exteriors, and HD

More information on our website: www.4gandtb.com/events

10/29/2023

What a great weekend! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the fun.

Big shout out to our judges for the weekend: Sandra, Kim, Laura, and Rhonda!! We heard lots of great reviews about the judge's! Thanks for spending your weekend with us and giving us a chance to play with our dogs.

Hats off to Kelly for sticking with us all weekend doing scores!

And a huge shout out to all of our volunteers! We cannot make trials happen without all of your help!

We got some pictures from the costume contest this weekend, but if you have some great photos to share we would love to see them!

We are looking forward to seeing all of you in the New Year.

10/29/2023

I know who was at our trial this weekend!! 🥰💓💞💗

10/23/2023

UKC Nosework trial this weekend-October 28 and 29. Join us for two trials each day...get those runs in before the end of the year.
Saturday: containers, interiors, exteriors, and vehicles.
Sunday: containers, interiors, exteriors, and HD.

AND......costume contest!! Our judges will be pulling double duty this weekend as they will be judging costumes during lunch both days!! Get those outfits ready! We will be awarding 1st through 3rd place!!

Sign up here: www.4gandtb.com/events
📷: Ace showing off his new skills

09/28/2023

UKC Nosework Trial. October 28-29
We are debating---should we do the Costume Contest??
Saturday: two trials each of Container, Interior, Exterior, and Vehicles
Sunday: two trials each of Container, Interior, Exterior, and HD
You can completely sign up online now (super cool new software-it's so awesome!!)
Email us with any questions!!
Www.4gandtb.com/events

07/30/2023

UKC Nosework Trial. August 19-20.
Come see the coolest judges in town. Have a great weekend hanging out with your friends and indoor crating!!
Saturday: two trials each of Container, Interior, Exterior, and Vehicles
Sunday: two trials each of Container, Interior, Exterior, and HD
You can completely sign up online now (super cool new software-it's so awesome!!)
Email us with any questions!!

Www.4gandtb.com/events

07/24/2023

07/24/2023

It was beautiful!!
Huge shout out to Jason Heng for the last minute fill in to CO for us at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Many thanks to Dennis and Laura for being so judgey all weekend.
Sue, Robin, and Kelly are the secret sauce to making everything run smooth.
We were so blessed with a slew of volunteers who were fantastic help all weekend. We love ypu all and we cannot express how grateful we are to have you be a part of our team.
Holy smokes!! How about that guy who delivered our lunches all weekend?! He was pretty awesome, right? Not to mention a pretty snappy dresser!! Thanks, Robert!!
Congratulations to everyone who got to play with their dogs this weekend! We hope to see you at the next one!
If you haven't already posted, let's see your fun pictures here!!

07/23/2023

Day 2 of good times!!

07/22/2023

Spacious, cool staging areas.
Our judge being being judgey.
And the bird's eye view of the parking lot.

07/22/2023

We love all the love!! Thank you to Fasano's for the tasty snacks. And many thanks to Laurie Minarcik for the awesome drink cups!!

07/22/2023

$hit is going down! The Po-Po had to show up!!

07/22/2023

Look at those volunteers!! And what an awesome score room!!

07/22/2023

Chicago. IL ELITE trial competitors--check your email for directions, parking information, and run order.
See you all this weekend!!

06/26/2023

Holy Hell....what a weekend! As always, we have freaking awesome people show up for our events!!

Competitors were just amazing!! Those Saturday people were tough--sticking out the day in that heat! The Sunday crew had some impressive winds to deal with and thankfully no one was blown away!
Hats off to all of you. Title or not, you all had some impressive stamina for the weather conditions.

Many thanks to Dennis (who braved the doll room once again) and Laura (who stood in the spider webs) for being all judgey all weekend.

We love Jen Johnson! She can CO for us anytime! Somehow we made it through the weekend with no incident reports, no staff issues, and no disasters in the other events at our location, and we did not shut down the world! Now we just need to define "what are we?"

