Special Accomplishments

Indiana Sheltie Rescue, Inc.

Special Accomplishments

Never Thought We'd Get This Far!

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Fun, Faitheful, Friend Bridget

This is Bridget, adopted as a pup in 2005. She had been in a northern Indiana puppy mill in which local authorities had seized the animals. Bridget turns out to love agility much to her Mom's delight. Shown here, is exiting the tunnel and heading for the "home stretch" to a "clean run" at an August 2007 CPE agility trial!

Update on ReLo

aka Leo Star( alias- T's ReLocate a Star)

Hi All

Just and update on our new little star.

Alias Leo Star ( AKA) T's Relocate a Star - call name - ReLo

In the past 2 weeks he has accomplished a CGC, TDI, RN. Not bad for a rescue. Also he has started to learn how to herd ducks. I am bragging but he is good at it. Not to mention tooooooooooooooo cute.

I hope to send you some pictures of him herding in the future. For now here is a picture with me and the judge when he recieced his Rally Obedience Title - Novice - RN. And him at the park the day he got his title. He got first and second on day 1 and 2 and do to mom failure to count well on day 3 he got a 89. But we well qualififed with that.

Hope you enjoy the pictures of our great little guy. Can't thank you enough.

Tricia and Friends

Winter Wonderland Keenan

OA OAJ AXP AJP CGC

Read Keenan's story

about rescue, hydrotherapy treatment, and wonder dog!

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Keenan was the perfect choice for a performance dog. With his great personality and willingness to please, he was a natural for agility. In five months of trialing, Keenan earned his OA and NAJ titles, and is one leg away from his OAJ title. He is currently recovering from surgery for a fractured bone in his ankle, but hopefully he will be ready for the Sheltie Nationals in April.

Rhonda Politsch, Sublette, Illinois

CHEYANNE

MXJ

Cheyanne is the most wonderful dog. She has turned into quite the lap dog, but is always the first one ready for a game of tug or Frisbee. Chey recently finished her MXJ and is one leg short of her MX. We hope to compete in herding, obedience, and agility at the Nationals in April.

Cheyanne is Indiana Sheltie Rescue's first rescue dog. She came from the Hamilton County Humane Society in Noblesville, Indiana in the spring of 1999. She had been turned into the shelter once and returned from adopters two times and was scheduled to be euthanized for hyper behavior. We are grateful of Wendy Woods from Illinois for fostering and adopting Cheyanne and working with her for years to bring Chey to her current level of success. We are all proud of you Wendy and Cheyanne!

Kirby

CGC

Kirby earned his Canine Good Citizen distinction at the Muncie Obedience Training Club. We initially accepted Kirby as a foster dog on June 25, 2002, and subsequently adopted him on July 20, 2002. We felt it was important from the very beginning that Kirby be socialized with other dogs and be taught appropriate manners. Being a member of MOTC, my daughter, Kirby and I began immediately attending MOTC's open gym weekly. We learned that a CGC class was to begin. Unsure of Kirby's preparedness, we were uncertain if we should enroll him in the CGC class or a pre-CGC class. We decided to enter him in the CGC class; after all, we could always repeat the class. To our surprise, Kirby ended up being one of the shining stars in his class and passed his CGC evaluation on September 4, 2002, with flying colors. Needless to say, we are very proud of Kirby and his accomplishment.

Thumper was born December 4, 2001. It quickly became apparent to his breeder, he was not like the other puppies in his litter. He did not thrive, and was not able to run and play with his brothers and sisters as they got older. The breeder's vet gave her the bad news. The pup had a heart defect called a PDA Heart Murmur. Surgery was really the only option. Unable to afford the operation, the breeder went looking for help. Someone recommended she call Indiana Sheltie Rescue. At eleven weeks of age, unable to walk across a room without being out of breath, Thumper was given to our program.

Thumper had the surgery to correct the defect right away, then it was two weeks of total crate rest for a pup who finally had energy and lots of it! During this time, I started visiting him, to hold and socialize him. Of course, I fell in love and had to have him. At his post-surgery check-up we all held our breath. There was a chance that the surgery would not be successful, and he would still have a heart murmur. To our joy, the vet gave him a clean bill of health. He would grow up to be a perfectly normal dog, with no lingering side effects from is heart defect.

At six months, fully recovered from the surgery, Thumpy started puppy agility classes. He learned quickly to do all the equipment and to follow me. Within just a few weeks, we could put together sequences of obstacles and it was not long before he could run a full agility course. AKC rules require a dog to be a year old before competing in agility. Thumper was a year old December 4th and competed in his first show December 7th and 8th. He got a perfect score of 100 and First Place in his very first trial!

