Old Partner/Young Partner

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Rocky was one of the fastest Belgian sheepdogs in the country at the peak of his career.  He and Joan  competed in AKC National Agility Championships and the 2009 and 2010 AKC Agility Invitationals.  Rocky finally retired in 2011.  All those thousands of A-frame contacts and weave poles took there toll and Rocky had back surgery last year.  Since then, Joan has been keeping Rocky fit through a program of regular exercise, manual stretches almost every night, and frequent runs over short sequences of low jumps.  Rocky still has the spirit and drive of a top agility dog!  This weekend Joan entered Rocky in a local fun match.  You can still see the old guy still has it!

2010 Invitational video clip

2013 fun match video

And a brag about Joan’s new partner, Knife.  This weekend at the Sheltie AKC trial, Knife and Joan Q’ed 5 for 6, earned his first triple Q, and won 5 first places in the 26″ class.  Sorry, no videos from the weekend.

 

Obsidian B-Litter

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Heart Landing
Kaponomana’s Heart of Obsidian

We are very pleased to announce that our talented little Heart will soon be bred to a dog we have known and respected for years.  He is CH Isengard’s Tall Sippin’Sota RN MX MXJ XF PT, owned and trained by our friend Mary Jane Stiles, bred by Lorra Miller.  We have been able to watch Sota develop from his earliest agility trials to the fast and confident competitor he has become.  Heart has also shown success in agility, but has proven a special aptitude for tracking, earning her TD and TDX on her first tries.  This year we’ve been focusing on tracking in urban environments as we prepare Heart for VST tests.  Both Sota and Heart have demonstrated good herding skills and have received AKC Pre-Trial titles.

CH Isengard's Tall Sippin'Sota
CH Isengard’s Tall Sippin’Sota

We think these two dogs demonstrate just how versatile Belgian sheepdogs can be.  Sota and Heart also have great temperaments and social skills.  Both have separately produced one previous litter and their earlier kids are in already competing successfully in agility trials, training in search and rescue, being tested in herding, and making great companions to some lucky families.  We think these Obsidian B-Litter pups are also going to be excellent performance prospects and still easy to live with.

This breeding is planned for early fall 2013 with pups probably ready to go to their new homes in late December. Send us a note through the contact page on the Obsidian website if you have questions about this breeding or wish to receive a puppy application.

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