Our volunteers...simply the best! There were so many roles to swapped and gaps to be filled...and everyone jumped right in to get the work done.
Kelly, Sue, Nancy, Nikki and Steve in the score room-- ♣️ ♣️♣️♣️. Laurie, Heidi, Pat, Jenne, Julia, Jennifer, Gerry(thanks for looking for my hat all day Sunday!), Gail, Sachiko, Jen, Summer--I am so thankful to have people like this make my job easier.
Daphne and Sue worked wonders to people wrangle when our SRL got into the trial. Many thanks to Sue for setting everyone up for success. Daphne, deciding last minute to volunteer because she was in town early, rocked as day of VC!!

We are also really blessed that the crew of Hell's Gate is pretty awesome. Not only did we get to hang out with some cool guys for the weekend, they made us slushies!! And we got to see the baby ( Kyle), unfortunately none of us thought to take a picture because we were too busy making silly faces.

Who is ready to do this again??!

Share your photos with us since we were too distracted to take any!!

06/23/2023

Anyone for a cabin in the woods search??

06/19/2023

We love our competitors and we appreciate their support. But we love when the community comes together to support one another.

Earlier this year, we love one of beloved competitors - Keanu Love.

Keanu's people set up a memorial foundation at University of Wisconsin in Keanu's name. Because of your generous support at our May trial, we were able to donate $400 to Keanu's Memorial.

May the love and care Keanu received be a blessing to other canines.

06/07/2023

T minus (almost) 2 hours.....Get your clicking fingers ready. Guaranteed Rate Field - Two Days of Elite Trials - July 22 and 23. This trial opens at 11am today!

06/04/2023

Got T-shirts?!
If you are coming to the Hell's Gate Trial, you can purchase your trial t-shirt now! (You are welcome to order a t-shirt even if you are not coming to our trial).
A unisex heather gray t-shirt, with black print, and glow in the dark accents!
You can place your order below, by June 13th, and have your shirt delivered to the trial.
https://forms.gle/FTWKTouVvS7V7img9

Update: If our wait listed followers would like a shirt specific to them, you can also complete this form. There is now an option for WL t-shirts. As soon as we have a mock up, we will post it.

05/29/2023

If you haven't gotten your photos from the Detection Dog Trials, don't miss out. Shawn did a wonderful job capturing our fun. And he even got videos of the areas he was not photographing!
Many thanks to Georgie and Jo for crossing the pond to do the training. And hats off to Shawn for the great photos!
https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/dogsports

05/26/2023

https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/dogsports
For those having trouble accessing the links below - try this link!

Hi Everyone! Here's the links to the Detection Dog Trials held by 4G & TB. This search took place in Joliet, IL. on 04/22-04/23/2023.
Saturday: https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/saturday-04-22-23...
Sunday: https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/sunday-04-23-23...

05/22/2023

It takes a village!! And the village this weekend was pretty amazing.
Thanks to everyone who came to play with their pups at our UKC Nosework Trial. Congratulations on getting out and enjoying the weekend.
Hats off to Dennis, Laura, Sandra, and Sharon (who had to work in atrocious conditions with no shade or Cherry Coke!) for being fantastic judges and having great search areas.
In spite of electronic communication issues, Kelly, Nancy, and Erika kept things flowing for scores. That is a task!!
Many many thanks to everyone who pitched in to keep the flow: Ruth, Keri, Becca, Deb, Ule, Nikki, Sheila, Janet, and who am I missing?? Thank you all!!

We were so excited to see our regulars. And how cool to have 10 new teams this trial!!

We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Let's see your photos from this weekend.

05/19/2023

In case anyone missed this exciting news....the NW1/NW2 photos are ready!! You can find them here:
Saturday NW2: https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/saturday-03-18-23-nw2
Sunday NW1: https://shawnrossmann.zenfolio.com/sunday-03-19-23-nw1

Many thanks to Shawn for capturing our memories

Shawn Rossmann Photography