Thumper has become a much beloved pet in our home. Although the smallest of our shelties, at only 13 pounds, he has a big attitude and pushes his two older "brothers" around. He is very rarely found without a toy or something to chew upon (shoe, socks, etc.)

Thumper's next big adventure will be Sheltie National's in April up in Lansing Michigan. He will be competing in agility and hopefully in the Parade of Rescues.

When Sparky joined our family he was a bundle of untrained energy. Sparky and I went through a clicker obedience class together where he learned basic commands and hand signals. I'm proud to say that Sparky now obeys commands and hand signals from the whole family including our three-year-old daughter.

Photo: Sparky Newell at his class graduation

GOOD CITIZEN SHANE

NAP NJP CGC

Congratulations to adopter Joan O'Keefe and Shane on winning their first ribbons in agility! Shane was adopted in March, 2003 and began competing in September, 2003 after how quickly Shane learned agility.

Jazz

CGC

Jazz entered our lives November 2002 as an energetic, bouncy, flash of white hair as he zoomed around the house with his two new housemates, Yankee and Dakota. With his extreme amount of energy and his agile ability, I entered him into obedience with plans to train him in agility like his new brother, Yankee. Jazz was a very quick learner and really enjoyed the clicker training so he advanced into his beginner agility class quickly. It took about a year and a half before Jazz could really settle down enough to run a course without doing laps around equipment. OH… but look out now, because he is a beautiful white streak that completes a course with great drive and the love of his new job. He is on his way to completing his first level of agility and advancing soon with as many trials that we can attend.

He earned his Canine Good Citizen as of May 5, 2004, and has earned two third place and a second place prize at a recent agility trial in December of 2004. As you can see, he is very proud of his ribbons and isn’t afraid to flaunt them.

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April 2008 Update

Here is a neat picture of Jazz doing weave poles. He now has his OA, OAJ, and we are really close to his AXJ.

ANGUS

September 30, 2004 - Angus came to us about 2-1/2 years ago and was known as Angus the Terrified. He had been abused and then dumped at the overnight repository at the Elkhart shelter. It was about 6 months before he felt like wagging his tail briefly, and a year before he was happy enough to raise his ears.

After we had him about 6 months I started taking Angus to agility class to see if he could develop some confidence. Whenever he went over a jump or cleared some other obstacle he got a treat and a scratch, and he gradually gained a small bit of confidence. After a few months he could do several obstacles in a row before receiving a treat but he still liked being told how good and brave he was after almost every obstacle.

As almost everyone involved in agility is a good dog handler, Angus has had thousands of very positive human experiences. He is so used to being scratched and treated by strangers he is now willing to approach a stranger instead of hiding behind me.

Recently we have attended a few seminars on agility, and Angus is starting to show real spirit. He approaches most obstacles with confidence and even seems to like all the cheering when he completes a good run.

Recently we have entered actual competitions and the first few were a bit overwhelming for Angus. The first four times we tried to run a course in real competition Angus only cleared a total of two obstacles. Gradually he has started to accept the hustle and bustle and stress of an agility trial and he is doing much better. A few weeks ago we attended a competition at Pawsitive Partners where Angus won his section for an agility game called Minuet. This past weekend we went to a much larger AKC competition in Merrillville and Angus won the Novice Standard competition for his height.

He is now known as Angus the Adventurer.

Hope & Keenan

November 2004

Waiting for their run at the AKC agility trial in Merrillville,IN

Leo Star (alias- T's ReLocate a Star)

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Hi All! Just an update on how little New name, ReLo, is doing. He is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all just love him to pieces. We are working on some separation anxiety. But that is expected since he did not have a stable beginning in life. So far he has been to an St Huberts Obedience seminar and was a hit there. And last weekend he went to his first Teacup Agility Trial. Well I don't like to brag, Yes I do. He was great. He got a second place in standard and a first place in jumpers CDS (call, direct, send). Here are some pictures of him. Oh, the chair he is in is his. He took it over from my porch. The first seminar we went to he tried to take my girlfriend's chair, every time she got up he would jump in it. So when I saw he liked the one on the porch, I gave it to him.

Everyone at the agility trial couldn't get over how good he was. I could leave him in his chair and walk the course or go and check in and he would just lay there and watch never a sound or try to leave. Of course my husband was there to supervise. I can't thank you all enough for giving me a chance to be his forever home mom. He is giving us so much more that we give him.

His best bud in the house is the Great Dane, they seem to play endlessly. Sparki (other Sheltie), we found out, had low thyroid and he is now on medication. So his whole attitude and life has a new outlook. He and ReLo get along great now that he feels better.

Tricia & Doggy Friends