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Red-Dawn Ceire NA NAJ
Ceire lives in Florida with his new owner Barbara who
is preparing him for high level agility competition. Ceire's Hips and
Elbows OFA "Good", PennHip Certified, Eyes CERF
"Normal", and his Hearing is BAER "Normal".
Update from Ceire's original owner Courtney Garis on 1/31/04
Oh yeah, here is an update on Ceire. I told you about the gamblers run
and how he did it so well. But I didn't tell you what happened when
everyone in the class found out he was only 11 months old. The truth is
that no one and I mean no one believed me. They asked me how old he was
when I started, did I go through all the classes and was I sure? Right
after that he made the run. It was very funny, even Gerry Brown our
instructor didn't think
he was going to be as fast as he was. So he is coming along great. He is
also starting to get the obedience thing too and his Frisbee is going
great and my throwing is getting better.
Courtney
Update from owner on 9/21/03
Ceire did very well in his obedience classes, and graduated with the
best down stay, sit stay, and recall; in fact, the teacher often would
give us harder assignments than the rest of the class because she knew
Ceire was more advanced than the other dogs. Oh I forgot to mention that
he was also the youngest dog in the class by a couple of months.
We started agility when he was 4 months. He is doing great and is better
than I am right now. We are currently doing sequencing and he is one of
the few dogs that has got weaving at an offset down pact, and he is
still the youngest dog in the class.
I couldn't have asked for a better dog. He is great
with everyone and hasn't met a person he didn't like. He has NO dog
aggression, NO child aggression (we have no children and yet every time
he is around a child he is sweet and good natured allowing them to walk
him and he will even eat from their hand without biting!), and is all
around everything that I wanted and more. His personality is very
easygoing and free. Don't mistake what I say, he isn't one of those
stupid border collies that runs around all the time. No he is a thinker
and a great companion. If he wasn't, I wouldn't be able to take him
everywhere with me including school and my husband's place of
employment.
Some of the little things that I enjoy about Ceire was that he was fully
potty-trained in three days. He was crate trained almost immediately. He
was clicker trained for targets in three days and weaned off the clicker
in two days. Ceire was never afraid of the see-saw either. He ran to the
end of it without looking back. He fell off the dog walk once, but it
didn't cause any fear in him at all. He got back up and did it again
like it never happened.
Ceire's parents are an interesting mix. I met Paris and have played with
him on several occasions. Ceire got his easy going spirit from his
father, he also got it great retrieve drive from daddy too. Jolie is a
cattle herding dog that is smart and tough. I've never met her, but I
believe that Ceire did get some good things from her. From mommy, Ceire
got the ability to think out his actions. Some people would see this as
a bad thing, but in actuality it's great. Because of his ability to
think, Ceire learned the weave poles in less than 6 weeks. He also got
his size from mommy. Paris is smaller (19" ~35#'s) than Ceire, but we
think that after he grows into his chest he will be about 40#'s give or
take a few ounces. We had his
hips X-rayed by the vet, his hips are absolutely perfect!
In closing, Ceire is a great puppy and promises to be an even better
dog.
Sincerely,
Courtney
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