HiQ Border Collies - Featured Dog Gallery

Featured Dog Gallery

Click on the month to go directly to a specific featured dog or scroll
down to enjoy a stroll through the dogs in our gallery.

2008 Featured Dogs
March - HiQ Amaze - Turbo
April - HiQ Zephyr - Zephyr
May - HiQ Communicator - Ben
June - HiQ Fergus - Fergus
July - HiQ Wilderness Trek - Trekki
August - HiQ Omnipotent - Q
September - HiQ Bogey - Bogey
October - HiQ Milkyway - Rosy
November - HiQ Tinker Toy - Tink

2008 Featured Dogs

HiQ Amaze "Turbo" MARCH'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Zephyr "Zephyr" APRIL'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Communicator "Ben" MAY'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Fergus "Fergus" JUNE'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Wilderness Trek "Trekki" JULY'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Omnipotent "Q" AUGUST'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Bogey "Bogey" SEPTEMBER'S FEATURED DOG

HiQ Milkyway "Rosy" OCTOBER'S FEATURED DOG

Oct 08 Featured Dog HiQ Milkyway

HiQ Milkyway
"Rosy"

In 1997 the Donnelly's decided that Renfrew and Tess (HiQ Tree Top Story) needed a little sister. Trekki and Boscoe had a terrific litter of puppies to choose from. After seeing Rosy with her cute half white ear they quickly decided that she was the one for them. Rosy was a quick learner and soon Keith and Ellen Donnelly decided that Rosy needed a hobby and her agility career began.

It didn't take long to realize that Rosy was a very talented dog and soon the titles started to role in.

Agility Excellent AKC 2000
Master Agility Dog USDAA 2000

and then she began to really stand out!

Rosy was in the USDAA Agility Top Ten in 2000

Then she earned more titles!

Elite Gambles (NADAC)
Outstanding Elite Jumpers (NADAC)
Elite Agility Dog (NADAC)

...and more titles and cudos...

ATChC (Agility Trial Champion) AAC 2001
Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards of Merit 2002
Lifetime Achievement 2003
AAC Hall of Fame 2003

After earning about every title possible in agility Rosy took up a new hobby and earned titles in sheepherding from AKC in both 2004 and 2005!

Rosy entered the fun and highly competitive Modified Equine Relay at the Royal Winter Fair in 2005. This is a fantastic event where the top dogs in the country are teamed up with the top International Stadium Jumping horse and riders. Watch Rosy compete in this event by clicking here! Rosy showed eveyone that she was not ready for retirement by winning this event too!

Rosy is now officially retired and now is enjoying life in the country with the entire Donnelly crew.

Aug. 08 Featured Dog HiQ Omnipotent

HiQ Omnipotent
1995 - 2008
We lost our wonderful "Q" on
August 22nd 2008
not even one month after we lost her mother Trekki
We miss her so much.
We invite you to find our more about this special dog by visiting her page.
To go to "Q's" page click here

July 2008 Featured Dog HiQ Trekki

HiQ Wilderness Trek
"Trekki"
1992 - 2008
We sadly parted with our Trekki on July 29th 2008
we invite you to click here to visit her page

June 2008 Featured Dog HiQ Fergus

HiQ Fergus

Fergus joined the Knox family in 2001

Fergus with his mother Q and his grandmother Trekki in 2002

Fergus is described by his owners as a one-in-a-million dog! He started in the sport of disc dog with Gage Knox, a junior handler, and held the furthest catch record for quite some time, then he moved on to agility.

Gage and Fergus quickly went from starters to masters in no time! When Gage moved out it was up to mom, Susan, to take over with Fergus. Susan had never run a dog in agility before and she was thrown right in to handling Fergus in Masters! But Susan did it and Fergus earned his Agility Trial Champion title. Susan also ran Fergus in the Nationals!

Then when Susan's husband, Chris, showed an interest in running agility Fergus began to run for him. In 2008 it was Chris that took Fergus to the Ontario Regionals and once again Fergus qualified for the Nationals!

Fergus at the AAC Nationals 2007

Fergus is well known at agility trials for his "run for anybody" happy outlook, but don't be fooled, he is a great competitor. The Knoxes say that Fergus thinks he is a person. This is reflected in the fact that at agility trials he never thought a crate was a suitable place for him to wait, not when there were perfectly good chairs there!

When no one was looking Fergus would jump in a chair and settle in until it was his turn to run.
Soon everyone was saying that Fergus needed his own chair... so he got one!

Fergus in his own chair

Fergus is a stealth kisser and it is a rare person who can sneak by without Fergus planting a big wet kiss on them! The Knoxes say he seemed to just instinctively know not to steal food or do mischievious things and they never had to train him not too. Fergus never lets you down. He always does his best and he is a very honest dog. He could not care less about other dogs, he only cares about pleasing HIS humans.

Fergus with his brothers, sister, mom and grandmother
from left to right
Zed, Tribble, Trekki (Q is behind her) Gem and Fergus

Fergus loves agility and now has his AAC Silver Award of Merit. His love of agility is quickly followed by his love of Fisbees and he is a CDDA Champion Disc Dog. His next love is SWIMMING!!

