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Here you will find updates and news on HiQ Border Collies.
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Last Updated
July 15th, 2013
IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE GREAT HIQ DOGS' ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN POSTING THEM ON THE HiQ Facebook page
request to join our Facebook group "HiQ Borders"
2013
Here you will find updates and news on HiQ Border Collies.
Please feel free to send in your news and accomplishments.
I am way behind in updating this page
with all the amazing accomplishments
of the wonderful HiQ Dogs!
I will be attempting to catch up over the next few weeks!
Last Updated
July 15th, 2013
CRASH at the European Open SEE HIM RUN CLICK HERE | |
AMANDA & KESSIE (HiQ Kestral) CONGRATULATIONS ON EARNING THE TITLE OF AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION ATCh A great accomplishment! | |
ANDRE AND CRASH Fantastic Results at the 2013 Canada Cup! 3rd in Gamblers, 4th in Grand Prix, 4th in Jumpers and tied for 3rd Overall 150 of the best dogs from across Canada and the USA compete at this prestigious and very challenging competition | |
REDAS AND TURBO (HiQ Amaze) Clean up again!!! | |
CRASH CATCHES an amazing 296' 6" Frisbee throw! | |
ANDRE & CRASH CHAMPIONS!!! Andre & Crash won the 26" 2013 AAC Eastern Regional Championships! WOW!!!! | |
ANDRE & CRASH This amazing team will be travelling to Belgium to compete in the European Open Agility Championships | |
STEVE AND JIB (HiQ Jack In Box) at the ONTARIO CDDA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Qualified to compete at the CDDA CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS! Congratulations!! | |
Andre & Crash (HiQ Crash) have earned their Agility Trial Champion ATCH title Big congrats to a great team! | |
STEVE AND JIB (HiQ Jack In Box) Won First Place in Advanced Single Disc at the 4th trial in the Energizer Max Disc Dog Trial Series! Great Team!!! | |
ROSEE & AMANDA Earn the Prestigious ONYX AWARD For earning 20,000 points in FLYBALL | |
ZIGGY & JUNIOR HANDLER ERIC (HiQ Zig Zag) get a 130" Catch in Disc Dog competition! | |
JIB (HiQ Jack In Box) Earns his ADVANCED DISC DOG title! | |
CONGRATULATIONS!! K8 (HiQ Gr8 K8) & CASSIE On earning their Companion Dog Excellent CDX | |
SK8ER (HiQ Sk8eR Boi) 2nd in the Masters Division Skyhoundz Regional Qualifier Congratulations Melody & SK8!! | |
TURBO (HiQ Amaze) Redas & Turbo Tafisa World Sports Championships in Lithuania 07/07/12 open large 1st place. 08/07/12 open large 1st place in final 2nd place!!! WOW!!!!!! Redas & Turbo are AMAZING! | |
CRASH (HiQ Crash) Andre & Crash Have earned an unbelievable three GOLD (over 200 feet!!) CATCHES | |
BRODY (HiQ Freestyle) CONGRATULATIONS Karann & Brody on earning their MACH!! Master Agility Champion Fantastic Accomplishment!!! | |
CRASH (HiQ Crash) Congratulations to Andre and Crash on earning their Advanced Disc Dog (ADD) title Way to go! | |
HALI (HiQ Hali) Won 1st place, Q's and best runs in 22R standard and snooker at ADSC Yeah Miki & Hali!! | |
CRASH (HiQ Crash) 2012 AAC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Crash was an amazing 2nd overall at the Eastern Regionals and they will be on their way to the AAC Nationals in British Columbia! What a GREAT team!! | |
JIB (HiQ JackNBox) Jib earned his Retrieval Proficiency (RPT) title and placed in both classes that he entered at his very first Disc Dog Trial. Atta Boy Jib!!! | |
K8 (HiQ K8) Earned her Companion Dog (CD) title with style!! Big Congratulations to Cassie and K8 | |
CRASH (HiQ Crash) Wins Maritimes Cup Disc Dog Trial! Yeah, Andre & Crash!!! |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Kessie & Amanda Zephyr & Erin who have all qualified for the Canadian AAC Agility National Championships!! Woo Hoo!! |
Happy 6th Birthday June 10, 2011 to Mellie Pete Dash Ceilidh Max We know you will all be VERY spoiled and you deserve it, so enjoy it!! Lots of love from your momma Tribble! |
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Happy 5th Birthday June 9, 2011 to Turbo Jig Lucky Carosel Tia Have an amazing day! Love your mom Puzzle! |
Redas & Turbo at the Agility World Championships |
Thrill, Griffin, Flynn & Troo |
Happy 5th Birthday May 28, 2011 to Thrill Troo Griffin Flynn Tribble sends her love and hopes you all get spoiled!!! |
Happy Birthday Born May 10, 2011 Ziggy Mombo Conga Charleston Fandango Momma Twizz loves ya! |
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Happy 8th Birthday May 10, 2011 to Sk8er Boi Kai Puzzle Twizz Hali Q would be so proud of all of you! |
Happy 6th Birthday May 3, 2011 to Twigg & Famous! Have a great day Lots of love from us all |
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TWIZZ LOVES DISCS Twizz earned her Basic Disc Dog title Way to go Twizzie |
News
Here you will find updates and news on HiQ Border Collies.
