I got
Eddie in August 2000 at the tender age of 6 weeks old. His mum was a
Hancross bred lurcher – this is half collie, half greyhound and his
dad was a GSD. At the time I was told that the GSD was a pet of one
of the workmates of the “breeder” who worked at a scrap yard.
Various Eddie traits and a conversation with the ”breeders” wife
have led me to believe that the GSD was actually the guard dog at
the scrap yard!!!
 Eddie
is a misunderstood lad who shows a very different side to his
personality at agility. For those of you who know him from training
or shows you will have seen a gobby, snappy hooligan however come to
my house and you will see the true Eddie – a quiet and unbelievably
lazy softie (see picture) – in bed is where you will find him 90%
of the time – he only sleeps and eats at home – obviously uses all
his energy for agility!!!
 His
agility career had a slow start due to an unbelievable amount of
injuries (he was quite accident prone as a puppy) but eventually he
stopped jumping up and biting me after every jump and is turning
into a consistent and reliable jumping dog who won me out of
starters in May 2003 just before his 3rd birthday. He
went on to win another 2 starter classes before we couldn’t do
anymore just to prove it wasn’t a fluke!! We still need to do some
work on his contacts but that is coming now – he gets his ups and
I’m sure if my brain and body would work together he would get his
downs in competition too!! With a good deal of excellent training
(thanks Nikki) Eddie now goes on ahead of me rather than sticking by
my side like the mummy’s boy he is, turns on a sixpence and forgives
a multitude of handling errors but the best thing of all is the fact
that he enjoys training and competing better than anything else and
if he’s happy then I’m happy.
Heidi Johnson |