Nina at one year, May 2008

Nina at Ebb Tide CPE Trial, July 2009 (pictures by Wendi Pencille, Horsefeathers Studio)

On July 17, 2010, Nina finished her last TWO CPE Level 3 titles, earning her Level 3 Standard title (CL3-R), and Level 3 Handler Games title (CL3-H) at All Dawgs, which means her "alphabet soup" changes to just "CL3" now. Her Colors run today was one of her best agility runs ever, she was beautifully smooth and accurate, she got her weaves on the first try for the first time ever at a trial, and she ran the course in just over SEVENTEEN SECONDS!!! She apparently banks the curves in the tunnels, which is why she rockets out of them so quickly. She also qualified in every run on Saturday, and it was a hot, hot day.

On May 29, 2010, Nina finished her second CPE Level 3 title, earning her Level 3 Strategy Games title (CL3-S), at Ebb Tide with a beautiful Snooker run (our best of the day...not hard to do today, we didn't have the best day).

On April 10-11, 2010, Nina finished her first CPE Level 3 title, earning her Level 3 Fun Games title (CL3-F), at level 3 you need 6 qualifying scores to earn a title. She did try to herd the judge once, but she ran her heart out and we did really well when I wasn't mishandling things!

On March 19, 2010, at our first agility trial since the puppy hiatus, Nina finally finished all of CPE Level 2 with a Q in Snooker, earning the CPE Level 2 Strategy Games title (CL2-S), now she loses some of her "alphabet soup" and replaces it with just "CL2"! We also got our first Level 4 Wildcard Q.

On October 3-4, 2009, Nina earned her CPE Standard Level 2 title (CL2-R) at Ebb Tide Kennels. We need one more qualifying run (in Snooker) to finish all of Level 2!

On September 19-20, 2009, Nina completed her TDAA Games 2 title (TG2) at Canine Sports Complex .

On September 12-13, 2009, Nina completed her CPE Level 2 Fun Games title (CL2-F) at Boom Towne Canine Center.

On August 15-16, 2009, Nina completed all of CPE Level 1 with her Strategy Games Level 1 title, and earned her first Level 2 title with CPE Handler Games Level 2 (CL2-H) at Boom Towne Canine Center in HOT weather.

Now that we have her OFA results, and they're Good, we are planning to breed Nina on her next heat, which should be this winter. Sire is still to be determined.

On July 25, 2009, Nina earned her CPE Fun Games Level 1 title (CL1-F) at Ebb Tide Kennels with a clean run in Jumpers, after a thunderstorm, on a VERY wet field, and she ran her heart out, what a dog!

On June 20, 2009, Nina earned her first CPE agility titles, and earned legs for two more titles, with four qualifying scores in four classes at All Dawgs Academy in North Tonawanda, NY! She finished her CPE Standard Level 1 Regular title (CL1-R) with another clean run, and her Handler Games Level 1 Regular title (CL1-H).

On May 16, 2009, at only her second agility trial weekend (TDAA this time, at Canine Sports Complex), Nina earned her first agility title with a score of 288 points in Dare to Double (the highest score in the game), and qualifying scores in two other games (Full House and Gamblers), for her Teacup Games 1 title!

On May 10, 2009, at her very first agility trial weekend, Nina earned her first CPE agility title legs with a CLEAN RUN in Standard Level 1 (in a time of 29.05, allowed course time was 64), and a qualifying run in Full House Level 1 at All Dawgs Academy in North Tonawanda, NY!

On February 20, 21, 22 and 23, 2009, at the Ontario Breeders Association shows in Markham, Ontario, Nina won Best of Breed all four days to finish her Canadian Championship title under judges Darle Heck, Linda Kraft, Michel Bouchard and Fred Heal.

On November 21, 22 and 23, 2008, Nina won her first AKC championship points at the Swedish Vallhund Club of America supported entry in West Springfield, Massachusetts, taking Winners Bitch on the Friday (under judge Mrs. Dorothy O. Hutchinson) and Sunday (under judge Mr. Lee Brown), and Best of Winners on the Saturday (under judge Ms. Mary Anne Brocious), for one point each day. Not bad, considering she had a really upset tummy on the Saturday and didn’t show very well! She was back to her usual happy self on the Sunday.

On Saturday, May 24 2008 at the Ottawa Kennel Club show in Richmond, ON, Nina won Best of Breed and then went on to take group 4th in a group of 12 breeds. She earned 3 more championship points AND her first TOP DOG points (37). Thank you to judge John Rowton (who said Nina was "gorgeous", even when she gave him a lovely sit at the end of our down and back...hey, we're both learning!). She'd had enough by the time we got around to having our picture taken, so this is far from the most flattering picture of either of us, but what can you do?

Nina at 5 months, October 18, 2007

Nina at 10 weeks, July 26, 2007

Sire: BISS CH Vastgota Birk

Dam: Hurstfield Sweet Burberi (GBR)