Please feel free to send in your news and accomplishments.
Please feel free to send in your news and accomplishments.
K8 and Cassie Have Been Busy!! January 28, 2011 K8 Earns her Agility Dog of Canada title. Great job! |
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Happy 3rd Birthday! January 28, 2011 Kessie Bree Briggs Oliver Finnegan Lots of love from the rest of the HiQ Crew!! |
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Congratulations K8! January 23, 2011 K8 earns her first leg towards her CKC CD! Way to go K8 & Cassie a great team! |
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WWay to go Briggs! January 22, 2011 Briggs and Sharla picked up some nice Q's at the Simcoe Dog Sports Agility trial this weekend! Great Job! |
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Happy Birthday Dec. 29 2010 Blitz Ripper Brody Slalom SpeedSkate Bog Hugs from Tribble and the whole HiQ Crew! |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIMER!! Timer is now officially an "Old Timer" Timer is celebrating her 17th birthday December 5th 2010 Atta girl Timer! |
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Happy 1st Birthday Gusto! Lots of love from Dawn & Tribble!! |
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Happy 2nd Birthday Twizz & Roy's puppies Nov. 1, 2010 Chloe (Chicklet) Reese (Reese's Pieces) Rocket Tenner (Gummy Bear) Indie (Tic Tac) Lots of love from Dawn & Twizz!!! |
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Happy 2nd Birthday Troo & Roy's puppies Oct. 30, 2010 K8 (Snickers) Eddy (Mars) Missy (Aero) Quest (Starburst) Maya (Crispy Crunch) Twaite (Musketeer) Spex (Kit Kat) Love from Dawn & Troo!!! |
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Happy 1st Birthday Troo & Reckon's Puppies Oct. 28, 2010 Crash (Crunchie) Caramilk Elias (Bounty) Kip (Grand Slam) Twix Zap (Coffee Crisp) Dora (M&M) Oblio (Wonderbar) Lennon (Rolo) Lots of love from Dawn & Troo!! |
First R8 K8 Earns Another Title! She passed the difficult American Temperment Testing Society' s test. Even gun shot did not flap her! Congratulations Cassie and K8! |
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TURBO IS ON FIRE!! October 3, 2010 Turbo (HiQ A MAZE) competes at the FCI WORLD AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GERMANY The courses were extremely difficult but Turbo and Redas did a fantastic job!!! Congratulations Turbo and Redas! |
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CRASH AND EARN (AN RPT) October 2, 2010 Crash passed his Retrieval Proficiency Test and earned his RPT title!! Congratulations Crash & Elisabeth! |
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DASHING AROUND THE COURSES AT THE NADAC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS! Dash is competing in the NADAC agility national championships in Wyoming. Go Dash & Janine!! |
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Very Exciting News! September 22, 2010 HiQ HasTalent! We are very excited to announce that we just welcomed "Talent" our new little girl into the HiQ clan! We are so thrilled with her. She came to us from Pawcific Border Collies in Washington State. She is everything we could have asked for and is already quickly becoming a favourite with our kids. |
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JUNIORS AND THEIR DISC DOGS! September 19th, 2010 Twizz competed with her 5 year old partner Jeffrey in the junior disc dog division. Zed did terrific with his junior partners Michael (11 yrs) and Eric (9 yrs). |
Michael, Zed, Eric, Jeffrey & Twizz |
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Disc Dogs Having Fun!! September 19, 2010 Twizz earned a Q towards her BDD today! Kessie and Amanda earned more Qs towards their BDD title! Bree had some terrific catches and earned several Bronze Catch Awards. K8, Ceilidh, and Jig all had a great day competing! Congratulations!! |
ZED FLIES HIGH! September 18, 2010 Zed earned his Disc Dog Elite Championship today!! Zed is the first dog to earn this title and he is now the first dog to earn every title the Canadian Disc Dog Association offers! Zed is also ranked number one in points! Congratulations to Zed and Howard! Great job! |
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CANADIAN AGILITY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FERGUS SHINES BRIGHT IN THE WEST! The Nationals were at Spruce Meadows in Calgary this year.Fergus and Susan Knox were unstoppable... 4th overall and also a Steeplechase Finalists lots of clean runs!! And best of all this terrific team were presented with their lifetime achievement award. |
June 10, 2010 Happy 5th Birthday To Tribble & Tripp's Puppies Dash Pete Mellie Max Ceilidh |
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June 9, 2010 Happy 4th Birthday To Puzzle & Tripp's Puppies Turbo Tia Lucky Carousel Jigg |
