


American K-9 Country in Amherst, NH is not a gentle agility venue for a green dog. With two levels, a viewing and kenneling mezzanine where riled-up dogs come and go, and a wraparound mural of dogs and agility equipment covering every wall of the arena, it is a LOT to take in. Russet had been…

If you’ve looked into Toy Australian Shepherd breeders, you’ve probably seen the phrase, “all our dogs are genetically full panel clear.” That sounds comforting. After all, clear sounds better than not clear, doesn’t it? Mostly, it’s marketing. Sometimes, it’s worse: it might show that a breeder doesn’t understand genetics. What “carrier” actually means For autosomal…

Everyone played excellently at this weekend’s CPE trial at All Dogs Gym, and I’m proud of the whole crew. We had a few bouts of refusal weirdness causing NQs, but the dogs recovered well and finished strong even on the runs they didn’t qualify on. Peach had her best focus yet, with zero zoomies (which,…

Peach ran her second-ever agility trial at Canine New England on Saturday and qualified in all four runs to come home with two titles: ACT1 and ACT1J. We’d tried an AKC ACT event earlier in the year, and it turned out that she wasn’t ready, but a few more months of maturity made all the…









