Perhaps when I retire I will achieve the full athletic potential of
the dogs I live with...
Or, perhaps not. For now, agility simply brings us great pleasure
and connects us to wonderful people and dogs. As a very wise agility
friend said, "As long as you get what you need out of it, that's
what matters." I take a lot of photographs for magazines and calendars,
trade stories with agility and therapy dog friends, and network, learn,
educate, and affiliate along the way. Any title we earn is a bonus.
Jinx is currrently competing at the Open level in AKC agility.
Like her sire and dam and grand-sire and grand-dam, Jinx is exceptionally outgoing.
She is our second extreme extrovert, selected for my most important activity
with our dogs -- therapy dog work at the local hospital. In addtion, we work
at a boarding school, so our dogs live with 275 teenagers and the teachers,
families, and staff who work, play, and live here. The dogs assume everyone
is a potential friend and playmate, and they're socialized from puppyhood
around people of all ages, athletic events, concerts, picnics, and community
activities. Jinx has served more than 500 hours of community service, visiting
patients, mentoring therapy teams, and evaluating potential therapy dogs.
She is an exceptional therapy dog, intensely affectionate and attuned to the
reactions of patients, family, and staff. She understands the job and loves
it.
Jinx's pedigree, with successive generations going back:
Altricia Deal (b/w)
PC’s Mega Party Girl (b/w, parti)
Altricia Blue Diamond (blue merle)
Altricia Shannon (tri)
Kiss Me Cal (blue merle)
Ch Blacktie Irma La Spot (b/w) ROM
Altricia Silver Dollar (blue merle)
Altricia Hazie Miss (blue/white)
Blue Lad (blue/white)
Altricia First Love (tricolor)
Passims California Blue (blue merle)
Mojo (red/white?)
Ch Blacktie Bailey (b/w)
Rosaltess Blossom From Oz (b/w)
Firelynx Talluah
Altricia Gael (b/w)
Altricia Kev
Altricia Chrissy
Spot ISDS 148307
Queen ISDS 146502
Fieldbank Professional (tri)
Border Queen of Altricia (b/w)
W-Land Tucker
Passims Carrie
B.C
Jenn
Ossie Mate
Sharnie
Ch Maydena the Chairman
Ch Algalon Irish Banana
