Austria
Team Leader Susanne Fiebiger
My name is Susanne Fiebiger and I am an ÖKV judge for Rally Obedience & Hoopers and a member of the ÖKV Rally Obedience Commission. Since about 5 years I am responsible for the coachtraining in our national organization ÖRV and so I am intensively involved with this dog sport. I was also allowed to work on the creation of the new “National RO Regulations” in 2021/22. Together with my colleagues Petra, Christian and Ramona, we founded the "FCI-Rally-Obedience-WM Fanclub-Austria" in order to be able to support the participants, who are going to the World Championship in the best way. I am very happy that I can accompany our World Championship team to the adventure "Rally-Obedience-World Championship". The team feeling and togetherness is particularly important for me! True to the motto: "Together we will rock this!"
Personal experience and successes in dog sport: totally 7 Briards & 1 Giant Schnauzer trained in different disciplines (IGP/IPO, IBGH, Obedience, Rally-Obedience, Rescue Dog Training), 1st Place IPO2 at CMBF World championship for French Shepherds 2013
Lisa Biegler & Nice
My name is Lisa Biegler and I live for and with my 4 dogs (3 Border Collies and 1 Malinois male Talisman of Flying Porkies ”Nice”). I can live my passion for dogs not only at my daily work as dog trainer but also in every minute of my free time. Professionally, I have specialized in Rally Obedience and Hoopers and accompany a wide variety of teams on their journey together every day. For me, the basic requirement for a harmonious teamwork is loving cooperation, combined with a thought-out training concept, always under the motto #trainfairorgohome When all the small training finally come together and fit together as one, we cross the starting sign with a smile and nothing stands in the way of a successful tournament.
ÖKV performance winner 2024+2022 / ÖKV Vice performance winner 2024+2023+2022 / Europe Open Winner 2023+2022 / Europe Open Vice Winner 2023+2022 / National Champion 2024+ 2023+2022+ 2021 / Vice National Champion 2024+2023+2022+ 2021 / East Cup winner 2023+2022+2021 / Annual champion/Summer Cup winner 2024+2023 +2022+2021+2020
Marina Waltritsch & Nanook
My name is Marina Waltritsch and I have been active in competitive dog sports with my dog Nanook, a Sheltie, since 2017. Nanook was born in May 2015 and after thorough training in heelwork, I also ventured into tournaments. In 2020 we moved into the Rally Obedience through a workshop. From the beginning, we were both enthusiastic about the frequently changing tasks in the sign courses and so we continued to develop together and worked our way up to the highest national class. In 2021 and 2023 we were able to successfully become the regional champion of Carinthia/Styria in the highest class, and in 2022 we were the vice national champion. We also take part in the annual ÖKV performance winner test (=state championship), where we reached 11th place in 2021, in 2022 we have already worked our way up and were able to get 5th place and our biggest success so far was last year in October we were able to win the state championship title.
Alexander Sagl & Cloe
My name is Alex Sagl, I come from the town of Gars am Kamp in Lower Austria. I have been taking part in national and international tournaments regularly since 2017. In 2019, my Border Collie Cloe moved in with us with the goal of competing in a world championship. We were able to make this dream possible in 2023. Thanks to the new examination regulations (FCI RO), we successfully faced the challenge of the 1st Rally Obedience World Championship in Finland. We are really excited!
ÖKV-Vice-Performance-Winner 2019 RO3
Dannya Fischer & Keela
My name is Dannya Fischer from Upper Austria. I’m very proud of my Border Collie Australis Keela Dream. Keela is almost 11-year-old, but not yet old. We have been able to achieve and fulfilling our big dream: we are going to the World Championships in Turku! In the last few years we have all achieved our goals together and many wishes have come true. Thank you, Keela, for allowing me to learn and grow with you. You are my rock!
ÖKV performance winner 2021
Gabriele Piculjan & Jule
My name is Gabriele Piculjan and I am from the Graz area in green Styria. I do dog sports with my 3 dogs. I have been practicing rally obedience for 4 years and lead my 3 dogs in the national performance national class RO 3 . My Border Collie dog JULE started Rally Obedience almost 2 years ago and we two have a lot of fun doing it. That's also my motto: Being there and having fun is everything!
2023 2nd in RO 2 (Austr. Performance Winner) with Nico / 2023 RO Local RO Cup Styria Gesamtcup: 1. Place with Nico and with Jule 2. Place / 2023 Local Champion Steiermark/Kärnten, Local -Vice Champion with Nico, Jule / 3rd place 2022 RO Local "Südcup" Gesamtcup: 1. Place Jule und 2nd Place Nico / 2022 Local Champion Steiermark/Kärnten Vice Champion (Landesmeister ) Jule
Reserve 1: Johanna Plattner & Sina
I am Johanna Plattner from Carinthia and I am incredibly proud to be in the Top 6 of Austria with my Beagle Sina. She is a very motivated and cheerful dog and always good for a surprise. We have been working actively in Rally Obedience for about 3 years now and love to tinker around new exercises and tricks while
keeping up our positive training approach. In order to ensure a balanced training for Sina as a hound we include a lot of nose work and love to run and hike the trails in the Alps. During the FCI Rally Obedience WC trials we exceeded all expectations and proved that there is no limit to what we can achieve as a team.
