Kira July 1996 to February 2008
Unfortunately Kira got sick and stopped eating so I had to make the
hardest decision of my life and I let her go.
This was Kira, Kennel club name
Keep It Real Alright (it spells out her name). She was born
in July of 1996, her Mum was a shorthaired collie x and her Dad a
Rough Collie, which makes her a 'Working Sheep Dog'.
She is x-eyed has
funny back legs (she kinda knocked kneed) suffers from waxy ears,
but I love her. She was my first dog and we started agility
together in March 1997. We have been competing for about 5 years and
during our long and industrious career we have had a grand total of
one 7th, a 3rd (and won out of Elementary),
a 10th, a 5th, an 8th and 4 clear rounds. Why you may ask yourself well,
if we go wrong she starts to spin and when she starts to spin it’s
very hard to stop her spinning without stopping at each jump and
putting her in the down. She is also not too good at working on the
right but that’s because we did a lot of obedience before we fell
into the world of agility. Niki’s opinion is that’s is all me, I’m
trying not to agree with her, but she keeps proving her point.
This photo was taken at DIN
2003 when we got a clear round and
a 10th place on the same day. This year (2006) she got a
5th!
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(because she's only got one
blue eye). She was born Nov 1999, her Mum's name is Megan and her
Dad Dave, she is ISDS registered, which made her
expensive but worth every penny. It took two long years for me to
teach her the command come, and during those two years she had no
interest in Agility, in fact I was told she would never make an
agility dog!! Now she is my star, she is fast, works away and if she
does go clear she gets a place. This is her 3rd season
competing but last year she got a 6th in an open
helter-skelter, two 4th's and a 2nd. This year
(2008) she has had two 1st's (both helter-skelter's) a 2nd
and a 15th in Novice and a load of 'If Only's!'. Maybe
next season will will win out into Novice.