I told myself after my Tibetan Spaniel, Lea, passed away at just 3 mos. short of her 17th birthday that I didn't want any more dogs. That lasted about a year and after drooling over the Rottweilers my friend, Tammy, has had for years I finally decided to get one of her puppies in 2021. Obedience training started as soon as I got her and she knows all her signals well for eventual Utility competition and knows almost how to retrieve a dumbbell for Open and her heeling, fronts and finishes are coming along VERY nicely!
Above: 'Cuda finished her AKC Championship at the Heart of the Desert Classic on February 2, 2024 under judge Robert Shreve who awarded her Winners Bitch AND Best of Winners with a large class of tough competition! Performance titles are in the works!
Performance sports are my favorite and 'Cuda LOVES FASTCat! She has 1/4 of the points she needs to earn her BCAT title.
'Cuda earned WB, Best of Breed and Owner Handled Best of Breed for a 3 pt. major and then we went into the group ring and got our first Group placement (Group 3) in the Working Group, which turned her win to a 4 pt major, then in the Owner Handled Group, we were awarded a Group IV. We're VERY thrilled with this win under Judges Darryl Vice and Channing Smith.
'Cuda finished all three of her Scent Work titles on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at the Chino Valley Canine Training Club trial in Prescott Valley. She can now add SCN, SEN, SIN to her official name, which means Sent Work Container Novice, Scent Work Interior Novice and Scent Work Exterior Novice.
I have personally earned the following titles or awards with my dogs:
Conformation: Champion (CH), Top 10 ranked Conformation (breed only), Multiple Group placements, Best of Breed (BOB), Best of Winners (BOW)
Tracking: Tracking Dog (TD)
Obedience: Companion Dog (CD), Companion Dog Excellent (CDX), Utility Dog (UD), High in Trial (H.I.T.), U.S. & CAN, High Aggregate CAN, Top 10 ranked Obedience U.S. & CAN (breed only), Dog World Award
Rally: Rally Novice (RN), Rally Advanced (RA), Rally Excellent (RE)
Agility: Novice Agility (NA), Novice Agility Jumpers (NAJ), Open Agility Jumpers (OAJ), Open Gamblers Certificate (OGC)
Various: Trick Dog Novice (TKN)
Additional certificates earned from Front & Finish, the Tibetan Spaniel Club of America and the American Rottweiler Club.
A short clip of my Tibetan Spaniel, Lea, heeling. Tibbies are not known for obedience work and believe me, I had to be her cheerleader, but she did do her heeling beautifully! Lea earned her AKC & UKC Companion Dog titles, as well as her AKC Rally Advanced title.
Bean, my Long Coat Chihuahua, in Rally Excellent. She was an amazing little worker!! The little spot where she stopped heeling is why I retired her from Utility. For some reason she would stop like that and a 2nd command is not allowed.