May 31, 2010 Fergus WINS AT THE ONTARIO AAC REGIONALS Fergus can now add Ontario Champion to his LONG list of accompishments Congratulations To Susan Knox & Fergus! |
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Thrill, Griffin, Flynn, & Troo |
May 28, 2010 Happy 4th Birthday Tribble & Tripp's Puppies Thrill (Trillium) Troo (Trace) Flynn (Trapper) Griffin (Trooper) |
GREAT AGILITY START WITH K8! May 10, 2010 After a bit of coaxing Cassie finally entered K8 in her first agility trial! She was entered in Starters Jumpers on the weekend and apparently she WAS ready because she won her class!! She got her first Q, and first place, her very first time in the ring!! Yay!
Way to go! Congratulations to K8 & Cassie |
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Happy 7th Birthday !! May 3, 2010 Happy 7th Birthday to all of Q & Bart's kids; Sk8er Boi, Kye, Hali, Treks, Lightning, Twizz and Puzzle! Big hugs and pats from us all!! SK8er Boi |
KESSIE SEES SHEEP! May 1, 2010 Kessie went herding today! At first she didn't want to go near the sheep, but it didn't take long for her to switch on! She had too much fun chasing and it took her awhile to take it seriously, but the instructor said she did very good for her first time. GOOD FOR KESSIE! |
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FERGUS DOES IT!! April 30, 2010 WOW!! FERGUS earned his last three clean runs on April 30, 2010 and has earned the prestigious AAC LIFETIME AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Just one more amazing accomplishment for Fergus and Susan Knox! |
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NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE! MAY 1, 2010 TROO Earns her first agility title Agility Dog of Canada (ADC) Three Clean runs in her first three attempts! She also picked up two Steeplechase and one gamble Q to boot! Congratulations Troo! |
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QUEST GOES TO HIS FIRST COMPETITION! March 22, 2010 Quest just recently turned one year old and competed at his first disc trial in Mt. Forest on Sunday. Alison (7yrs old) competed with him in the Junior division and earned 2nd place, Jessica's husband competed with him in Novice Single Disc (and had a lot of fun) and Jessica competed with him in Novice Freestyle and earned 2nd place! Wow, what an awsome day! Congratulations Jessica & Quest! |
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HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY!! March 22, 2010 Happy 9th birthday to Fergus, Gem, Tribble, and Zed. Hope you all have a great day!! We will be thinking of you all and lovingly remembering your bother Bogey. ! you your . |
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TINK GETS HER ATChC!!! WOO HOO!!! March 5, 2010 Congratulation to Amanda and Tink (HiQ Tinker Toy)Tink finished up her Agility Trial Champion of Canada (ATChC) title with a beautiful jumpers run! A Terrific Accomplishment on top of all of this great team's accomplishments! |
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Kessie Qs! March 5, 2010 Congratulations to Amanda and Kessie (HiQ Kestrel) on their first Starters Standand Q. Great job! |
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ZAC June 29, 1993 - January 26, 2010 It is a very sad day for us today as we said our final good-bye to Zac. Zac and Howard were an unstoppable team for so many years. The two were so close that it is hard to think of one without the other. Zac had a terrific life. We are very lucky to have shared our lives with him for almost 17 years. He loved flyball and frisbee, but most of all he loved Howard and Howard loved him. Zac you gave us all you had to give and we will miss you always |
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The Pitter Patter Of More Little Feet! January 2, 2010 The Knoxes are "Going for the Gusto!" and adding one more Border collie to their clan! "Gusto", Tribble's puppy is the lucky guy! Fergus will have to get used to having his nephew around. We hope Fergus will show him the ropes as he couldn't have a greater role model! Congratulations to the Knoxes on their new addition! |
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FERGUS IS NUMBER ONE!!! January 1, 2010 The stats are in and Fergus is the TOP BORDER COLLIE IN CANADA with173 Qualifying scores!!!!! He is also the #1 Gambling Dog in Canada for 2009, 3rd in Challenge, and 5th in Steeplechase!!!! What a wonderdog!!! Congratulations to Fegus and Susan Knox! |
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HAPPY 16 1/2th BIRTHDAY ZAC! December 29th, 2009 We figured that after age 16 birthdays should be celebrated more often! If 1 year in our life equals about 7 years in a dog's life then they really should have a birthday about every two months!!
