Training Troop Wee Wednesday - April 25, 2007

It was a Wednesday of first experiances ...

Dexter had his first qualifying run - he moves to Advanced Jumpers!

Spree had a flawless Advanced Jumpers run - best ever! 1st and Q

Cola took her time in Advanced Standard, still clean and taking first place. That's her 127th overall leg, taking the #1 spot in Calgary for all time dogs in AAC history.

Amie & Ousa also had a great showing in Jumpers - an off course and a very fast time!

2007 Stats and MAC Trial

Besides this past weekend, due to the crappiest running conditions possible... Cola continues to hold her own in 2007. She is the number one veteran dog in Alberta so far, and takes the number three spot in Canada... http://www.aactrialresults.com/stat/2007Y_TopDogStatsV.html
Beating who??? Kes! I like how that sounds... scratch that victory always sounds good lol.
Along with being the number one Alberta dog last year, this is the highest rank Cola has pulled in her little agility career. I'm very proud.
The last goals we would like to achieve (really, just me cause she doesn't care) is her Gold Award, and taking the number one All Canadian spot in Alberta of all time. A clean 50 to go on that front.

Spree tried hard... as usual. Good try Spree...

The LEAK

When I first started watching Susan Garrett's video, Success with One Jump, Amie and I got into a discussion about the lines of her famous border collie - Encore. For many reasons, Susan does not publish where/ what lines she is from. It's kind of a secret of sorts :P My best guess lead me to think she was related to Rival's Divot.
http://clickerdogs.com/susangarrett.htm (Encore in the middle)
http://www.rivalkennels.com/slide_show.php?gallery_name=offspring&image_sequence=18
(Divot head shot) Jute/Copper

I mean the odds of me figuring this out to the exact sire and dam... I deserve a Bo-Tyne border collie, no questions asked lol.
www.tntbordercollies.com/BCLines/Focus%20x%20Rio.htm
Bo-Tyne Focus is the littermate to Encore... the exact same breeding of Rival's Divot.

Moral of the story... Bo-Tyne dogs are the best kept secret in canadian border collie lines. This is because an insane majority of world team handlers - Susan Garrett (Encore), Kim Collins (Sierra & Bounce) and Kayl McCann (Jitter Bug & Slyce) all have border collies that trace back to Bo-Tyne.