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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


 
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 luck 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!
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!
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!
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. 
  
Tess & Timer          Tess
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
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
HiQ Kestrel Qs
Nov. 10, 2009


Kessie earned her first 2 agility Q's!
A snooker and a gamble!

Congratulations Kessie & Amanda
  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! 
TRIBBLE GAVE BIRTH TODAY!
November 4 2009

Tribble and Piko are the proud parents of one sweet little black and white boy!
His pictures are now posted.

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
A GREAT BIRTHDAY PRESENT!
October 31, 2009

The day after K8's first birthday
she earns her second title!

Congratulations to Cassie and K8 on earning their CARO Rally Novice title today!!
 
Way to go!!


K8 waits for mom
to say it is okay to eat her cupcake!

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
TROO & RECKON'S PUPPIES HAVE ARRIVED!!!
October 28, 2009
Troo started having her puppies October 27th at 11 pm and had her last puppy at 2:30 am on October 28th!  She has NINE very vigorous beautiful puppies.  There are 6 males, 3 are red and white and 3 are black & white, and there are 3 females, 1 red and white and 2 black and white.  All are very traditionally marked. 
The pictures are up now!
        NATASHA & TINK          TINK
 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!!! 
CEILIDH, BREE & JIG
Tribble and Troo have been confirmed pregnant!!
October 9, 2009
Troo is due around Halloween and Tribble is due about a week later!!
VERY EXCITING!  
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!
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!!
   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!

TRIBBLE GOES FOR A ROAD TRIP!
September 2, 2009
Tribble is off today for her road trip to Quebec for her date with Piko!

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!
TROO HAS BEEN BRED!
August 31, 2009
Troo has been bred to Reckon and we are excitedly
awaiting the good news that she is pregnant!
TRIBBLE IN HEAT!
August 29, 2009

Tribble will soon be heading off to Quebec to be bred to Piko!  Troo coming into heat early has brought Tribble into heat early too!  We should be welcoming her puppies around the first week of November!
 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!

GOOD LUCK!!
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!
 
Troo has come into heat!!
August 21, 2009

Troo will soon be bred to Reckon! The puppies should be due around Halloween! We are very excited!
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 
 
 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 
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!


Rosie
December 5, 1993 - July 29, 2009
 
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.
 

Howard & Zac
 
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!
 
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