Congratulations Zac enjoy yourself!
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HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TIMER December 5, 2009 We all were pleased to celebrate Timer's 16th birthday! Timer is doing great and was so excited when she got her cake.
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SAD NEWS Dec. 1, 2009 Last night Keith and Ellen Donnelly said their final good-bye to their sweet little Tess. Tess was just a few short days of her 16th birthday. HiQ Tree Top Story "TESS" December 5, 1993 - Nov. 30, 2009 Remembered Forever |
FERGUS RISES TO NEW HEIGHTS! Nov. 17, 2009 According to AAC stats HiQ Fergus is currently the #1 Border Collie in Canada for number of Q's and he is the #1 Gambling Dog of all breeds in Canada! He is also 6th in Challenge, and 8th in Steeplechase. Wow what a terrific accomplishment! Congratulations To Fergus & Susan Knox |
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HiQ TINKER TOY IS ITCHING TO ATCH! Nov. 16, 2009 Tink earned her last Masters Snooker Q and earned her Masters Snooker Dog of Canada title (MSDC) Now all she needs is one more jumper Q for her Agility Trial Champion of Canada title (ATChC)!! Way to go Tink & Amanda |
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HiQ Kestrel Qs Nov. 10, 2009 Kessie earned her first 2 agility Q's! A snooker and a gamble! Congratulations Kessie & Amanda |
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Disc Dogs...Oui, Oui! November 9, 2009 Bree, Jig, Ceilidh and Zed travelled to Montreal to compete in a disc dog trial in the Olympic Stadium. The Montreal Gazette took pictures of Zed doing Freestyle for the paper. I will have to see if we can get the pictures! |
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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY! November 1st 2009 Happy first birthday to Tenner (Gummy Bear), Reese (Reese's Pieces), Indy (Tic Tac), Rocket (Rockets) and Chloe (Chicklet)! We hope you all have a great day and don't eat too much cake! Love Twizz & Dawn |
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A GREAT BIRTHDAY PRESENT! October 31, 2009 The day after K8's first birthday
Way to go!!
she earns her second title! Congratulations to Cassie and K8 on earning their CARO Rally Novice title today!! |
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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!! October 30, 2009 Happy first birthday to Missy (Areo), Quest (Starburst), Eddy (Mars), Twaite (Musketeer), Spex (Kit Kat), Maya (Cripsy Crunch), and K8 (Snickers) We hope you all have a great day!! Love Troo and Dawn |
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NATASHA & TINK TINK
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TINK GOES BRONZE!! October 12, 2009 Tink earned her Expert Steeplechase Bronze title yesterday, as well as helping Natasha earn her Junior Starter Games Award of Merit last weekend! Way to go Tink & Amanda! |
JIG, CEILIDH AND BREE HAVE FUN IN GEORGIA WITH DISCS AND DUCKS October 13, 2009 Jig, Ceilidh & Bree got back from Georgia last night. They had a great time at the USDDN World Championships. There was also a herding clinic so all three dogs were entered. They all passed the test, but Bree was outstanding! The woman running it actually asked Catharine if she would sell him to her!!! |
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CEILIDH, BREE & JIG GO FOR A ROAD TRIP! October 7, 2009 Ceilidh, Bree & Jig are on their way to Georgia to compete in the Disc Dog World Championships! They all qualified in Ottawa earlier this year. Congratulations Ceilidh, Bree, Jig, Richard & Catharine! Good Luck this weekend! |
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TINK CAN FLY, SHE CAN FLY, SHE CAN FLY! September 21, 2009 Tink had a great time dock diving this weekend! She had a total of 4 waves, her first wave she earned a Junior leg (with 11' 7"), but her last 3 waves she got 3 Senior legs and kept besting her personal best with a 16' 1", 17' 1", and a 17' 4". She made it into the Amature finals, and had her best jump yet of 17' 8", and placed 4th of the top 8 dogs in that division. WHY TO GO TINK & AMANDA!! |
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HiQ FIRST R8 K8 Becomes a Good Neighbour! September 7, 2009 K8 earned her Canine Good Neighbour (CGN) title today! But first she got to play in the huge splash pool and she definately prefers to be a CWN... a Canine Wet Neighbour! Congratulations K8 & Cassie! |
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HiQ SK8er Boi jumps for joy! September 1, 2009 Congratulations to Melody Scott and Sk8er for earning their SGDC and ADC titles! Way to go! |
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TRIBBLE IN HEAT!
