out and about
A view of the world from the eyes of a border collie...
Reporting in from recent Sledding, Skijoring, Agility Events and Flyball Tournaments
around the area we welcome "Piper" and her handler extraordinaire, Tiffany
Salmon.
Introduction:
Name: Piper: a.k.a. Pippeaire, Pup
Official Handle: Piper (how original!)
Current titles: CCGC (Canadian Canine Good Citizen), FD (Flyball dog),
FDX (Flyball Dog Excellent), FDCh (Flyball Dog Champion), Flyball Master (FM),
Flyball
Master Excellent (FMX),
ADC (Agility Dog of Canada),
Advanced Agility Dog Canada (AADC), Master Agility
Dog Canada (MADC), and Master Snooker Dog (MSDC).
Breed: Border Collie
Date of Birth: October 20, 1999
Location: Shepperd's Crook Farm, Lorenville ON
Favorite toys: Frisbee. Frisbee. Frisbee. Tennis balls are good too.
Anything that squeaks.
Favorite activities: Playing frisbee, going to the dog park and playing
frisbee & riding in the car.
Activities that her parents make her do: Flyball, agility, skijoring
& dog sledding.
Siblings: Kramer & Bailey, her siamese cat brothers.
Dislikes: The vacuum cleaner. Her older brother Bailey who likes to
"slap" her nose and chomp on her tail.
Adventures in Sledding, Skijoring, Agility, Flyball, Frisbee and much much more
-- let's read what Piper, the busy Border Collie, has been up to these
days:
It's been quite a while
since I've written. I've been very busy!
In May we went to an agility
trial in St. Lazare
and I earned my Advanced Agility Dog Canada (AADC) title and also
competed in my very first Frisbee competition. The competition in
the distance category was very stiff (there was this amazingly agile and
very good looking Old English Sheepdog who I got to compete against),
but I came out with a second place. Not bad considering I hate
catching hard frisbees!
We decided to take the rest
of the summer off from agility trials to concentrate on our training.
We did however get a lot of flyball tournaments in. We drove all
over, from Sarnia to Northern Michigan to Southern New Hampshire.
I managed to earn myself the titles of Flyball Master (FM) and Flyball
Master Excellent (FMX). The Afterburners also managed to field
several Division One teams (something we'd never done before) and even
managed to place several times. We also achieved our fastest ever
time of 17.8s at a tournament in Thornton, Ontario. The team was
made up of 3 BC's (REM, Blur & me) and our feisty Sheltie mix
(Nellie).
I got to compete in the
Capital Classic Horse & Dog Relay again this summer and managed to
get teamed up with another fast horse and defend my relay title. I
got to see myself on TSN in November. Mom doesn't like
watching--she says we look too out of control.
Mom also took me to watch
& do agility demos at the National Sheepdog Championships here in
Ottawa. Those sheep dogs are truly amazing! I don't know
what they see in those sheep though.
In the Fall, we resumed our
agility trailing and managed to get 5 qualifying runs in our first
Masters trial. In the next trial we earned our Master Agility
Dog Canada (MADC) & Master Snooker Dog (MSDC). We would be
very close to our Agility Trial Champion title if only we knew how to
gamble...
This winter we are training
to enter some sledding races. It's great exercise and will
hopefully keep us in shape for when the new agility & flyball
seasons roll around.
See you all on the
competition field soon!
Who are
these 2 teams from the Afterburners Flyball Club in Ottawa, Ontario -- Formula 1 and Pit
Crew? Find out here.
What is Flyball? Find out more about this interesting sport by clicking here.
A view of the world from the eyes of a border collie continues on the
next page...
(Copyright,
2005. Used with permission from Tiffany Salmon.)
Keep an eye open for different topics of interest such as: profiles on
people and their dogs, to name but a few interesting topics...Also, have a look at what Rita Susanto and "Justin" have been up to these
days.
Why not be part of "out and about" and send in
your canine
companion's accomplishments to us. To do so, please send us a brief description of how you
both did in the event(s) along with the location(s) you and your canine were both in to:
NK Concepts - Dog Supply Training Specialist.
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