O-TN-N, CL1-R, CL1-S, CL1-H, CL1-F
Dam: ADCh Hillcrest Rav AX OAJ NAC NGC NJC
July 09 - First AKC Herding Trial, HIT sheep
Aug 09 - HIT ducks and sheep, high combined
Sep 09 - First AHBA trial, HIT and combined
All from the Advanced classes - thank you to Debbie Pollard for handling her!
Dentition: Full, Scissors Bite
18" / 29 pounds
Black CW
OFA Good / Elbows Normal / BAER Normal
Todd has started training Fuze for agility, where she has a grand time. She has excellent distance skills and LOVES to play with Todd. She shows tremendous promise, and coming from two top agility dogs, Stacy Peardot-Goudy's Beep and Sarah Johnson's Rav, she has big paws to fill!
She is also actively competing in flyball turning in times in the low 4s. She is currently her team's start dog and Fuze LOVES to race the dog in the other lane!
Fuze is a very stable dog with an excellent temperment. She is calm, confident and biddable. She is friendly with other people and dogs alike. Nothing seems to phase this young dog who is so sweet, we have nicknamed her "muppet".
She will work stock for anyone. She will also run flyball for any handler on the team...Fuze has a great work ethic.
She is just such a cool little dog! If I could clone her - I would!!! Fuze, with her outstanding ability on stock, her amazing temperment, and wonderful health, we bred Fuze in the fall. Please click here to learn more!
She entered two more AKC trials, finishing both ducks and sheep titles, and earning 8 points toward her championship - with high in trials and overall high score for both of the weekends. Fuze also entered her first AHBA trials and finished both ranch and arena titles in the advanced class, as well as winning high in trial and high overall for the weekend. Fuze and Debbie make an amazing team!
We did do a couple of jumpers runs last fall, and she is qualifying and earning first places! Even with a bobble, she is running 6+ yps, and she's not even trying yet! Fuze has a naturally easy jumping style and does not knock bars (yeah!). She does focus on her handler, so she requires very accurate handling - Todd has been learning to step it up! The other challenge for Todd is Fuze will work distance and that is something very different from velcro Kira.
We are also changing from a running contact to a two on/two off while in a down. She was continually hitting near the top of the yellow, and it's just going to be too close to call when it comes to competition. She is picking up the stopped contact very quickly - gotta love a border collie!
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