Rowdy

"Rowdy" (1991 to 2006)

Woodacre's Rowdy Boy MB-CDX NAC OAC NGC OGC NJC CGC TT VCC

April 4, 1998, Hayward, CA

Photo by Bill Newcomb

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Whippet/Border Collie Mix (Need Name)

My Lurcher (WhippetxBC) girl. She is 17 months old. Here she is doing warmups at the flyball tournament this past weekend. She has competed in dock diving PB of 20'7". Her most favorite sport is lure racing. I hope to get her to some coursing events as well as barn hunt. I own both her parents, both whom also compete in a variety of performance sports.

Kaina

This is Kaina, she is an APBT/WHIPPET (bull whip), this was her first trial! 

I'm so proud of her, she is amazing.

Dakota Doing Bitework

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Dakota Doing Bitework

Holly

This is Holly, she was my friend's daughters dog, she came to live with me in August when the daughter went off to college and my home was a better fit. My guess is she's a lab/border collie/sighthound/pit bull. 


I am training her in obedience and agility, she just got her CGC and I am entering her in an obedience trial in June. She also does canicross, hiking, and running beside my bike. The next things we're going to try are weight pull, barn hunt, treiball and nosework but I have more equipment to buy/classes haven't started. She would love lure coursing but no one is doing that here (Big island of Hawaii). She is really smart and likes to excercise her mind, and run and pull, and wants to chase furry things. I have a 10 month old English shepherd also.

Abby

Dear Abby was an agility star in Hutchinson, KS last weekend. She qualified 7 out of 7 times, with three perfect 200 scores and earned 16 points. We need only 2 points to complete the 100 required for her UKC championship. I honestly don't know how Abby does this. It must be a Hawaiian Snake Hound talent, because it sure isn't my handling!

June

June completed her Barnhunt Open title with a First Place and the fastest time in all qualifying dogs in the trial. 

June is now: UKC-UWP Woodacre's Soidog Mali AKC-CAX ABLSA-SR1 BH-RATO TT

In the Open level, the dog has to find two hidden and confined rats in under two minutes. 

Now June is running in the Senior level and has to find four rats in over 3 minutes. She did run in a Senior level today, Sunday, and she did find all the rats, but I was not quick enough in my indication and the timer went off before I could raise my hand and call "Rat!" Just a split second too slow. 

The trial was put on by ABBAdogs. This was my first trial with this group. They run a lot of agility trials, and recently started running Barnhunt trials. Can't wait for more!

What a super fun and addicting sport! Once the dog understands the game, there is no ongoing training. I do allow June to hunt for gophers when in areas where they exist, but she does remain super friendly to my cat, who she adores, and to my rabbit. She seems to know the difference, which they appreciate. 

Santa Rosa, CA

Here is June with her ribbons in front of the hay bales and her scoresheet. Great job, June!

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