Fergus will soon be joined by a new little gaffer. The Knoxes have decided that one of Tribble's upcoming puppies should go home with them too. That little puppy will have a great "big brother" to look up to.

UPDATES:
Since Fergus was first featured here he has continued to compete and he has been doing fabulous! He placed 9th at the 2009 AAC Ontario Regional Championships, did extremely well at the Nationals and has earned his GOLD AWARD OF MERIT from the Agility Association of Canada. WOW!

MORE UPDATES:
Susan Knox and Fergus are tops! HiQ Fergus is the
2009 TOP AGILITY BORDER COLLIE IN CANADA
with 173 Q's, and he is also the #1 GAMBLING DOG,
#3 In Challenge, and #5 in Steeplechase!!! Wow!!

EVEN MORE UPDATES!!!
Fergus earned his AAC
LIfETIME AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
on April 30, 2010

YUP, MORE UPDATES!!!
Fergus placed and amazing 1st at the
AAC Ontario Championships!
May 2010

Fergus & Susan are unstoppable!
Fergus placed 4th at the
AAC Canadian National Agility Championships
at Spruce Meadows, Calgary
August 2010

May 2008 Featured Dog HiQ "Ben"

BEN
Ben recently passed away.
We extend our sympathies to Ben's Family
and hope you enjoy this small celebration of his life.

Our Ben would have been thirteen next month -
my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I got him from you
(HiQ Borders) when we were just starting university.

He lived half his life in Toronto, as one of the city's great cultured urban dogs,
and an outdoorsman to boot.

He came everywhere with us in the city, acted in plays, climbed the highest mountains in eastern North America, guided us on countless mountain bike rides, and paddled all the major rivers in southern Ontario.

He was a gentle, welcoming friend to everyone.
For the last seven years, we've lived in Nova Scotia on an old farmstead.

Ben loved the beach and soon the kids that came along in our lives.

He was a great mentor to all the Border collie foster dogs that
have come through our house through the rescue.

We knew his time was coming -
Ben enjoyed a last trip to Toronto recently to see his family
and died of heart failure at home 3 days after our return
(he had tumours around his heart).

He was a super guy and we miss him very much.

Dave R. Nova Scotia, Can. (Ben – Trekki X Boscoe)

We are pleased to add that Dave and his family now have a new HiQ addition!
Little Bean, Twigg's puppy recently joined their family.
We hope Bean will have the same full life as Ben
and continue to bring joy to her new family

"BEAN"

April 2008 Featured Dog HiQ Zephyr

HiQ Zephyr
"Zephyr"

Erin and Zephyr are a great team. Erin calls Zephyr her once in a lifetime dog! Zephyr is a loving dog at home and is best friends with Liam the newest addition to the family.

Erin says he makes them laugh daily, but when it comes to competing he is very honest and gives it his all! He is a very fast high drive sports dog and he has an excellent off switch both in his crate at trials and in the house. He loves everybody and is great with children.

Zephyr is red and white and is a neutered male. His parents are HiQ Omnipotent "Q" and Kyle of Lochalsh.

He is a full brother to Tribble, Zed, Fergus and Bogey. He is 21 1/2" at the shoulder, jumps 26" in agility. He has only competed twice in flyball tournaments but ran several 3.9's.

Zephyr also herds sheep and studies hard!

He has done lots of demos and will be at the National Home Show in April on the weekends.
Despite Erin's busy schedule, having a baby, and being seriously injured in a car accident Erin has still somehow found the time to sneak out to some trials. Zephyr has earned the following titles

RPT
DD-Disc Dog
FdCH-S-Flyball Dog Champion Silver
ADC-Agility Dog of Canada
AGDC-Advanced Game Dog of Canada
MJDC-Master Jumper Dog of Canada
MSCDC-Master Steeplechase Dog of Canada
JHD-Junior herding dog
HTAD1-S-Herding Trial Arena Dog on sheep

Zephyr placed an amazing 2nd at the
AAC Ontario Regional Championships in Steeplechase.
Click here to see his run
He placed in the AAC National Agility Champioships and was in the top 15 overall!
Click here to see his 1st place run at the Nationals
Zephyr also placed 3rd in the 2007 Canada Cup.

WAY TO GO ERIN AND ZEPHYR!!!!

March 2008 Featured Dog HiQ AMAZE

HiQ AMAZE
"Turbo"
Turbo and Redas take Lithuania by storm!
Find out more about our featured dog below!

HIQ AMAZE
"TURBO"

Turbo is a HiQ Puzzle and Tripp puppy that has just reached the age that he can start to compete and, wow, has he started with a bang! He entered his first official agility competition in Europe and WON! Even though he is not a very big dog all the dogs in Europe have to jump 26". Turbo is having no trouble holding his own over the 26" jumps against much bigger dogs. Although agility is his main activity Turbo also does some herding. As part of the European breeding rating system all dogs must compete in conformation. We don't breed for show conformation, but we know that our dogs are structurally strong and well put together. The Europeans obviously agree as Turbo went Best in Breed in his first show! Congratulations Turbo and your talented owner Redas!

UPDATE: REDAS AND TURBO COMPETE ON THE WORLD TEAM AT THE
2010 FCI WORLD AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GERMANY

Congratulations!!!