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Fourwinds
dogs take Nationals by storm!
Sinco
Running at the Elite level, which Sinco just got
into pretty recently, Weds. was Gamblers.
Sinco got 2nd place in one round
and 3rd place in the other. In her 2nd place round she didn't even get the
gamble, but only one dog did, in her class and Sinco had as many (maybe more?)
opening points as any other dog in the trial, all heights.
In Jumpers Sinco was flying, and while they had a couple offcourses, so no
Q's or placements, Annelise was thrilled with Sinco's speed.
Today Sinco took 1st place in the 16" Elite Regular Round 1. In Round
2 she popped out of the weave poles to do an off course tunnel, but
again ran fast and played hard.
Rodeo
Rodeo finished his Novice Jumpers Superior and Novice Gamblers Outstanding
Titles and had Qualifying rounds in Open Jumpers and Novice Gamblers.
Tui
Our
next planned litter will be in the spring. We hope to breed Sinco to Hobbes,
Jr. from Colorado.
We are
breeding specifically for performance dogs in agility and herding. Several
dogs from our program are actively trialing in agility, and for young dogs,
their scores and times are way out in front.
For serious
competitors looking for a dog that can take them to the top, look closely
at the dogs we have produced before you make any decisions. Inquirys welcome.
At the request
of Tui's owner, as an experiment, we left the tails on her litter. If you
watch video of Tui on the weavepoles, and how she uses the tail for a rudder
and counterbalance, you will wonder, as we are, why it is customary to take
the tails off. We have been noticing that Aussies with tails do not seem to
have the problems popping out of weavepoles that their tailless sisters and
brothers do. In asking why the tails are taken off, we haven't discovered
a really good answer, except that it is "stylish", or "what
people expect an Aussie to look like." Realizing this is not necessarily
a popular line of discussion among Aussie breeders, we venture to ask, "What
is best for the structure and health of the dog?" The answers aren't
all in.
Myra Fourwinds
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Fourwinds
Phone: 612-805-9136