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BREE THE DISC DOG!
August 28, 2009 Bree and Richard made the Canadian team for the Disc Dog World Championships In Georgia. Bree and Catharine made reserve( Ottawa USddn ) so they are all going to go to Georgia!
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FERGUS GOES GOLD!!!
August 23, 2009
HiQ Fergus and Susan Knox earned Fergus' last leg of his
AAC GOLD AWARD OF MERIT at Royackers today! What a tremendous accomplishment. Congratulations to Susan & Ferg! |
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HiQ Freestyle has Style! August 20, 2009 HiQ Freestyle "Brody" has started off his agility career well. He has earned both novice titles and his open standard title in AKC agility. Karann is hoping to have him in Excellent B by the end of the year and in October he will be making his debut in USDAA too! You can watch him run too on You Tube Open JWW PA Novice Standard PA Open Standard |
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AAC Canadian National Championship News August 3, 2009
It was another exciting Nationals in Ottawa. Again the weather provided a full range of challenges from stifling humidity, blazing sun, rain and thunderstorms. We all painfully felt Bogey's absence, no one more so than Craig and Robin Eagleson, but Bogey was definately there in spirit. Some other competitors even dedicated their runs to him in the Steeplechase finals. I found myself tearing up several times, but we all pressed on.
Tink had two phenomenal Steeplechase runs that moved her right into the finals. Her final run was also amazing. One of the judges was sitting beside me and he kept saying "wow, that is an amazing dog, look at her go!!". Tink placed 5th out of a class of over a hundred of the topdogs from all across Canada and won some money to boot! Way to go Tink!! There were lots of clean runs from HiQ dogs. Fergus did some fantastic runs on very difficult courses. I have not seen all the results yet, but he did well all weekend! Roo had some great runs too! Tribble amazed me once again, despite me making a goof on one course that cost us dearly she still was able to save the day by running all the other courses cleanly(including Gamblers in a thunderstorm) and ending up in 4th place overall!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE COMPETITORS
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Sad News July 29th, 2009
Our hearts go out to Greta and Bob on the loss of Rosie today. Rosie is a puppy from Trekki and Tach and a littermate to Timer, Tess, Belle, Saunders, Spirit, Angus, Ryker, and Wisk. It doesn't seem that long ago that they were all just puppies, but now we must say good bye to some of our oldest friends. Rosie will stay in our heart always!
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Rosie
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Ceilidh, Bree & Jig |
HiQ DISC DOGS!! July 12, 2009 Wow, it was great to see so many HiQ dogs out at the Summer Classic Disc Dog trials with some terrific results! Catharine Gastmeier and Bree place second in Novice Single Disc (NSD)in both trials and two more qualifying scores! Melissa Pursley and Dilemma only competed at one trial and place third in NSD, Eric Kadish and Tribble placed first in Junior at both trials, Richard Gastmeier and Bree earned a Bronze Catch. Unfortunately Howard had to pull his entries of Twizz, Tribble and Zed as his appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed to the hospital!! |
Happy 16th Birthday to Zac
June 29, 2009 Zac celebrated his 16th birthday today. Yesterday he shared his birthday with everyone at the disc dog trial. Zac was the first dog registered with the Canadian Disc Dog Association. He is a flyball Grand Champion (30, 000 plus points), Disc Dog Champion and veteran performance dog. |
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HiQ Bree |
Two in a Row!
June 28, 2009 HiQ Bree wins first place twice in a row at the Summer Disc Classics on June 28th 2009 |
Top Pointed Disc Dog!
Zed is currently the top pointed disc dog in the Canadian Disc Dog Association point system. Yeah, Zed!! |
HiQ Zed in Red |
AAC Ontario Regional Championships
Wow, three HiQ dogs in the top ten!! Bogey took third overall in the 26" division, Tribble was 7th and Fergus was ninth in the 22" division. Tribble also made it to the Steeplechase finals and placed third in the 22"! It was great to see so many relatives there. Tia, Hali, Tink, Kessie, Fergus, Bogey, Zed, Tribble, Roo, and puppy K8 where all there! |